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I asked a few weird fiction writers and editors to send me one question each for Thomas Ligotti. Here's the result! With questions by Jeffrey Ford, Michael Cisco, John Langan, S.P. Miskowski, Ramsey Campbell, Joe Pulver, and others.

Among the antinatalists

Antinatalism is the philosophical view that it is almost never right for people to procreate. This stance seems absurd to many at first sight, but

Contemporary anti-natalist arguments add a nuance by focusing on an asymmetry between pain and its absence. The absence of all pain is good, but this good can only be achieved through not bringing anyone into existence at all. The presence of pain is bad, and it is always part of life. So why forego the certainty of a good thing for the certainty of many bad things?

Should I have children? Here’s what the philosophers say | World News

From Plato to Schopenhauer, the philosophers have vastly different takes on the age old question of whether to procreate.

Shane Greene surveys arguments against human procreation.

The trouble with Adam Kirsch’s “The Revolt Against Humanity”

Antinatalism is a philosophical belief that questions the ethicality of procreation. Advocates of antinatalism argue that bringing new life into the world

Why would it be so bad if our species came to an end? It is a question that reveals our latent values and hidden fears...