Population Balance

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New interview with the amazing philosopher Alice Crary on the "toxic ideologies of Effective Altruism and longtermism," with my friend Nandita Bajaj (@PopnBalance). Give it a listen, if you have the time! :-) youtube.com/watch?v=KXsOlw…

Are the pronatalists right? Should we be having more babies? (Link in next post)

"Our moment calls for neither hope nor hopelessness but rather for a heroic spirit grounded in a new imagination of who we are in our humanity and how we should inhabit Earth." psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal…

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#PopulationBalance will no longer be posting content on the site formerly known as #Twitter.

We are all surrounded by a culture that glorifies motherhood and traditional forms of "family." Some of us still realize from an early age that parenting is not for us, and must navigate the confusion - often all alone. Our guest Ash did just that. populationbalance.org/beyond-pronata…

Our new podcast episode with Pam Wasserman and Hannah Evans of @popconnect shares insights from the oldest grassroots population organization in the U.S. - including on the challenges of discussing population in today’s polarized political climate. populationbalance.org/podcast/hannah…

One of the ways #pronatalism operates is through negative portrayals of #childfree women in TV and film phys.org/news/2024-11-d…

For #BlackFriday, why not kick back, relax, & ignore the relentless push toward mindless consumerism with a great podcast? Mik and Milly share their joyful story of building a family through adoption-of human & canine children populationbalance.org/beyond-pronata… #InternationalBuyNothingDay

Today, residents of the USA celebrate #Thanksgiving. While acknowledging the dark colonial history of this holiday and its unutterable cruelty for turkeys, we also give thanks for the extraordinary web of life that surrounds us, nourishes us, and brings us great joy and comfort.

Check out this review of the book where Population Balance’s very own Nandita Bajaj and Kirsten Stade contributed a chapter entitled “Restoring balance through procreative responsibility". psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal…

In this new article in @TheWilsonCenter's @NewSecurityBeat, our Executive Director Nandita Bajaj outlines how pronatalism has gained disturbing ground in the face of declining birth rates. But declining fertility is not cause for alarm-on the contrary newsecuritybeat.org/2024/11/confro…

Their mental health is also affected, with many suffering from climate anxiety. 45% of children and young people ages 16–25 in 10 countries report that their feelings about climate change negatively impact their daily lives. unicef.org/media/147931/f…

Compared to the 2000's, by 2050 children will face eight times more exposure to extreme heatwaves and triple the risk of extreme river floods. news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

According to UNICEF, 1 billion children, nearly half the world's 2.2 billion children, live in one of the 33 countries classified as “extremely high-risk". unicef.org/press-releases…

"Although #pronatalism has lots of contemporary resonance, it is not new; it’s a very old idea with a long and troubling history." Yes, indeed. Discussed in my book, #TheBabyMatrix. Spot-on piece by ED of @PopnBalance Nandita Bajaj: newsecuritybeat.org/2024/11/confro…