Antinatalism

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The philosophical belief that having children is morally wrong and cannot be justified.

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[–] SparrowRanjitScaur 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate the concern, and I think it's good to have awareness of a possible future like that, but that's a sad perspective to have.

[–] madcaesar 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying we will destroy ourselves, I'm just saying given how unfathomably large space is, that even if we could travel at the speed of light... We'd be going nowhere.

[–] SparrowRanjitScaur 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Even if we never find a way around the speed of light limitation, and even if we never figure out how to terraform planets, the amount of resources in our solar system is vast and there's still a great opportunity for expansion with O'Neill colonies.

Obviously that requires very futuristic tech and will not be happening for a very, very long time. Still, it's worth working towards because I believe expansion and exploration is in our DNA. We just need to know when we've hit our limit for a given environment and not live beyond our means.