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> In my opinion, our species population is big enough already, and this is the main driving factor of ongoing ecological problems. That's the reason my wife an
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
> In my opinion, our species population is big enough already, and this is the main driving factor of ongoing ecological problems.
That's the reason my wife and I decided to only have one kid. It's a statement. I don't care that future politicians shall have less future taxpayers. I don't believe eternal growth is the only model: I actually think it's unsustainable.
- AlexTWithBeard 5y agoIt's not only about gathering taxes. It's also about having someone to wipe your ass once you're too frail to do it yourself.
- ReactiveJelly 5y agoConceiving a child so they can wipe my ass sounds selfish
- c048 5y agoExpecting someone else's kid to be there to wipe your ass is even more so.
- AlexTWithBeard 5y agoWiping ass is just another job which someone has to do. And that someone has to be someone's kid.
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- flukus 5y agoWe can automate this with bidets. For a less literal interpretation, euthanasia (legal or otherwise) is how I'd like to avoid this stage of life entirely, it's now a legal possibility where I live if there's a terminal condition preventing me from wiping my own ass. Many people get to skip this stage in life entirely though, either through good health or misfortune.
- Ericson2314 5y agoLife's better when you put on your Keynesian hat. Productivity went up faster than population in the rich counties, and we all loss leverage with our employers as there wasn't enough work to go around. Now, if populations fall, there will be enough work again, and there will be a need to automate (maintaining the same standard of living is nice and uncreative) which will make more meaningful work for us programmers (the "productivity industry").
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThe japanese have power washers for this.
- stephc_int13 5y agoI agree, there is a limit to sustainability, even if technology is likely to improve I don't see why we should take the risk of pushing the limits. If the population decline happen to be a seemingly unsurmountable problem 100 years down the road, we'll have more than enough time to react before risking extinction.