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EXIT Podcast"It would be too stressful to do nothing." Dan Hess on birth rate collapseLast week the EXIT guys had an open-ended Q&A with Dan Hess (More Births) about his quantitative research on birth rate decline.* Areas of volatility/opportunity* Potential corporate policies that could support families* Reactions to the demographic collapse “red pill”* Political consequences of differential rates of abortion* “If you could get an executive order signed, what would you write”We’re having a second virtual meet-and-greet for NatalCon ticketholders this Thursday night, March 20th, at 7PM Central. The following NatalCon 2025 speakers will be present:* Peachy Keena...2025-03-191h 04
EXIT PodcastHow Birth Rate Collapse Killed Sparta and RomeEvery time I post about demographic decline, I get about a hundred replies insisting that the cause of demographic decline is actually extremely obvious — so obvious that only an imbecile (or a subversive!) would even wonder about it.“It’s the dating apps, retard” -- or it’s birth control, or it’s women working, or it’s women voting, or it’s mass immigration, or it’s the cost of housing, or it’s the population density, or it’s the propaganda, etc.Then, if the post really goes viral, I get feminists and libs saying it’s the c...2025-02-251h 42
EXIT PodcastMember Q&A with Alex Petkas (Cost of Glory)This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blog.exitgroup.usLast week, we heard from Alex Petkas from the Cost of Glory Podcast. Alex is a former Classics professor from Princeton who is now focused on classical education, especially for men and boys.We discuss:* How are the classics, especially the biographies of great men, are relevant to what we’re trying to accomplish?* What translations are most accurate and accessible?* Can we rebuild the engine of competition and cultivation that produced the gr...2024-10-1531 min
EXIT PodcastMember Q&A: The Total State with Auron MacIntyreThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit blog.exitgroup.usOn last Tuesday night’s full group call, we had a members-only Q&A with Auron MacIntyre, discussing his new book The Total State.Questions:* How does Auron’s book compare with Deneen’s Why Liberalism Failed, and how can we synthesize their respective messages into a positive vision of the future?* Are there coherent alternatives to managerial liberalism at scale?* Should states erect barriers to internal migration, or should we encourage The Big So...2024-08-2719 min