Despite everything, have kids if you want them

In a time of Covid-19, catastrophe and climate change, having a baby is an act of radical hope

Children require many people, not just their parents, to help them flourish. They must be raised to participate in the world – through the care and guidance of grandparents, godparents, teachers, friends and community, says the writer. PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO

(NYTIMES) - Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 film Children Of Men depicts a dystopia of childlessness. For the past 18 years, the human race has been completely infertile, with no new babies born anywhere in the world. As the species faces the possibility of extinction, society is in an advanced state of collapse.

In his book Capitalist Realism, philosopher Mark Fisher claims that the question Children Of Men poses is: "How long can a culture persist without the new?"

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