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Surely people were saying that during the Pax Romana too and it was true... until it wasn't.

Just because now is better than in the past, doesn't mean now is worth bringing someone into the world.

That's just a logical argument, not whether or not you actually believe now is or isn't worth it. That's entirely subjective and not really worth arguing about IMO.

Not having children - and not curating a presumably well-mannered and intelligent next-generation - leaves our civilization worse off and large problems that much harder to solve.

Human intellect is rare, and partly hereditary. Please pass your genes along - at least offer a sperm or egg donation.

why is this downvoted?

Some people take solace in the idea of childlessness.

I think that raising as many happy, healthy, intelligent and productive children as possible, with a suitable partner, is our very raison d'etre. Specifically for the high-IQ HN audience. Life and society becomes much simpler and more rewarding when you view things from this perspective.