For those of you with children

[Kattt]

My kids are in their 30s. I was a teenager when I had them which is a poor excuse. Of course I love them more than anything, but that's the maternal instinct.
Often we don't like our children or the things they do, but we can't stop ourselves from loving them, as much as we might want to. It's just part of us.
My daughter found out that she can't have children.
At first I was upset, because I wanted her to experience the incredible and unique love that holding your newborn elicits.
But now, I actually feel relieved. This world is no place to raise a child. In fact, as much as I love them, I frequently regret having them. There's no future for them.
I'm sorry if this is hurtful in any way to anyone. It's not intended, but it's one of those ugly truths.

 

[Maudlin]

There's no future for them.

There's likely a future that would put the wildest episodes of "Star Trek" to shame... unfortunately, it could take decades to get there.

The immediate future for the West looks bleak... but, if humanity can somehow dampen the worst aspects of our nature, collectively, that timeline could be hurried along quite rapidly. By the time a child born today reaches the age of majority their potential for a good life, in a good society could be better than anyone in our generation ever dared dream.

We hang by a wire. Complete collapse is imminent. At the same time, technology has advanced in ways few people are aware of, let alone understand. So much is hidden behind Special Access Programs, but research around such secrecy is open and available for anyone to see. It is said that the Soviet nuclear program benefited more from the public information available in the US than they did from Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

If the same holds true today, you'll get a glimpse of what tomorrow holds by browsing whitepapers and patents.
Utopia or hell... it could go either way. Regardless, it's a long, hard road to get there from here.

I wish you the best.