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I noted specifically that that was not the purpose of the statements.

• carapace 9y ago
  Sorry, I don't mean to pick on you. It freaks me out that we seem to be facing a massive global ecological decline (not to say collapse), and I'm not sure what to do about it.
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  • xapata 9y ago
    > what to do about it Have a beer, relax, and don't have kids. If there's no next generation to worry about, the ethics of ignoring the coming disaster is much easier. > collapse Yes, there's a possibility. I'd give it about 1 in 100 cumulative over the century. In comparison, if I had those odds for an airplane crash, I would never fly.
    • carapace 9y ago
      > Have a beer, relax, and don't have kids. If there's no next generation to worry about, the ethics of ignoring the coming disaster is much easier. I don't have kids and don't intend to, in large measure because of the ecological destruction and the obvious impending doom if we don't change our ways. But I can't ignore it. To me it seems like learning to live in harmony with Nature is one of the most important things we can do right now.
      • microcolonel 9y ago
        > I don't have kids and don't intend to, in large measure because of the ecological destruction and the obvious impending doom if we don't change our ways. But I can't ignore it. To me it seems like learning to live in harmony with Nature is one of the most important things we can do right now. I hope you realize that this attitude can not survive a generation. The next generation will descend almost entirely from people who thought it was still worth having kids.