Those who have or want to have children: would you want to genetically modify them?

[Warren DeMontague]

67. You don't think there was deception and deceit in the hunter gatherer era?

There ARE problems, but again, en masse, life is better for most of humanity, than it was then. When 30 was considered old age and people routinely died of things like dental infections.

Ever had a dental infection? NOT a fun way to die.

Hey, I would never second-guess anyone's choice not to have kids, but realistically, "the world" is a much better place now. It simply is. That's not "blinders".

It's telling that optimism pisses some people off so profoundly. Hey, speaking of "personal", if you're right and I'm wrong, and we're all doomed anyway, what difference does it make if I skip through my deluded world of rainbow unicorn farts? Why should it bother you?

(And of course, if you choose to be unnecessarily focused on bleakness I suppose that's your business as well.)

And none of that means that the Koch bros, or the idiotic drug war in places like Kansas, are peachy keen.