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Preparing for Depopulation

How we can stop trying to reverse declining birth rates and start setting society up to deal with them instead

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Elanor Landrie
Dec 21, 2025
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Elanor is a blogger, technical writer, and novelist. In her free time, she likes to paddleboard, grow her own food, learn languages, and hang out with her dogs.
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