I think framing child-rearing as an individual choice is a dangerous framing.
That's what I was getting at with the comparison to the movie Bird Box.
It's important to think of ourselves as biological systems first and thinkers-as-choosers second.
I suspect that an increase in the virtualization of our lives will lead to an equal increase in the will-full termination of our lives. Suicide. As our lives become less biological we will end them with greater intensity and frequency.
You may not be convinced, but ask yourself what would that road look like? Would you recognize the indicators? Could you and the people you care about hop off the ride in time? Why did so many Westerners join the ranks of ISIS?
That's what I was getting at with the comparison to the movie Bird Box.
It's important to think of ourselves as biological systems first and thinkers-as-choosers second.
I suspect that an increase in the virtualization of our lives will lead to an equal increase in the will-full termination of our lives. Suicide. As our lives become less biological we will end them with greater intensity and frequency.
You may not be convinced, but ask yourself what would that road look like? Would you recognize the indicators? Could you and the people you care about hop off the ride in time? Why did so many Westerners join the ranks of ISIS?