From our interview with Palmer Luckey

@PalmerLuckey Having children younger than we do today almost certainly would lead to a healthier, fitter, more vigorous population.

@PalmerLuckey The idea of static perfection is a mistake. Marriage is a process, meaning you commit to the shared experience. That means adapting yourself. That’s what he means by “get to be the right people for each other” (Met my wife around turning 20, married 23, kid 25, just hit 20 yr)

Generally, people who marry at younger ages have higher divorce rates compared to those who marry later in life. Studies show that the odds of divorce decrease by approximately 11% for each year after turning 18, reaching a low around age 32, and then starting to increase again. Marriages between the ages of 25 and 32 tend to have higher success rates So I guess these are outliers, or they will divorce soon 💁🏻‍♂️

@PalmerLuckey I hope my son buys a winning lottery ticket when he’s young. I don’t think working a 9-5 through your 20s-50s to make enough money to retire is even remotely optimal in life

@PalmerLuckey Met my wife on the first day of undergrad. She was 17 when I met her, almost 18. I had just turned 19. There really is a lot of merit to what he’s talking about here.

Say you’re 35 and just married the love of your life. You have at most 5 years to crank out a family. You have at most 65 years with your spouse. This is borderline-unfeasible and leads to divorce. If you are 18 and just married the love of your life: You have 22 years to build a home, start a family, and 82 years together with your spouse, children, and their children after them. Wouldn’t you, upon meeting the person you want to spend your WHOLE LIFE with, want to meet them as soon as you could and have as much of your lives together as possible?

@PalmerLuckey So true I was married with 2 kids when I turned 18 had 3rd kid at 22 now all grown I have 8 grandkids at 48 with tons of life ahead and able to enjoy my legacy

Getting married young works for a lot of people. Nothing wrong with that. Good for him for marrying his high school sweetheart. The average age at first marriage for Mormons is around 23, and all I see from Mormon families is big happy family photos together. Seems to work for them.

@PalmerLuckey He’s right. The amount of time young men and women spend hyper focused on sex and activities that they think optimize their opportunities for sex is way too high. We’re all worse off for not marrying our high school sweetheart and building each other up from there

@PalmerLuckey Accurate 🎯 All the 30 somethings that chose to remain childless are in divorce court right now... because they claim they are searching for something to make their life meaningful and make sense, but just can't figure it out. Wonder what that could be? 👶🏻