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HalMorris comments on Is it immoral to have children? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: HalMorris 03 January 2014 02:12:36AM 2 points [-]

Besides which, giving people $5 mosquito nets is something one can actually do, while "having" people "forego having children" is meaningless verbiage unless you mean to take over the world, and trying to do that has always had a shitload of unforeseen consequences.

Comment author: mwengler 03 January 2014 08:40:21PM 1 point [-]

Sure, saving other culture's children is a luxury consumer good, and a nice one at that. I am in favor of a program which would divert some of our entertainment dollars towards seeing if we can pull the poor parts of Africa out of its animalistic black hole.