A partner, of both the sexual and emotional variety, is far more satisfying than any random sexual hookup. Its the bedrock foundation of my life. Some sort of short lived satisfaction from hooking up with a random doesn't hold a candle to what we have. I'm not religious, we don't have kids, and we've been together for almost 20 years.

That's a hard pass from me. I rather we didn't use Brave New World and 1984 as guides on how to build the future.

Same for me. But of course that is because we have been conditioned to feel that way, isn't it?

It's more nature than nurture. Babies died in a Romanian orphanage because they were only fed and diaper changed and not held for example. I can't find the source right now but I did find this https://www.livescience.com/21778-early-neglect-alters-kids-...

Sure, but that's not something people feel comfortable hearing, judging by your downvotes.

It's just not true. We're not robots.