My cousin is a 24-year-old teacher and her fiance is a 26-year-old account at Deloitte. Both college educated and working not-too-shabby jobs. They live in Idaho (not NY or LA) and have decided to NOT have kids because, even on a double income, they can't afford to buy a home, pay off their student loans and support children all the way through heir own college education(s). Maybe Elon can figure out how to economically encourage young, smart people to afford being parents.
Wow this is truly tragic yet not that uncommon. My cousin graduated from Harvard and is working as a lawyer and believes it won't be worth it for a decade at least to have kids. From freaking Harvard!? Such a demoralized state. Thank you for sharing and hopefully things change for the better eventually.
Well presented piece, Isaiah I recommend without caveat : Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer gergehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114056-risk-savvy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8RYndx6G7n&rank=1 HE Explains Why educated people have become Chicken Littles and it's because they simply don't understand the difference between Relative vs. Absolute Risks. Editors in all media run with Relative Risks because they are scarier and grab eyeballs. Also see Rory Sutherland , Creative Director of Ogilvy , You Tube essays on the Placebo Effect
“I’ve been distracted by something wonderful. I’m in the middle of answering serious questions around clinical hypnosis for my case study for my exam and I’m fighting with Google scholar. And then this popped up on my phone and I had a quick look pleased my heart apart from number 10 😬 hopefully they’ll calm down and get a grip 🧚♀️🌴
HAHAH we should be alright... I think. I watched Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove the other day and it gave me a good laugh as to how close we were to nuclear annihilation only a few years ago.
This was refreshing and informative! Subscribed right after reading
Thanks Taegan! That means a lot especially in this recession!
My cousin is a 24-year-old teacher and her fiance is a 26-year-old account at Deloitte. Both college educated and working not-too-shabby jobs. They live in Idaho (not NY or LA) and have decided to NOT have kids because, even on a double income, they can't afford to buy a home, pay off their student loans and support children all the way through heir own college education(s). Maybe Elon can figure out how to economically encourage young, smart people to afford being parents.
Wow this is truly tragic yet not that uncommon. My cousin graduated from Harvard and is working as a lawyer and believes it won't be worth it for a decade at least to have kids. From freaking Harvard!? Such a demoralized state. Thank you for sharing and hopefully things change for the better eventually.
Sanguine is my new favorite word. Keep up the great content!
Haha thanks James!
Well presented piece, Isaiah I recommend without caveat : Risk Savvy by Gerd Gigerenzer gergehttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18114056-risk-savvy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=8RYndx6G7n&rank=1 HE Explains Why educated people have become Chicken Littles and it's because they simply don't understand the difference between Relative vs. Absolute Risks. Editors in all media run with Relative Risks because they are scarier and grab eyeballs. Also see Rory Sutherland , Creative Director of Ogilvy , You Tube essays on the Placebo Effect
“I’ve been distracted by something wonderful. I’m in the middle of answering serious questions around clinical hypnosis for my case study for my exam and I’m fighting with Google scholar. And then this popped up on my phone and I had a quick look pleased my heart apart from number 10 😬 hopefully they’ll calm down and get a grip 🧚♀️🌴
HAHAH we should be alright... I think. I watched Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove the other day and it gave me a good laugh as to how close we were to nuclear annihilation only a few years ago.
9 not number 10 😉
The whole article is sprinkled with caveats... including that one.