Hi David, I've been dabbling in secular buddhism, evolutionary psychology, and antinatalism on and off over the years and it's cool to see that transh...
Maybe it would help if you could give illustrative examples of philosophies or concepts based on the idea of progress. Below are two case studies that...
May be applicable if you want to live within a small community. May not be applicable though if you want to scale things up like food production and t...
I just have some experience in power system and energy system planning so I usually get my sort of superficial knowledge on nuclear technology just fr...
And I think that this is also the point raised by some participants in this thread, that we should pass judgment on a case to case basis. I think this...
Sorry for seeming to digressing in my previous responses, it was not intentional. But if you view "consent" as some sort of assigning responsibility f...
I also don't like nuclear back then but a recent encounter with pro-nuclear articles changed my stance. Below are some recent realizations: On nuclear...
This is the reason why I brought up the issue I quoted above, there are arguments that decouple the following claims: (1) coming to exists isn't a har...
"'It's okay because some people have it worse!' I believe Benatar argued against this line of thought, if I remember correctly, he said it goes to sho...
I'm not sure what you mean by this particular phrase but certainly, when a person is born, it will most certainly consume resources other people in mo...
Framed from the issue of consent, maybe yes. But framed from the issue of fulfilling one's selfish desires at the expense of suffering of other people...
Consent may be a component of a majority of ethical problems but maybe it is not the proper word to use in the issue of procreation? Because as @"Cice...
I'm not sure if this is what one might call a tautology. It's inherent in the problem that you cannot require consent from someone or something who ca...
For me, awareness was the necessary first step to trying to make some sort of sense about life. It's still difficult to deal with the realities of lif...
As they say, nature is violent in its indifference. Sharing a quote/speech I encountered earlier this week because, why not? :) The Story of My Life B...
How do you view it then when you ask favors of other people, demanding some or much of their time that they'd rather spend on something else? How do y...
Reality is more complicated than the Sisyphus story though. Whether you interpret the boulder as one's dreams or just basic striving for survival as p...
With that logic, you're implying that self-realization and fulfillment is the ultimate reward and that NOT ONLY the suffering one has been through BUT...
Well, you can say it that way. A gentler way of putting it is that I empathize with the suffering that my hypothetical offspring will inevitably suffe...
Sure, but no matter how risk-averse or prepared one is, there is 99.9999% certainty that one's offspring will experience pain/suffering. And for peopl...
Haha, I see. Maybe we're putting different weights on suffering vs. blessings and different risk valuations. The question then would be, is there a co...
But in the here and now, and in the immediate future, having children and pursuing one's "passions" has its costs, e.g. adding to other people's worri...
And at what cost? Having to bother other people and add to their problems and suffering, directly or indirectly... Consuming resources that other peop...
Woah! Interesting Trump trivia! Having ruled out suicide for a number of reasons, all that is left for me for now is to get by and endure. It's still ...
If we are just talking about possibilities, then there are a lot of different possible scenarios, known and unknown. However, some scenarios are more ...
As you said, work is a given so it really is a burden not to think positively or at least indifferently to work or one passing work to others. So I gu...
I actually previously entertained the thought that the 'higher ups' knew what they were doing when they designed the 8-hour + travel + lunch time work...
Nothing much that I seriously considered recently. Usually, I think of the tediousness of daily life and seeming insignificance and meaninglessness of...
Thanks. I was really quite "upset" earlier but thankfully, things got a little bit more manageable lately. So if I may add to the list: - having mood ...
GUILT, HELPLESSNESS, HATE - for enjoying modern day comforts knowing that these are built upon the immense suffering of countless generations before u...
One reason homes cost so much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcbjWGj3jBk Argument: Not enough housing units are built to accommodate new families/cou...
Sorry if it comes to you like that. What I intended to convey with that reaction to BC's confession is that of interest -- what it feels like to be in...
I'm also 26 and experienced a rut and the accompanying romantic view of suicide just last year. Looking back, it was an interesting starting point tha...
Some stories on ageing from East Asia that I recalled after reading the OP: 101 East - Ageing Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8wdLWUEnzI 101 Ea...
I have a preference for good sentimental songs and instrumental music and dark/tragic fiction. When I listen/watch, I feel like connecting to the inne...
Now that I think about it, someone is obviously there (aside from the larger dog), possibly delighting at the sight of the puppy falling down. EDIT: M...
OK, I think I get the logic now but still... (Maybe I still don't get it...) Nevermind, the point I'm trying to raise as a reply to Hanover's premise ...
9 Brutally real reasons why millennials refuse to have kids http://www.therooster.com/blog/10-brutally-real-reasons-why-millennials-refuse-have-kids#s...
Your case and my case sounds similar, just that I have to return to being a faculty after getting the degree (hopefully). Technically, I'm an 'enginee...
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