Comments on: Book review – The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction/2019/09/30/book-review-the-selfish-ape-human-nature-and-our-path-to-extinction/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:41:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: inquisitivebiologist/2019/09/30/book-review-the-selfish-ape-human-nature-and-our-path-to-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-95127Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:41:59 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5098#comment-95127In reply to mindfullyf4260e2fdb.

By and large, I would say yes. I do not have children nor ever had the desire to. I personally don’t think we need to add more humans to the planet at the moment, though I realise that for many people it’s a very important and life-affirming goal. Obviously, I have no influence or say over that, and I don’t berate people for it, not even those close to me. I guess leave the having of children to those who are enthusiastic about the idea and willing to commit a substantial part of their time and resources to it. But I, for my part, choose to opt out.

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]]>By: mindfullyf4260e2fdb/2019/09/30/book-review-the-selfish-ape-human-nature-and-our-path-to-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-95126Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:34:45 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5098#comment-95126do you consider yourself an anti natalist? (Don’t know if you respond to comments, especially on ol reviews, but I am curious to know about your views on this subject coming in to this review)

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]]>By: Michael Kelly/2019/09/30/book-review-the-selfish-ape-human-nature-and-our-path-to-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-95045Fri, 20 Sep 2024 05:11:52 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5098#comment-95045In reply to notabilia.

Economists and Business captains need to find an alternative to our definition of “growth”

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]]>By: notabilia/2019/09/30/book-review-the-selfish-ape-human-nature-and-our-path-to-extinction/comment-page-1/#comment-6206Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:28:53 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=5098#comment-6206Great review of a very important, blazing book.

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