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It feels like having your heart outside of your body and it's running around recklessly. Having children changed my outlook on the future quite a bit. First, I
by chromanoid 4y ago
It feels like having your heart outside of your body and it's running around recklessly.
Having children changed my outlook on the future quite a bit. First, I feel much more repsonsible and interested in the ecological future, because I intensely love people who will have to deal with the consequences in the future. Second, I hope I will be able to have a natural look into the problems of future generations, when I am old - there is a "strong bond into the future" for me. Third, while I don't feel it's a "future me" that I talk into sleep every evening, it feels like my human legacy. Considering my current reality, my children are probably the biggest impact I can have on the future.
BTW I guess all this is true regardless of genetic bonds.
- the_doctah 4y agoAnd in an ironic twist, the more people we bring into this world out of our own ego, the worse off it becomes.
- chromanoid 4y agoAs far as I know, it's less about how many and more about how they live. There is this myth of overpopulation (afaik this is well documented), in reality it's the egoism of the few rich countries who run the world down. And here I hope my children will participate in changing things.