52 - Reproduction

This week marks the first occasion we have both been in the same city at the same time. To celebrate we recorded this very special episode of Good Point in front of a live audience at Kickstarter’s offices in Greenpoint during their annual PWL Camp. The topic, Reproduction, was suggested by the audience. China ends one child policy after 35 years https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/29/china-abandons-one-child-policy Having children is one of the most destructive things you can do to the environment http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/children-carbon-footprint-climate-change-damage-having-kids-research-a7837961.html Preterna, Jeremy and Kristen’s VR pregnancy startup https://creators.vice.com/en_au/article/3d53kk/you-can-be-pregnant-in-virtual-reality-finally JODI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodi_(art_collective) Eva and Franco Mattes https://0100101110101101.org/ Exonemo http://www.exonemo.com/ Ubermorgen http://ubermorgen.com/UM/index.html New Parents more sleep-deprived than we thought – “nearly half of all parents with children six months or younger get just one to three hours of uninterrupted sleep a night.” https://www.fitpregnancy.com/baby/baby-care/new-parents-more-sleep-deprived-than-we-thought Audience commenter 1, Spike Trotman - founder of Iron Circus Comics https://ironcircus.com/ Bringing your kids to Comic-con https://www.wired.com/2010/07/comic-con-report-bringing-the-kids/ Audience commenter 2, Stephanie Pereira - Director of Creator Engagement at Kickstarter https://twitter.com/happeness?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor iGen http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/iGen/Jean-M-Twenge/9781501151989 Audience commenter 3, Lori Adelman, runs the website http://feministing.com/ Mother! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpICoc65uh0 Gerhard Richter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6EluMNR14 Audience commenter 4, Sophi Kravitz, Art-engineer, works at Hackaday, attempting to be on sabbatical The Devastator http://devastatorpress.com/