[antisthenes]

> Is it that we want to maintain our standard of living more than people did in the past? Plenty of poor people have plenty of kids in 1 bedroom apartments. Do we just demand more comfort today? Are we just more picky? Are kids just not worth what they used to be?

I find it interesting that this is almost the only post in the entire thread that arrives at the need to do a little introspection.

Apparently, the ability to do that is much rarer these days than I thought.

[paulcole]

It's not ability it's just willingness. Go to the recent Scrum threads or any discussion of remote work. It's all just these incredibly strongly held opinions that people feel the need to share over and over.