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Re:11,000 Scientists Say Earth's Population Needs to Shrink ... by hexscrews on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @12:29AM (#21459966)
One of the reasons I've committed to never having children is because there isn't a NEED for more children. We (our species) has a far excess of humans to survive just anything.
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Re:11,000 Scientists Say Earth's Population Needs to Shrink ... by madacoo on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @02:58AM (#21460557)
There is a big difference between opting out as an individual and suggesting that this is a reasonable solution for others.
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Re:11,000 Scientists Say Earth's Population Needs to Shrink ... by huffmsa on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @10:26AM (#21463440)
You're reducing the evolutionary diversity of the species, making us more susceptible to catastrophic single point failure in the future.

Quite selfish.

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