What If Smartphones Aren’t Killing Romance, but Saving It?
Smartphones did not start the decline in dating and fertility, but they may help reverse it.
Chelsea Follett is a Research Fellow in the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and author of the book Centers of Progress: 40 Cities That Changed the World (2023). Subscribe to her Substack, Past Imperfect, and pre-order her upcoming book, The Grim Old Days: An Introduction to the Preindustrial Past.
Smartphones did not start the decline in dating and fertility, but they may help reverse it.
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The Trojan War was, according to one ancient account, a population-control measure by Zeus.
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The Human Progress Podcast | Ep. 84
Kevin Corinth joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the causes of America’s long-term progress against poverty.
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The Human Progress Podcast | Ep. 83
Walker Wright discusses the evidence linking economic freedom to good behavior.
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Blog Post | Adoption of Technology
European regulators have it backward.
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Free choices—not mandates—have made flexible work a lasting reality.
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The Human Progress Podcast | Ep. 81
Economist Michael Strain argues that populism could kill the American dream.
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The Human Progress Podcast | Ep. 80
Economic historian Brian Domitrovic discusses the extraordinary achievements of the Gilded Age.
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