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From anecdotal evidence I agree it’s the root of the problem - why have kinds when there are more fun things to do? Among my peer group probably half of the gro
by vl 2y ago
From anecdotal evidence I agree it’s the root of the problem - why have kinds when there are more fun things to do? Among my peer group probably half of the group chose not to have kids.
Lucky enough for humankind this is self-correcting problem on both local and global level: people with partying genes will become extinct.
- acdha 2y ago> Lucky enough for humankind this is self-correcting problem on both local and global level: people with partying genes will become extinct. Humans aren’t fruit flies. Very little of our behavior has simple genetic controls in general and our brains are famously flexible based on our experiences. It’s also complicated in this case because deciding whether to have children involves any of the same skills people need to be successful in life: it’s a multi-decade commitment and so the problem is hardly “self-correcting” if it means that most of the children are being had by people who don’t make major life decisions rationally. Fortunately, most of them would be the ones choosing to party instead.