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Bloomberg reports:
It’s become rarer and rarer for Musk to get through an interview or meet a world leader without bringing up babies, sometimes with his young son X in tow. In Musk’s mind, global fertility rates are not just a crisis, but the crisis. To be clear: The world’s population is not declining. There were about 2 billion people living a century ago, and last year the number topped 8 billion, according to the US Census Bureau.
The facts don’t seem to have put Musk’s mind at ease. He’s fathered at least 12 children, six of them in the past five years—three with the musician Grimes and three with Neuralink Corp.’s director of special projects, Shivon Zilis, including one who hasn’t been known to the public until now. That child was born earlier this year, according to people familiar with the matter, who would only discuss it on condition of anonymity.
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Civilization may end with a bang or with a whimper (in adult diapers) https://t.co/VwK8Sl95qJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 20, 2024
NEW: Over the past three years, Elon Musk has quietly spent money to get you to care about birth rates. There’s the TX research group that’s influencing the White House and a documentary from his friend’s production company.
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— Sophie Alexander (@sooo__phie) June 21, 2024
This is a really complicated subject with scary consequences. While Musk’s fear is of civilization collapse, the roughly two dozen demographers and other experts I spoke with are more concerned about the impact of his fearmongering.
— Sophie Alexander (@sooo__phie) June 21, 2024
The academics Musk is funding are certainly injecting fear into the conversation, legitimizing the billionaire’s sometimes bogus talking points. Experts I spoke with called it “not good demography”
— Sophie Alexander (@sooo__phie) June 21, 2024
But scientists aren’t good at communicating their findings and they’re afraid Musk’s loud voice will win out…Already, conservative lawmakers are citing population issues as a reason to restrict abortion.
— Sophie Alexander (@sooo__phie) June 21, 2024