This amusing Indian ad suggests that a newfangled smartphone is just the ticket to bring down birthrates. If everyone's having lots of 3G fun, who can be bothered with old-fashioned amorous pursuits?
Writes Christopher Mims:
It's nothing short of remarkable that India is a country that can joke about both its population problem and birth control, but all kidding aside, there is one level on which this message could be true. Empowering women is the shortest route to bending the curve of future population growth, and wireless access to the internet could be one way to make education more accessible in the developing world.
This is the latest in a series of Saturday GINK videos about population and reproduction (or a lack thereof).
Lisa Hymas is senior editor at Grist, which she cofounded back in the day. You can follow her on Twitter. She writes on politics, population, and other green issues. She coined the acronym GINK (green inclinations, no kids) and won a 2010 Population Institute Global Media Award for her writing on the childfree choice. If you're like-minded, become a fan of GINK on Facebook. If you're not, no hard feelings. We've just upgraded our comments section! Read more about this change here.View the original article here
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