Why Asia Stopped Having Kids

Not a lot of substance to back up the author’s ideas. The author tries to explain why many East Asian countries stand out on different metrics like standardized testing and birth rates. He rejects “Confucius of the gaps” which is a cultural explanation while at the same positing a genetic disposition towards increased conformity and lack of ability to go off script. This is a “genetics of the gaps” explanation. There is no further genomic evidence put forward. Rather, the author creates many just-so stories to justify the data.

Funnily, it seems that any way the data goes, the author can create a story. Here is what the author said after finding data that contradicted his prediction that Asian countries would have fewer traffic incidents.

> I suppose we can save race science by invoking more race science. Asians are low on non-conforming behavior, but they’re also bad drivers, and maybe the impact of the latter is more important.

Not just Asia. It's a world-wide trend.

The usual reason is:

    Better Female Health + Better Female Education = Lower Birth Rates.

We need several generations of lower-than-replacement birth rates to reduce the world population down to more sustainable levels.

Author is a right wing propagandist. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hanania

A web of potentially interesting data is presented, but no rigorous reasoning is involved. A lot of words to assert confirmation bias of “Asians are conformist”.