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The parental dead end of consent morality

David Heinemeier Hansson · 29 Jun 2025

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Total freedom does not make you happy

You think you want the paradise of nothing ever being asked of you, but it turns out to be the hell of nobody ever needing you

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  1. You think you want the paradise of nothing ever being asked of you, but it turns out to be the hell of nobody ever needing you
  2. The worst thing in the world is not to have others ask more of you
  3. Giving up on the total freedom of the unmoored life is a small price to pay for finding the deeper meaning in a tethered relationship with continuing a bloodline that's been drawn for hundreds of thousands of years before it came to you

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