iPhone's debut crushed young women's fertility, new study says
The first iPhone served as a technological marvel for some, but may have acted as birth control for a significant segment of the female population. A working paper, published in the National Bureau of Economic Research, discussed a causal relationship between the release of the original iPhone in 2007 and a declining general fertility rate in the United States. 'The algorithms ... are incredible at getting you to keep scrolling.' While women of all age groups shelled out $499 for the Apple smart
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