Lyman is correct about this.https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1052558799372877824 …
Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.
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Noah Smith Retweeted Lyman Expand the House of Representatives Stone
Lyman is correct about this.https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1052558799372877824 …
Noah Smith added,
My take on the "African fertility" debate is that it doesn't matter. All the things that lower fertility are things that are also good for other reasons - poverty reduction, women's education, lower child mortality. Thus, there should be no policy debate here.
Lyman got mad at some people for worrying about overpopulation in Africa.
Bill Gates doesn't think so. Hence why we're having this idiotic conversation.
If worrying about overpopulation gets Bill Gates to pour his money into reducing disease and providing education for women, I say, let him worry!
Fair.
I don't think that's quite right tho? Worrying about poverty gets him to do those things. To the extent he *actually* worries about overpopulation, he would slacken on disease aid and pour money into fertility suppression.
He does spend a lot on fertility suppression (against the wishes of African countries in some cases). But he is sincere about wanting to fix diseases. Because the overpopulation stuff is ACTUALLY just him spouting off crap he's heard from others.
Who cares. Back to sleep!
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