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Re:1 in 5 adults don’t want children –– and they don’t regre... by saiojd on Friday May 05, 2023 @10:32PM (#35837402)
Not really selfish at all when you consider that the Earth's population cannot grow infinitely. Some people have kids, others don't, not a big deal.
Re:1 in 5 adults don’t want children –– and they don’t regre... by hsbauauvhabzb on Friday May 05, 2023 @10:38PM (#35837436)
That’s assuming the human race naturally reducing or eventually dying out is considered selfish in the first place. We really place too much longevity of humans while extinguishing animals for sport.
Re:1 in 5 adults don’t want children –– and they don’t regre... by pokstad on Friday May 05, 2023 @11:45PM (#35837776)
That’s not necessarily true. The biggest resource constraint on the earth we can’t live without is food and we are extremely inefficient at producing it. Right now it takes large fields of biological crops, but the future might solve that problem.
Re:1 in 5 adults don’t want children –– and they don’t regre... by saiojd on Sunday May 07, 2023 @10:51AM (#35852125)
That's a good point. The more I think about it the more what I said was a way of rationalizing not agreeing with the parent comment. Even if there were no ressource constrains it still doesn't feel selfish to me not to have children.
Re:1 in 5 adults don’t want children –– and they don’t regre... by antisthenes on Saturday May 06, 2023 @12:47AM (#35838118)
Every couple can have 2 kids and it would keep the population constant.

In fact everyone having just 2 isn't enough, it has to be slightly higher, even with modern medicine.

Re:1 in 5 adults don’t want children –– and they don’t regre... by pixl97 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @09:57AM (#35841437)
That would be assuming that we've not already overshot sustainable population. With every biodiversity marker pointing that we're in the middle of a mass extinction, it really does seem like that may be the case.