If the singularity is near, doesn’t that defeat the purpose of having children somewhat? You do all that work raising them to be adults and then the singularity comes and it’s all irrelevant.
If the singularity is near, doesn’t that defeat the purpose of having children somewhat? You do all that work raising them to be adults and then the singularity comes and it’s all irrelevant.
How near (decades or centuries)? Which singularity (good or bad)? Irrelevant to whom (us or the potential child)?
I thought EY and folk were estimating within decades. It’s going to take at least 25 years for me to find a mate, produce a baby, and raise that baby to adulthood.
Which singularity (good or bad)?
Either. A negative singularity kills all of us, including the children. A positive singularity would give us that all of the previous accomplishments will be trivial by comparison . If you told me that in 20 years I’d either be shot dead or given a billion dollars, I wouldn’t save for retirement.
As far as I understand it (not a parent myself), being a parent is one of the best, most enjoyable and rewarding things many people say they have done. So the “purpose of having children” isn’t necessarily prolonging the human race.
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids seemed to suggest that parenting was most difficult when children are young, and most rewarding when they are grown up.
If the singularity is near, doesn’t that defeat the purpose of having children somewhat? You do all that work raising them to be adults and then the singularity comes and it’s all irrelevant.
If.
It’s not so near that we can count on the currently living to bring it about.
How near (decades or centuries)? Which singularity (good or bad)? Irrelevant to whom (us or the potential child)?
I thought EY and folk were estimating within decades. It’s going to take at least 25 years for me to find a mate, produce a baby, and raise that baby to adulthood.
Either. A negative singularity kills all of us, including the children. A positive singularity would give us that all of the previous accomplishments will be trivial by comparison . If you told me that in 20 years I’d either be shot dead or given a billion dollars, I wouldn’t save for retirement.
Us.
As far as I understand it (not a parent myself), being a parent is one of the best, most enjoyable and rewarding things many people say they have done. So the “purpose of having children” isn’t necessarily prolonging the human race.
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids seemed to suggest that parenting was most difficult when children are young, and most rewarding when they are grown up.