Produce thriving, intelligent, rational, happy, good-hearted children who become thriving, intelligent, rational, happy,
good-hearted adults.
The cynical and practical guide to have at least one good kid:
Step 1:
Choose a good sperm/egg donor. This is by far the most important bit. If you can’t get that consider increasing volume, more kids will help you catch that bell curve tail, take some wisdom from the third world, a single successful brainy kid can lift a nentire family from poverty! IQ correlates with everything good except fertility, but hey we aren’t optimizing for grandchildren here. If you are ok with abortion, prenatal testing offers a world of possibilities too!
Step 2:
Regular middle class upbringing. And don’t stress out too much, recognize upper middle class parental status games for what they are! As long as your aren’t abusing them and they have decent peer networks statistically you have a pretty minimal influence on your kids life outcomes.
Step 3:
Have them read the sequences. We have nothing beyond anecdotal evidence that they help with increasing rationality, but hey even a filter is still useful!
Step 4:
Profit!
The easy tongue-in-cheek guide to good children and everything else:
The cynical and practical guide to have at least one good kid:
Step 1: Choose a good sperm/egg donor. This is by far the most important bit. If you can’t get that consider increasing volume, more kids will help you catch that bell curve tail, take some wisdom from the third world, a single successful brainy kid can lift a nentire family from poverty! IQ correlates with everything good except fertility, but hey we aren’t optimizing for grandchildren here. If you are ok with abortion, prenatal testing offers a world of possibilities too!
Step 2: Regular middle class upbringing. And don’t stress out too much, recognize upper middle class parental status games for what they are! As long as your aren’t abusing them and they have decent peer networks statistically you have a pretty minimal influence on your kids life outcomes.
Step 3: Have them read the sequences. We have nothing beyond anecdotal evidence that they help with increasing rationality, but hey even a filter is still useful!
Step 4: Profit!
The easy tongue-in-cheek guide to good children and everything else:
Step 1: Quantum suicide