I feel like we're over-optimizing in some way. Like we're set down this odd path that only leads to more "products" and more "safety" and more of our value as h

I feel like we're over-optimizing in some way. Like we're set down this odd path that only leads to more "products" and more "safety" and more of our value as humans being captured by companies and people "other" than ourselves or families. To this example, we're talking about saving money by not having a car and then the consequences of having a young child, and the dangers thereof, etc. Before we started down this path, we had none of those things, and children were perfectly "safe" staying at home and being home-schooled by individuals in the house. What's next, weighing the cost of a private tutor coming to your house because school is too expensive, transportation to school is too expensive, and the whole thing is too dangerous for them? /rant