Maybe not for that reason. But the opportunity cost of having kids, for example in terms of time and money, is pretty high. You could easily make an argument that those resources would be more effectively used for higher impact activities.
The money as dead children analogy might be particularly useful here, since we're comparing kids with kids.
Such cost calculations are wildly overestimated.
Suppose you buy a luxury item, like a golden ring with brilliants. You pay a lot of money, but your money isn't going to disappear; it is redistributed between traders, jewelers, miners, etc. The only thing that's lost is the total effort required to produce that ring, which often costs lesser by an order of magnitude. And if the item you buy is actually useful, the wasted effort is even lower.
The cost of having kids is so high for you, because you will likely raise well-educated children with high intellig...
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