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happytoexplainyesterday at 3:44 PM1 replyview on HN

It's unclear what you're saying. Obviously it's not hedonistic to "want" those things, as you say. You might use the term if they try to have their cake and eat it too, irresponsibly.

Hedonism has negative connotations, colloquially (and colloquially is how we are speaking).


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MontyCarloHallyesterday at 4:48 PM

As I wrote in another reply, I meant “hedonism” in its non-colloquial, neutral sense, i.e. the pursuit of individual pleasure and happiness above all else, which was a mistake on my part. My general point is that all the activities I listed (which only become abundantly available in rich, industrialized societies) yield more individual pleasure than having children.

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