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RE: Shrinking Horizons in Hard Science Fiction - Review of The Three Body Problem and Aurora
A very short story by David Brin "Lungfish" captures the essence of the dangers of a thriving galactic community.
Regarding kids and the future: who do you want to have a say in the future, your kids, who are influenced by your love and concern for our posterity, or anybody else?
Hand off the reins to those you train. Trust them to live well.
The future will be built by those that follow us. Don't leave the future to the masses that arise from those cultures only now attaining economic security.
The future will either be amazing, or a horror. Whether it is one or the other depends on our kids. Have faith in kids. They will control the world.
You almost make me wish that I had some kids! But I have a tremendous respect for good parenting, enough to know that I lack the energy and patience for it. Because you're right, handing things off to the next generation is the most important thing we can do.
I haven't read Brin in a while - I'll look up "Lungfish".