[crasp]

Disclaimer: I am a parent. Regardles here's my 2c:

I can't speak for the places where this article was published but given this site is its only source this will mostly be read by people that are in general interested in programming or have some interest in open source software. I think we need some kind of future where these genes might be needed to actually help turn the tide on most of the problem with overpopulation, the environment and climate change.

This will most likely not be read by people that do not care about programming or open source software or simply do not care about any of this stuff. They will still reproduce and make the problem bigger. I would say the people that DO care about all these things need to be well represented in the future as well if we want to see change in the future as well.

I am not saying he makes no valid points but these points mostly miss their target audience and are read by the wrong group of people.

[bluejekyll]

It doesn't necessarily need to be your own kids that you teach these skills to.

There are lots of programs to which you can donate your time to help teach children, and we should all be doing that more.

Yes, there is some amount of genetics that will not get represented, but I don't actually believe that the human genetic pool is so focused that we will actually miss out on some next evolutionary step.