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Montevideo, June 24th 2026 - 12:33 UTC

 

 

The irreversible smart phones and world’s dropping birth rates

Wednesday, June 3rd 2026 - 07:54 UTC

By Gwynne Dyer - Smart phones seem to be directly linked to a worldwide crash in the birth rate. It is “quite plausible that the modern digital media environment has had profound effects on society that have led to a decline in romantic coupling,” according to Melissa Kearney, professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame. Read full article

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