A very neutral perspective yet in the favour of the vast majority - the humanity. Loved it Sahil. I would personally like to know if there are any comments. Regards
My intuition was always to have a kid but I couldn't really put a finger on why. You articulated it well. The slow slide into nihilism and consumerism in the absence of a greater purpose scares me.
Another point is that any logical discourse here is impossible(as I'm sure you will find in the comments). You can make decisions based on the parameters you care about now. But once you have a kid you change as a person. Those parameters change. I am yet to meet a parent who would uniquvocally agree to have made a bad choice. This is a decision making problem that cannot be dealt with using the same frameworks. Check out the book transformative experiences.
"Transformative Experience is a 2014 book by philosopher L. A. Paul. The book analyzes decision-making in circumstances where one of the possible options offers a radically new experience that cannot be assessed in advance, such as deciding to become a parent, or choosing to alter one's physical or mental capabilities. "
Philosophically it sounds rosy but in reality a kid is a 20-25 years project which when ends you see your all hair turned grey and in the name of legacy you just made a house whose partial emi is yet to be completed :,-) and when kid flys away, there existentialism hits you. Was it all I lived for.
I guess the probability of Einstein, tesla, Mozart will be more if people invest their life in creation rather than procreation.
Great people were born and markets flourished even when the population of the earth was half of what it is now.
On the latter point, read the article I mentioned. We had near-zero growth rates till the 1300s. It's only after we reached a critical mass that we started improving our situation. So, no, till the tipping point was reached, life was pretty static through the ages.
None of them is convincing. For a female, it's very different. Have men evolved emotionally enough to take care of their kids as women hustle for their jobs? When the answer to this would be a YES! Then I think more women will be inclined to have/raise a kid.
A very neutral perspective yet in the favour of the vast majority - the humanity. Loved it Sahil. I would personally like to know if there are any comments. Regards
My intuition was always to have a kid but I couldn't really put a finger on why. You articulated it well. The slow slide into nihilism and consumerism in the absence of a greater purpose scares me.
Another point is that any logical discourse here is impossible(as I'm sure you will find in the comments). You can make decisions based on the parameters you care about now. But once you have a kid you change as a person. Those parameters change. I am yet to meet a parent who would uniquvocally agree to have made a bad choice. This is a decision making problem that cannot be dealt with using the same frameworks. Check out the book transformative experiences.
"Transformative Experience is a 2014 book by philosopher L. A. Paul. The book analyzes decision-making in circumstances where one of the possible options offers a radically new experience that cannot be assessed in advance, such as deciding to become a parent, or choosing to alter one's physical or mental capabilities. "
You’re bang on with every single pointer- especially on the impossibility of arriving at universal logical conclusions.
And that book has been on my list for a while, will make sure I read it this year!
Philosophically it sounds rosy but in reality a kid is a 20-25 years project which when ends you see your all hair turned grey and in the name of legacy you just made a house whose partial emi is yet to be completed :,-) and when kid flys away, there existentialism hits you. Was it all I lived for.
I guess the probability of Einstein, tesla, Mozart will be more if people invest their life in creation rather than procreation.
Great people were born and markets flourished even when the population of the earth was half of what it is now.
On the latter point, read the article I mentioned. We had near-zero growth rates till the 1300s. It's only after we reached a critical mass that we started improving our situation. So, no, till the tipping point was reached, life was pretty static through the ages.
None of them is convincing. For a female, it's very different. Have men evolved emotionally enough to take care of their kids as women hustle for their jobs? When the answer to this would be a YES! Then I think more women will be inclined to have/raise a kid.