What's Happening at Natal-Con 2025
Plus some comments on anatalism
Next month, I’m speaking at Natal-Con in Austin. The line-up is a who’s who of thinkers advocating more births: the Collinses, Lyman Stone, Catherine Pakaluk, Jonathan Anomaly, Razib Khan, Crémieux, Robin Hanson, and many more.
Even with the 10%-off coupon code, the cost is admittedly high. But remember the upside: At this price, it will be very easy to not only meet but engage with all of the speakers who interest you.
While I have no close friends who are anti-natalist, I have several who you might call “anatalist.” What difference does it make if people have many kids, few kids, or no kids?
Unlike most natalists, I have not convinced that low birthrates will dramatically reduce living standards. Furthermore, I am Darwinian enough to predict that low birth rates will not endure. In a century or two, people who “just don’t like kids” will have largely bred themselves out of the gene pool.
My position, rather, is that low birthrates are a massive missed opportunity. A missed opportunity for faster economic growth. A missed opportunity for people to live more meaningful lives. And above all, a missed opportunity for billions of additional humans to enjoy the gift of life.
Hope to see you in Austin! I’ll likely be scheduling a meet-up while I’m in town, and will also be speaking for Reason Weekend 2025.
From my understanding Natal Con is an event in which many fertile and virile people meet and struggle to reproduce as much and as quickly as possible...
I would humbly advise any aspiring pro-natalists here to skip the conference and instead invest $1k in your kids’ college fund. They will thank you.