>> We regularly choose careers and life pathways (eg marriage, children) meant to last decades. > The rate of divorces, single-parent families in modern times

>> We regularly choose careers and life pathways (eg marriage, children) meant to last decades. > The rate of divorces, single-parent families in modern times seems to indicate we are pretty bad at making such choices. They are "meant" to last decades but they usually don't. This is mostly a "don't want to", not a "can't". Being married "only" once in your life (or having children...) is apparently considered boring, old-fashioned and backwards by many.