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The billionaire baby boom

+ "Boring reality" AI, Boomer panic, doom spending, war robot turned DJ, and why there’s no “alt-left pipeline"

Taylor Lorenz
Feb 20, 2025
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Last week, it was revealed that Elon Musk had welcomed his 13th child into the world, but he’s not the only tech mogul obsessed with boosting birth rates. This week on Power User, tech journalist Julia Black joined me to discuss the rise of pronatalism in Silicon Valley, a growing movement encouraging people to have as many babies as possible.

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