> 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 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.