> family members who totally transformed into different human beings in a good way once they were freed of the burden of caretaking. The burden of caring for a

> family members who totally transformed into different human beings in a good way once they were freed of the burden of caretaking. The burden of caring for aged parents is heavier now. A primary reason is the absence of the extended families that we're evolved to live in. Modern pressures to scatter families means that a 12 person burden is being born by 1 or 2. Similarly, raising children is more difficult than it was historically. Murdering our burdens may be an expedient solution but I feel there are less catastrophic ways out of this.