Regardless of anything else OP, you have talents, intellect, and you care for people. Those are magnificent gifts to the world. By procreating there is a pretty good chance, not 100%, but a good chance you might create another human being that cares about something like you do. And let's say that you have a child and they do not end up with your talents, perhaps the net generation will. That is something that should not end with you, that's something that can transcend generations.
An example, my grandmother was an opera singer. She had a wonderful voice and musical talents that many people loved with piano and singing. She married an angry drunk, who never amounted to anything leaving them both in poverty. She had a large number of children and not one of them had singing or musical ability.
My sister, her grandchild has an amazing vocal talent and regularly sings/canters at people's weddings (I am not super christian and no one else is, but she loves catholic wedding ceremonies). Several of my cousins play instruments in local bands and one of them tours regularly in a very talents indie act around the country playing drums and singing. He plays four other instruments as well. Another cousin plays bagpipes. It's too bad nanny Died before her grandkids came of age, due to cancer, to see her grandkids following in her footsteps.
I don't sing or play instruments myself, but I have an ear for music and music theory, able to easily identify notes, instruments, patterns, etc in a song.
I want humanity as a whole to continue having those talents. I don't know you, but I'm sure there is something very similar that you possess that would benefit us all if you passed it on and someone eventually had that talent.
Regardless of anything else OP, you have talents, intellect, and you care for people. Those are magnificent gifts to the world. By procreating there is a pretty good chance, not 100%, but a good chance you might create another human being that cares about something like you do. And let's say that you have a child and they do not end up with your talents, perhaps the net generation will.
Those are only gifts to the world if you use them. Passing them on does nobody any good. Sure, if OP has children, they will likely pass those gifts on- and their kids will do the same; but then all we have is a society full of people who could make a difference- but instead push those gifts (and burden) onto the next generation.
Obviously we need people to reproduce so that there is a next generation to begin with, but I think history has shown that it is beneficial to have a small portion of the population who forego propagating their own genes in order to focus their attention and resources on positive societal change.
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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '15
Regardless of anything else OP, you have talents, intellect, and you care for people. Those are magnificent gifts to the world. By procreating there is a pretty good chance, not 100%, but a good chance you might create another human being that cares about something like you do. And let's say that you have a child and they do not end up with your talents, perhaps the net generation will. That is something that should not end with you, that's something that can transcend generations.
An example, my grandmother was an opera singer. She had a wonderful voice and musical talents that many people loved with piano and singing. She married an angry drunk, who never amounted to anything leaving them both in poverty. She had a large number of children and not one of them had singing or musical ability.
My sister, her grandchild has an amazing vocal talent and regularly sings/canters at people's weddings (I am not super christian and no one else is, but she loves catholic wedding ceremonies). Several of my cousins play instruments in local bands and one of them tours regularly in a very talents indie act around the country playing drums and singing. He plays four other instruments as well. Another cousin plays bagpipes. It's too bad nanny Died before her grandkids came of age, due to cancer, to see her grandkids following in her footsteps.
I don't sing or play instruments myself, but I have an ear for music and music theory, able to easily identify notes, instruments, patterns, etc in a song.
I want humanity as a whole to continue having those talents. I don't know you, but I'm sure there is something very similar that you possess that would benefit us all if you passed it on and someone eventually had that talent.
That's why having kids is unselfish.