Steven

And some people are concerned about population collapse.

We evolved to want to have sex. And in a world without the pill, that automatically resulted in children.

We evolved to want to have sex. And in a world without the pill, that automatically resulted in children.

Which is what happens when you had your baby recently. You have this huge sort of magnetic pull to the child.

Which is what happens when you had your baby recently. You have this huge sort of magnetic pull to the child.

So we've intervened in nature's natural causes.

So we've intervened in nature's natural causes.

Because the women are having less than that 2.1.

Because the women are having less than that 2.1.

You don't think it's possible that we're going to make ourselves extinct because we're not having fucking sex, are we?

You don't think it's possible that we're going to make ourselves extinct because we're not having fucking sex, are we?

But we are having less sex as well, aren't we?

But we are having less sex as well, aren't we?

So if you were prime minister or president of the world, and it was your job to get us having children again, based on what you know about evolutionary psychology and human incentives, what would you do?

So if you were prime minister or president of the world, and it was your job to get us having children again, based on what you know about evolutionary psychology and human incentives, what would you do?

Last night I was with my girlfriend and I was joking because I read this article that Tesla's Optimus robots are now going into production and they're hiring the team, which are these sort of humanoid robots that will be in your house and help with the chores and dishes and stuff. And as a joke, I turned to my partner, I was like, we'll get two of those.

Last night I was with my girlfriend and I was joking because I read this article that Tesla's Optimus robots are now going into production and they're hiring the team, which are these sort of humanoid robots that will be in your house and help with the chores and dishes and stuff. And as a joke, I turned to my partner, I was like, we'll get two of those.

And like one of them will like raise the kids and then the other one will like take the kid to school and stuff because I knew it was a joke. I knew her reaction would be pretty...

And like one of them will like raise the kids and then the other one will like take the kid to school and stuff because I knew it was a joke. I knew her reaction would be pretty...

Negative. And she was horrified. She goes, can you imagine a world where the kid would turn to the robot and call it daddy and mummy? Because the kid wouldn't really know the difference. And I sat here with a child psychotherapist, psychologist, who said that in those first three years, it's so critical for the primary caregiver to be around.