I’m having that on a T-shirt

Raw-dogging menopause 🤣 but also wtf Finnish doctor

I think we were way too narrow in communicating population ageing and focused on later life instead of the whole-of-society sea change. Looking back, it was probably a result of the development policy sector approach that hasn’t exactly encouraged system thinking

It’s good to see this. Demography has not exactly been popularised before and now there’s an urgent need for everyone to understand both the long arcs that have for us here and the
unforeseen futures of population development

Staggering… Greece! Collapse… China! Existential… Finland! Global fertility decline has been underway for centuries. The real shock isn’t the numbers but rather that we still act stunned and surprised

Honestly this demand for MORE BABIES! is like shouting at autumn leaves to turn green. The real work is learning how to live well with the new shape of our populations, more older people, fewer children, and longer lives. Who could possibly do that 🧐

Nice! Thanks for sharing 🫧

Never stop - this is brilliant! Thanks Essi 😍

🥰 I could live on demographic rants

🔥THIS🔥 The two things that will always get me going are life expectancy at birth (If you look at life expectancy at 10, the difference between Norway and Afghanistan is not that significant) and 65 as a marker for, well, anything

Onko tälle oletukselle todennettavaa pohjaa? Useimmat Britannian superrikkaat tutkitusti eivät ole muuttamassa verojen takia. Kulttuuri, yhteydet ja elämäntapa painavat enemmän kuin veroprosentti; veropako-argumentti on suosittu mutta ei totta. Onko eri asia Suomessa? www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...

Can’t wait to read this book. Dan Hicks is brilliant. Also, wtf is wrong with us

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Definitely up for it! Am instantly thinking of forest bathing as well as the forest cover (metsänpeitto) as cultural concepts that we share with at least Japan

Chaos reigns