Comments on: Google Has Gotten Really Good at Matching Their Ads to Content

By: Jim Thomerson

Jim Thomerson — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:56:44 +0000

Paul Colinvaux in “Fates of Nations” makes the case that the poor have more children than the wealthy because people have the number of children they think they can afford. Poor children come cheap and may even be economically positive, whereas well off children are very expensive.

I think there is a tendency for new immigrants to have more children than usual. Perhaps it is that they are relatively richer than at home, but do not yet realize how much their children are going to cost them.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:23:15 +0000

Well, someone is selling the service, at least.

By: ranggaw0636

ranggaw0636 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:13:10 +0000

So google suggest us to date wealthy people if we want less child?

By: Uncle Bob

Uncle Bob — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:17:11 +0000

very interesting. That’s what I love about your posts Greg, you force me to think outside of my culture, let alone the cultural assumptions that often go with it.

I just finished “Germs, Guns and Steel” and it really woke me up to what a bizarre and “unnatural” life I’ve been living compared to the majority of human history. It has also really helped me to get more understanding from a lot of your posts