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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by throwaway744678 on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:45PM (#34221880)
Good for them. Not that much for ecological reasons, though. The point of your parent was, I believe, that it's not your place to decide for others.
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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by nuc1e0n on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:46PM (#34221899)
exactly
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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by theCrowing on Monday January 02, 2023 @01:46PM (#34221902)
Reading comprehension = F. My question was if you want to be the only biomass on the planet and not that you should not have kids nor anyone else.
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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by nuc1e0n on Monday January 02, 2023 @02:10PM (#34222257)
Apparently, three-quarters of Earth's food supply draws on just 12 crops and five livestock species. Is that a good thing? a bad thing? Or, as I believe, not really either good or bad. That situation has been sustained for quite a while already right?
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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by pessimizer on Monday January 02, 2023 @03:06PM (#34222945)
> three-quarters of Earth's food supply draws on just 12 crops and five livestock species.

All of the biodiversity on the planet is reducing to 12 crops and five livestock species, at least by weight.

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Re:Should we care about people who need never exist? by nuc1e0n on Monday January 02, 2023 @03:13PM (#34223028)
Why do we not choose to broaden the range of species that we cultivate? Are most just another species of rat or weed? Maybe more varieties of carrot are just better. Or just more carrots in general for that matter.
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