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← No one is excused for having children if it makes him or others lead a servile and ignoble life

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 19 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under Attachment theory Attachment theory Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under happiness happiness Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: No one is excused for having children if it makes him or others lead a servile and ignoble life No one is excused for having children ifit makes him or others lead a servile andignoble life MA Matthew Arnold — holds since c. 1867–1869 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attitude, not the surrounding circumstances, determines how hard parenting feels. — tap to centre the map on it Attitude, not the surroundingcircumstances, determines how hardparenting feels. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Costly care for two-earner couples prices families outside the top out of having children. — tap to centre the map on it Costly care for two-earner couplesprices families outside the top outof having children. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Oct 2026 NS Natasha Sarin — holds since 2026-10-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children brings a deep, profound meaning to life — tap to centre the map on it Having children brings a deep,profound meaning to life Last stated 2 years ago 27 Aug 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-08-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children does more than anything else to develop your God-given talents, and humbles you. — tap to centre the map on it Having children does more thananything else to develop yourGod-given talents, and humbles you. Last stated a year ago 28 Jul 2025 SC Spencer Cox — holds since 2025-07-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children does not make people better: parental love concentrates concern on a few and leaves less of it for everyone else. — tap to centre the map on it Having children does not make peoplebetter: parental love concentratesconcern on a few and leaves less ofit for everyone else. Last stated 3 months ago 3 Aug 2026 PB Paul Bloom — holds since 2026-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children is contagious: people are more likely to become parents when the people around them already are. — tap to centre the map on it Having children is contagious:people are more likely to becomeparents when the people around themalready are. Last stated a year ago 1 Jul 2025 AE Alice Evans — holds since 2025-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children is not a niche or selfish lifestyle choice, and people without children shouldn't bear the costs of a structure that fails everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Having children is not a niche orselfish lifestyle choice, and peoplewithout children shouldn't bear thecosts of a structure that failseveryone. Last stated 7 months ago 6 Apr 2026 MA Mari Andrew — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having children makes them the most interesting people to their parents — tap to centre the map on it Having children makes them the mostinteresting people to their parents Last stated 2 years ago 16 Mar 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-03-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated 2 months ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person cannot both protect themselves emotionally and build intimacy with a partner at the same moment. — tap to centre the map on it A person cannot both protectthemselves emotionally and buildintimacy with a partner at the samemoment. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TR Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pursue-withdraw dynamic between partners is self-sustaining and does not require either person to be at fault. — tap to centre the map on it A pursue-withdraw dynamic betweenpartners is self-sustaining and doesnot require either person to be atfault. Last stated 3 months ago 13 Aug 2026 TR Terry Real — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Attachment patterns tend to surface most clearly in the situations that carry the greatest emotional risk. — tap to centre the map on it Attachment patterns tend to surfacemost clearly in the situations thatcarry the greatest emotional risk. Last stated 5 months ago 11 Jun 2026 JM Julie Menanno — holds since 2026-06-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 4 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: A deep life is a good life — tap to centre the map on it A deep life is a good life CN Cal Newport — holds since c. 2016 — tap for who they are
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At the centre No one is excused for having children if it makes him or others lead a servile and ignoble life Last stated c. 1867–1869 Holds Matthew Arnold Read this korrent →