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Global birth rates are falling…phones are a big reason why
Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world
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Global birth rates are falling…phones are a big reason why

By Gwynne Dyer - Smart phones seem to be directly linked to a worldwide crash in the birth rate. It is “quite plausible that the…

New research links the rise of the iPhone and smartphones to falling birth rates worldwide, suggesting digital life may be…

We already knew smartphones are the product of a kind capitalism that is profoundly anti-human

New research reveals smartphones may contribute to declining birth rates, reshaping relationships and social behaviors alongside…

As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a…

As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new US studies suggest they have ignored a…