What do you hope to achieve in the next 5 years?
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Get a job
Move somewhere far away with my partner
Start T
Go low contact with my family
Be happy
Make friends
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Empty the garage.
If you're going to dream, might as well go big.
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They were put there by a man.
In a factory downtown
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Lose weight and improve my social life.
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What kind of person has a baby in the late 2020s.
I've always wondered how bad things have to get before people say "no thanks, I'm good."
I know the answer is different for everyone, so I guess I would phrase it by percentiles, e.g. when would 75% opt out.
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I would love to learn to not worry, stress and ruminate about every little thing ever
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I've always wondered how bad things have to get before people say "no thanks, I'm good."
I know the answer is different for everyone, so I guess I would phrase it by percentiles, e.g. when would 75% opt out.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I think you're making unacknowledged assumptions in your question that may cause it to have no answer. The most affluent people often have very low birth rates. The most challenged people often have very high birth rates. There may not be a point "so bad" that people don't reproduce.
People don't reproduce for rational reasons. They are responding to a drive and have no insight into what informs that drive except by inference. But I still think there is a moral dimension to human reproduction and responding to a drive does not make it moot.
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Get my last two kids through school and out of the house alive. Currently that goal is in jeopardy.
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Really, I just want to figure out a way to make a stable, livable income without having to become a corporate wage slave again. The corporate wage slave part is negotiable.
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Not be in prison
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Remain alive, last 5 years were touch and go.
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I think you're making unacknowledged assumptions in your question that may cause it to have no answer. The most affluent people often have very low birth rates. The most challenged people often have very high birth rates. There may not be a point "so bad" that people don't reproduce.
People don't reproduce for rational reasons. They are responding to a drive and have no insight into what informs that drive except by inference. But I still think there is a moral dimension to human reproduction and responding to a drive does not make it moot.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]People don’t reproduce for rational reasons
Some people clearly do reproduce (or more directly: not reproduce) due to rational reasons, as demonstrated by people opting out. The most commonly cited reason is finances, but I've also seen environmental concerns or societal factors related to gender (e.g. with 4B).
Solid point though. The real question might very well be: what percentage of the population is willing to forgo reproduction due to adverse external conditions vs what percentage will continue even under extreme hardship?
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Marriage, homeownership, baby. No big deal.
Oh, you can get that done in a weekend. Easy! (The baby making part)
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I hope to be on my own in a city I enjoy with a stable income.
