NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cupholder 05 July 2010 08:54:22PM 1 point [-]

Points taken.

Let me restate what I mean more formally. Conditional on high living standards, high-quality parenting, and desire to raise a child, one can reasonably calculate that the expected utility (to myself, to the potential child and to others) of having the child is higher than the expected utility of not having a child. In which case I wouldn't think the antinatalism position has legs.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 July 2010 09:49:42PM 3 points [-]

I'd throw in considering how stable you think those high living standards are.