No individual must be fruitful. You can be a monk or dedicate yourself to expanding the frontiers of knowledge, or something. Too many giants of higher culture, in the fields of art, science, philosophy, politics, religion, etc. were childless to mention. We could also mention the families of geniuses, like the Bachs or Bernoullis, and be thankful they multiplied, but nevermind.
No particular member of civilization matters, unless he just so happens to be Jesus or someone similarly indispensable, which obviously is unlikely. What matters is what regular people do, and such barrenness in general would kill American civilization.
“Too many giants of higher culture, in the fields of art, science, philosophy, politics, religion, etc. were childless to mention. “
And that’s a shame. Too many good people don’t have kids, and way too many bad people have plenty.
“Idiocracy” isn’t just a movie, it’s a warning.