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You do realize having kids is a biological necessity to continue life, yes? There would be no careers and financials to worry about if people didn’t exist. And
by programmarchy 8y ago
You do realize having kids is a biological necessity to continue life, yes?
There would be no careers and financials to worry about if people didn’t exist. And there’s no reason to put those things on a pedestal, because they won’t matter once you’re dead.
Choosing not to have kids is effectively genetic suicide. Your DNA will be a dead end on the evolutionary scale.
For someone like me who enjoys life, seems odd that you wouldn’t want to create new life to pass down the experience to your children. That’s why it seems selfish and short sighted to me.
- Simon_says 8y agoThat's what you DNA "wants". Are you a slave to your DNA?
- programmarchy 8y agoI think we are all slaves to DNA to the extent it determines our genetic makeup. In terms of having kids, like I said, I enjoy life and so I naturally want to pass down the experience of life to my children. There is a biological “want” built-in of course (oxytocin, etc.) but it’s something I consciously want, too. So, no I’m not completely enslaved by my DNA. I see myself in the context of my past and future, and I want to actively continue my chain of existence through my children. In comparison to that, extra free time and money seem trivial to me.
- wetpaws 8y agoSentient life is overrated.