Nume's Blog

For anyone who sees the size of the problems and is told they are overreacting.

I moderate r/antinatalism, a large online community built around a difficult ethical position: that choosing to bring new sentient beings into existence is e...

It is among the gentlest things anyone says about having a child, and it is often true.

You read the essay twice and spent hours writing your objections.

Ellen: Have you always had antinatalist views?

A reply to Matti Häyry.

Since June 2025, r/antinatalism has permanently banned users for identifying as efilists or participating in efilist communities, regardless of what they had...

Most of what gets called help is help.

A question that recurs around antinatalism is whether the refusal stops at birth.

Antinatalism is a family of ethical views that question whether bringing sentient beings into existence can be justified.

After I sold my Civic, I called to cancel my insurance on the way to the bus stop.

I first learned that The Aponist Manifesto had been pulled into the orbit of a terrorist attack during the intermission of Pride and Prejudice at a theatre i...

Over the past two weeks, this subreddit has seen a sharp increase in conflict around veganism, speciesism, moderation, and the meaning of antinatalism in pra...