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I would argue that having kids is the only reasonable goal you can have as a species. Everything else that humans do is optional.
by mlboss 6y ago
I would argue that having kids is the only reasonable goal you can have as a species. Everything else that humans do is optional.
- luckylion 6y agoI don't disagree. Yet individually, they are a choice. We're at a strange time in human history, where "(almost) everybody has children" no longer holds true. While children in total are necessary for a society, any individual person's children are not. We encourage having children by severely lightening the load that comes with having children, but we're not encouraging having children as a life-style choice where you get to cuddle with them and the state takes over any other duties. Yes, raising children is hard work. No, parents are not doing it for altruistic reasons. Yes, we should support them. No, we shouldn't just push more and more work on non-parents so parents can have an easier time.
- throwaway5792 6y agoHang on. Who the hell is having to do more work than before because of parents? Projects get pushed back, scoped down. Childless engineers don't have to be doing 100 hour weeks to compensate.