i used to say my guiding philosophy was to reduce suffering as much as possible. in recent years i've started framing that as only part of it, of equal importance as creating joy. i'm childfree and encourage others to do the same primarily for ecological reasons, but i think there are things worth doing and people will need/want to do them. for example, i think humans have an ethical obligation to contribute to animal conservation, since there are many species that, as a result of human impact, will go extinct without human intervention. anyway, antinatali... (read more)
i used to say my guiding philosophy was to reduce suffering as much as possible. in recent years i've started framing that as only part of it, of equal importance as creating joy. i'm childfree and encourage others to do the same primarily for ecological reasons, but i think there are things worth doing and people will need/want to do them. for example, i think humans have an ethical obligation to contribute to animal conservation, since there are many species that, as a result of human impact, will go extinct without human intervention. anyway, antinatali... (read more)