> I really get nervous that this is such a widely held POV. Start doing something about climate change then. Something that seems to be missed in these discus

> I really get nervous that this is such a widely held POV. Start doing something about climate change then. Something that seems to be missed in these discussions is that the argument over how bad the impacts will actually be (vs how bad the childfree people think it'll be) aren't actually relevant. It is a problem and the issue is that we've largely tried nothing and we're all out of ideas. That creates a feeling that we're incapable of solving any of societies problems which is probably the psychological root of the issue. And wanking about fusion reactors doesn't start fixing anything. We can't even do anything to eliminate and shut down scam phone call schemes, which is a problem created entirely by technology. Start doing things to address climate change, address wealth inequality, address private issues caused by technology and other technology ills rather than just blindly hoping that more technology will magically fix the problems caused by prior technology. Those would all increase confidence. Right now what we have is a crisis of confidence in society on the whole.