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Tech Tuesday: Declining birth rates intersect with the advent of the smartphone

from All Sides with Amy Juravich

Fertility rates in the U.S. have fallen by 22% since 2007. This also happens to be the year the iPhone was introduced to the world by Apple.The less time people spend connecting in person, the less likely people are to have babies. But the question is can the reasoning really be that simple?The motto for justice in democratic countries is “innocent until proven guilty,” but what if it were the other way around?Algorithms and data analytics being used in policing raise troubling concerns about privacy, autonomy, and freedom.Guests:Hernan J. Moscoso Boed, macro economist/associate professor of economics, University of CincinnatiMatt Burgess, senior writer, WIREDRussell Holly, director of commerce content, CNET

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