7 July

Globally birth rates fell off a cliff at the exact moment of the introduction of the smartphone. At the same time the amount people socialise also fell off a cliff. But in reality they were shifting to socialising online, in one particular place. Social media. On the smartphones. A society will have what it values. What has status. Societies that don’t have children don’t value children. Children have no status. And why is that? Because they’re kidult cultures. Adolescent cultures. Adolescents don’t want children, they’re a drag. Adolescents living inside social media, the giant digital schoolyard, governed by likes and followers. Popularity.