I think this misses what the question should be. It's not whether to have children. It's HOW MANY children.
FWIW I have two. My wife and I wanted kids. We also did not want to contribute to the population explosion. YMMV.
Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
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Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#42Yes.
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#43her election confirms the retardation of ny voters
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#44The question was raised by a politician. Her motivation is to generate fear in the public in order for people to support her recently purposed legislation. Regardless of the validity of the question I have serious concerns about the context in which this discussion was created.
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#45I’ve always believed that if you’re a smart, educated, motivated person (if your reading this than I’m assuming you are one) that probably the best thing you can do for the world is to have kids. Those kids will likely contribute to the world in all sorts of ways that we can’t imagine.
Are you implying kids of "smart, educated, motivated person" will contribute more than kids of people who don't fall into your arbitrary definition?
Obviously genetics and nurture play a massive role in a person's upbringing and largely determine what kind of person they will be. What is the issue here exactly?
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#46I’ve always believed that if you’re a smart, educated, motivated person (if your reading this than I’m assuming you are one) that probably the best thing you can do for the world is to have kids. Those kids will likely contribute to the world in all sorts of ways that we can’t imagine.
Are you implying kids of "smart, educated, motivated person" will contribute more than kids of people who don't fall into your arbitrary definition?
If not, why have an education system at all?
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#47Well imagine nobody had kids and then we managed to turn climate change around. Now we've got a bunch of old folks being cared for by clean energy powered robots, living a utopian dream but thinking, "wait a minute... Did we just win or lose here?"
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#48Define "ok" Our planet is just one of many... Technology is advancing at an incredible rate. Who knows where we will be in 50 years.
The most hostile conditions climate change can throw at us are still a walk in the park compared to those at another planet.
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#49No
Re: Is it still ok to have kids in face of climate change?
#50Reminds me of the "Zero Population" scare of the 70s...
Zero Population was politically evangelized much like climate change for nearly a decade before the fears were proven to be unfounded and mass starvation just wasn't happening as predicted.
I'm not saying in any way climate change isn't real, but I am saying let's not jump to hasty conclusions. Raising kids is one of the greatest joys life offers, so we better be DARN sure that we aren't making a "premature optimization" here.