Musical guest: Danielle Ate the Sandwich (https://www.danielleatethesandwich.com/bio)
Featured speaker: Darrel Ray, “Swipe Left or Swipe Right: Human Mating Patterns and the Future of Humanity”

Today’s mating world is vastly different from what it was just 20 or 30 years ago. What is happening? Birthrates have plummeted around the world. Marriage rates have fallen even as divorce rates have skyrocketed. DNA testing often reveals that our beliefs about who our parents, grandparents or children are may just be myths, created to hide the truth about our family history and genetics.

Couple this with such things as the 4B or the MGTOW movements, the Red Pill, OnlyFans, and the plethora of dating apps, and we get a glimpse of how difficult it is for humans to find partners with whom to have children and form families.

What does this mean for U.S. culture, global culture, and the future of our species? These changes do not just affect younger people, they affect who we are as parents, grandparents and even those who do not have or intend to have children. These changes will impact the way we form communities, families and friendships and is certainly impacting modern religions.

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