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This is certainly true, but there is another way to think about it. If you suspect that some kid (including your own) will be likely to make some moderate-scal
by bloaf 10y ago
This is certainly true, but there is another way to think about it. If you suspect that some kid (including your own) will be likely to make some moderate-scale positive contribution to the world (e.g. invention of the telephone) do you have some moral obligation to ensure that the kid has the training, resources, and encouragement to do so?
Essentially, can you weigh the potential benefits to humanity against that child's preferences?
- gbog 10y agoYes. If your kid is obviously a piano genius at five and asks for a good master you should provide. But be careful to not project your own dreams onto your kids. No need to push.
- Bakary 10y agoIn theory this is an interesting argument bit I feel that in practice it relies on too much hypothetical thinking. There's no way to predict what such a contribution might even look like in our era.