Seconded. I deeply resent the overall tone of this article, framing childbirth and family planning as if every couple kept a damn Excel spreadsheet and talked c

Seconded. I deeply resent the overall tone of this article, framing childbirth and family planning as if every couple kept a damn Excel spreadsheet and talked casually about "biological clocks". Economists! The author briefly points out that children born today might live to see the 22nd Century, but clearly hasn't spent much time actually envisioning that century, using humanity's apparent trajectory as a basis. I will need to know as a concerned, prospective parent, to which post-cataclysmic vassal should my hypothetical child indenture themselves to, if they wish to maximize their chances of living through the Age of Thirst? What schools in my area can teach my child the skills necessary to deescalate an armed conflict with a band of Sand Slayers laying siege to a former Amazon distribution center? And in all seriousness, what can I pass down to them that would make up for the fact that I've dragged them into a world set on fire and wasted by unchecked greed? And did you notice that this article didn't mention adoption whatsoever? That there are already kids in need of a family, whose parents apparently never drafted the Excel spreadsheet, and are suffering through this grim period along with us, whether we're here for them or not? I guess that information doesn't fit into their dated narrative, worrying over their youngsters' biological clocks, seeing a countdown timer on their own contribution to a gene pool instead of wishing the best for their society.