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The impending fertility shock: why we're having fewer kids
This article examines global population decline through Hunome's collective sensemaking platform, where diverse participants explored the complex factors behind falling birth rates in developed nations. Led by foresight specialist Adam Sharpe, the group identified nine key drivers including shifting social priorities away from traditional family obligations, economic barriers making children unaffordable, women's increased education and career focus, environmental toxins potentially harming fertility, and growing eco-anxiety about bringing children into an uncertain world.