Antinatalism: An Evolutionary Dead End ⸺ Philosophy by Glenn Campbell

Glenn Campbell responds to the antinatalist argument that no one should have children. Yes, having children is expensive and risky, but if no one does it, out society—or at least the best parts of our society—will expire. If your culture is to continue beyond the current generation, you have to figure out some way to handle the antinatalism problem. Speaking in an idyllic location in the California Redwoods, Glenn identifies two forms of antinatalism: “pragmatic“ and “hard-core“. The pragmatic people want to have children and see them as valuable but feel they can’t afford them. The hard-core antinatalists believe that having children is morally wrong, because of the potential pain you’re bringing into the world and the damage you are supposedly doing to the environment. Darwinism will address the hard-core antinatalists, efficiently killing them off. That leaves the pragmatic antinatalists, who just need some way to address the high cost and risk of raising children. This entails the sharing of risk among a group of people. Instead of one or two parents going it alone, maybe a group of parents should band together to raise children. If you would like to hear Glenn’s proposal for an alternative family structure, called the “Post-Nuclear Family“. See playlist: ⸻⸻ ALSO SEE ⸻⸻ 📜Transcript for this episode (May 2021) 📺 This video is part of a playlist on the Post-Nuclear Family: 📺Other videos on antinatalism: ⸻Debunking Environmental Antinatalism ⸻Every baby = tons of carbon? 🔊 Demographic Doom Podcast: ⸻Episodes about the “post-nuclear family“ ⸻Ep 21: Should you feel guilty about not having kids? ⸻Ep 17: Why aren’t people having kids? 🐦 @DemographicDoom Twitter: http://twitter/demographicdoom ⸻🧵Master Index of Tweet Essays ⸻🧵Description of the Post Nuclear Family ⸻⸻ EPISODE NOTES ⸻⸻ 00:30 New term defined: “pragmatic antinatalism“. More at ⸻⸻ INDEXING INFO FOR THIS EPISODE 📝 ⸻⸻ 🔗Short link for this video: 📜Transcript: 🐦Twitter ⸻Video re-announced (2021) ⸻Tweets regarding this video 🤳Instagram posts from the filming location 🤳This episode announced on Instagram: 📺Youtube hashtags: #PostNuclearFamily #Antinatalism 📹Recording info ⸻Recorded on 14 May 2019 in Big Basin Redwoods State Park, south of San Francisco. Location: ⸻Released 17 May 2019 from Nubble Light, Maine (scene of my next DD video) ⸻Filmed 8 months before the pandemic. At this point in my life, I had just survived my first bout with Lymphoma cancer (ending Nov. 2018) and was still a little weak from chemotherapy. ⸻⸻ DEMOGRAPHIC DOOM ⸻⸻ 🍄🎙 To listen to all DD podcast episodes in sequential order, see YouTube playlists: ⸺👶 Latest episodes first (includes all videos): ⸺👴 Oldest episodes first (podcast only): ⸺📺📜 Episode playlists by subject 📜 All my podcast scripts: 🐦Master index of all my Tweet Essays 🍄📉 Demographic Doom: ⸺🐦 Twitter: ⸺🏠 Website: ⸺📺 YouTube (this channel): ⸻⸻ 👨🏻‍🦲 GLENN CAMPBELL ⸻⸻ 🏠 Home page 🐦Twitter: ⸻Master index of all my Tweet Essays 🤳 Instagram: 📺 YouTube: ⸻Personal ⸻Legacy, travel & Kilroy Podcast 🎙 My other podcast “Kilroy Cafe“ 🗞 Glenn in: ⸻New York Times in 1994 ⸻Las Vegas Sun in 2005 📧 Contact: