[DaniFong]

It wasn't genetic change that prompted the development of civilization from our ancestors. It was memetic change. Culture and the spread of ideas is what makes us human.

The drive to have and raising children is a powerful force in the human psyche. Yet surely the desire to shape and guide those children, or to spread out thoughts and feelings and philosophies among family, friends and foes alike, must be at least as strong -- and sometimes more so.

How else might one explain the all too common act of disowning, shaming, beating, or even killing one's children for disobeying religious precepts, cultural taboos against who to love or marry, for failing to fit cultural or gender norms. Or the vast religious wars that have waged across our continents. Or this very debate?

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For what it is worth, from my vantage point the number of women founding venture backed clean/green tech companies is rapidly growing.