"What if baby product companies created pronatalist advertising to ensure a stream of future customers?" wonders Elaine Ou. https://elaineou.com/2018/09/13/the-first-hit-is-free/ …pic.twitter.com/rklbh09gVX
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One of the lovely things about being human is that we can use our self-awareness and intelligence to make decisions more sophisticated than base animal imperatives. Compassion, for example, is a factor that we can consider, and should. ("Survive" is not remotely at risk today.)
To me there is a deep metaphor to suicide by handgun - or setting off a nuke in your own city. Wielding powerful technology for self-destruction.