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by testfoobar
1619 days ago
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I wish you the best as you figure out the direction of your life. I'm a bit older and have kids. They've positively impacted my life in ways I could not have imagined when I was younger. Having said that, the speed of climate change and what feels like a global political class that is incapable of taking meaningful action, I am very concerned for my kids' near future. I cannot imagine a life without them, but I do wonder whether they will suffer, or whether my grand kids will suffer due to climate change. And so I wonder whether the joy and fulfillment they bring me will be worth any suffering they will be forced to endure. I cannot successfully do this computation. I am left with a persistent concern that will not lift. But then I think about people who had children during times of war and during famines. The urge to procreate is so amazingly strong. By definition the adults who will tackle climate change have to be conceived by the adults who will suffer from it. |
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