

That was a much more philosophical analysis than I expected, but then it is the New Yorker.
There is something to be said about the fact that by the Golden Rule, we should only categorically avoid having children if we would rather have never been born (and while that’s a popular meme, I doubt people who remain alive actually believe that).
I don’t think we can build anything better than the state of the art simulator that President Elon already favours.