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That's interesting. Yet encyclopedias record billions of achievements, but almost never "having children"
by seydor 3y ago
That's interesting. Yet encyclopedias record billions of achievements, but almost never "having children"
- nickpp 3y agoEvery single human being alive today owes his/her very existence to an uninterrupted chain of such achievements going back to the beginning of life on this planet. Do we need to record these in encyclopedias? That would be silly. Are they extremely important for us? No kidding. Is failing to "continue the habit" exiting the long game and electing not to play any more? I would say so.
- seydor 3y agoI think it's because having children, as necessary and rewarding it is, is trivial.
- nickpp 3y ago> trivial Quite the opposite of that, IMHO. I would regard my having children as both the most challenging and most fulfilling thing I ever did in my life - way above what I thought would take that spot for me (things like business ventures, career, adventures, extreme endeavors and achievements).
- red-iron-pine 3y agoain't nothin trivial about having a kid unless you're a deadbeat dad and can just walkaway.
- Ygg2 3y agoSure it does. All biographies mention spouse and children.
- defrost 3y agoAll biographies ?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan Not even a picture.
- seydor 3y agoOnly wikipedia did that. In general encyclopedias did not use to have a 'personal life' segment at all
- Ygg2 3y agoThe GP mentions encyclopedias. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. If other online encyclopedias omit this information that's pretty weird imo. Print encyclopedias have a spacing budget.
- mr_mitm 3y agoHaving children is easy. Being a good parent is the hard part. Unfortunately, those two don't necessarily overlap.