To Sir: You First.

Kenneth Hynek • 9th Feb 2009 • Religion, Atheism, Society, Environmentalism, Family, Politics, Society
atheism, Nadya Suleman, Steven Kotler, the Bible

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That would be about all I can think to say to one Steven Kotler for his opinion piece in which he a) calls Nadya Suleman, the lady who just gave birth to octuplets, a criminal and a murderer, and b) advocates, basically, for removing approximately 4.4 billion people from the face of the planet.

Oh, and c) he suggests that a five-year moratorium on human reproduction should be imposed. Because that would mean “a billion less people.”

He’s obviously very down on the Bible, and so it doesn’t surprise me at all that he is likewise down on the idea of the human species propagating itself*, a proposition which he labels as “the worst advice in the history of the world.” Because it is apparently an act of “unbelievable selfishness” to actually bring a child into the world, if not an act of thievery.

Well, if Mr. Kotler wants to be an evolutionary dead end, I say let him. I also propose that he usher in his grand new age of childlessness by being the first person to put the plan into action. In other words:

Dear Mr. Kotler,

You first, Sir.

Regards,
KH

P.S. and when you have had no children and my wife and I have had another one (bringing our total to two), we can discuss whose worldview is more likely to carry forward to subsequent generations.

I also rather like Dale Price’s take on the matter.

* it’s funny how often atheism walks hand in hand with misanthropy.