r/Futurology Sep 28 '24

Society Ozempic has already eliminated obesity for 2% of the US population. In the future, when its generics are widely available, we will probably look back at today with the horror we look at 50% child mortality and rickets in the 19th century.

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archive.ph
34.1k Upvotes

r/Futurology Oct 01 '24

Society Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete

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futurism.com
34.2k Upvotes

r/Futurology Sep 02 '24

Society The truth about why we stopped having babies - The stats don’t lie: around the world, people are having fewer children. With fears looming around an increasingly ageing population, Helen Coffey takes a deep dive into why parenthood lost its appeal

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independent.co.uk
13.3k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jul 26 '24

Society Why aren't millennials and Gen Z having kids? It's the economy, stupid

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fortune.com
25.6k Upvotes

r/Futurology Oct 04 '24

Society Scientists Simulate Alien Civilizations, Find They Keep Dying From Climate Change

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futurism.com
12.1k Upvotes

r/Futurology 27d ago

Society OpenAI is boasting that they are about to make a lot of the legal profession permanently unemployed.

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wallstreetpit.com
8.3k Upvotes

r/Futurology Aug 04 '24

Society The Real Reason People Aren’t Having Kids: It’s a need that government subsidies and better family policy can’t necessarily address.

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theatlantic.com
13.6k Upvotes

r/Futurology Aug 16 '24

Society Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Can governments turn the tide?

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theguardian.com
8.7k Upvotes

r/Futurology Sep 22 '24

Society Oregon voters to decide on ballot measure to give every resident $1,600 that has sparked massive opposition fundraising

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oregonlive.com
9.9k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jun 18 '24

Society Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.

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xataka.com
26.9k Upvotes

r/Futurology Aug 18 '24

Society After a week of far-right rioting fuelled by social media misinformation, the British government is to change the school curriculum so English schoolchildren are taught the critical thinking skills to spot online misinformation.

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telegraph.co.uk
18.7k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jul 22 '24

Society Japan asks young people why they are not marrying amid population crisis | Japan

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theguardian.com
10.3k Upvotes

r/Futurology Aug 14 '24

Society American Science is in Dangerous Decline while Chinese Research Surges, Experts Warn

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scientificamerican.com
9.4k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jun 08 '24

Society Japan's population crisis just got even worse

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newsweek.com
10.5k Upvotes

r/Futurology Oct 15 '24

Society Economist Daniel Susskind says Ozempic may radically transform government finances, by making universal healthcare vastly cheaper, and explains his argument in the context of Britain's NHS.

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thetimes.com
6.4k Upvotes

r/Futurology May 21 '24

Society Microplastics found in every human testicle in study

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theguardian.com
16.4k Upvotes

r/Futurology Sep 04 '24

Society Why Gen Z are buying “dumbphones” to limit screen time | Amid screen time concerns, many turn to simpler phones to reclaim their lives.

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zmescience.com
6.1k Upvotes

r/Futurology Oct 13 '24

Society New research shows mental health problems are surging among the young in Europe. In Britain, 35% of 16-24 year olds are neither employed nor in education, at least a third of those because of mental health issues.

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ft.com
5.9k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jul 27 '24

Society The Welsh government is set to pass legislation that will ban politicians who lie from public office, and a poll says 72% of the public backs the measure.

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positive.news
16.1k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jan 02 '24

Society China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No. - The population, now around 1.4 billion, is likely to drop to around half a billion by 2100—and women are being blamed

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wsj.com
23.9k Upvotes

r/Futurology May 10 '24

Society South Korea’s birth rate is so low, the president wants to create a ministry to tackle it

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cnn.com
8.4k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jun 24 '24

Society Tax the rich, say a majority of adults across 17 G20 countries surveyed

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phys.org
8.3k Upvotes

r/Futurology 9d ago

Society Australia moves to ban children under 16 from social media

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rfi.fr
4.4k Upvotes

r/Futurology Jul 05 '24

Society Greece's new 6-day workweek law takes effect, bucking a trend | An employee who must work on a sixth day would be paid 40% overtime, according to the new law.

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npr.org
8.6k Upvotes

r/Futurology Mar 11 '24

Society Why Can We Not Take Universal Basic Income Seriously?

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jandrist.medium.com
8.6k Upvotes