“But I think supporting the continuation of humanity and the socialization of the next generation can be considered a pretty basic part of human life.”
Maybe it’s a good thing at the margins, but we have more than enough people breeding at this point. There’s nothing particularly noble about it, anymore than it’s noble for an EA to become a sanitation worker. Sure, society would fall apart without sanitation workers, but still…
You’re entitled to do what you want with your life, but there’s no reason to be smug about it.
The post doesn’t claim that having children makes you “good” or “particularly noble”, and there’s no moral connotation inherent in something being “a pretty basic part of human life”.
You’re entitled to think what you like, but there’s no reason to be nasty about it.
“But I think supporting the continuation of humanity and the socialization of the next generation can be considered a pretty basic part of human life.”
Maybe it’s a good thing at the margins, but we have more than enough people breeding at this point. There’s nothing particularly noble about it, anymore than it’s noble for an EA to become a sanitation worker. Sure, society would fall apart without sanitation workers, but still…
You’re entitled to do what you want with your life, but there’s no reason to be smug about it.
The post doesn’t claim that having children makes you “good” or “particularly noble”, and there’s no moral connotation inherent in something being “a pretty basic part of human life”.
You’re entitled to think what you like, but there’s no reason to be nasty about it.