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							<title><![CDATA[Why Has the Number of Births Declined Everywhere?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-the-whole-world-stopped-having</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows about the decline in birthrates. Fewer people understand why'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or just how significantly it could transform society in the next few decades.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How American Fatherhood Has Transformed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-do-richer-dads-spend-more-time</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Compared to their parents, Millennial fathers have roughly tripled the amount of time they spend with kids. The new American dad is more present and more exhausted'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'but also, more satisfied with life.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[If America's So Rich, How'd It Get So Sad?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.derekthompson.org/p/if-americas-so-rich-howd-it-get-so</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The United States was a reasonably happy country for a long time,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' the University of Chicago economist Sam Peltzman wrote in a 2026 paper. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It is not happy now.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How &lsquo;Zombie Flow&rsquo; Took Over Culture]]></title>
							<link>https://www.derekthompson.org/p/how-zombie-flow-took-over-culture</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The late psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was troubled by a paradox of progress. People alive today have more sophisticated machines, medicines, and systems for organizing the world. So why haven'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t these advances made us happier? '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'The gods of the Greeks were like helpless...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hope, Hopelessness and the Case for Prayer]]></title>
							<link>https://www.derekthompson.org/p/why-everybody-should-prayeven-if</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Thompson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the science of hope and hopelessness]]></description>
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