Speaking of demographic crisis, here’s some research which will challenge our priors. What is the relationship between proximity of Cobalt mining with fertility rate? Turns out, villages which are closer to the mines have
more children than those which don’t, leading us to the initially disturbing but then quite obvious explanation that the sooner you can convert a child from an
economic liability to an economic asset, the more you’re going to have more of them. Farmers have always known this but something we in post-industrial society seem to have forgotten. Not all brainfood is easy chewing…