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A moment after your child is born, doctors offer you a **one-time pill** for your newborn that would greatly reduce the probability that they would end up at the **bottom of the social ladder** (criminal, incarcerated, homeless, addicted, suicidal, murdered, etc). Only side effect: the pill would also greatly reduce the probability that they join the **social and economic elite** (high-rank politician, big company executive, top sportsperson, very rich person, popular intellectual, etc). Assume the pill is known to be safe and effective.
_Would you give that pill to your child?_
@tripu they give everybody that pill. It’s called statistics.
@tripu the cure is a mixture of the important first 7 years and a lack of psychopathy.
@tripu Absolutely not, I want my kid to grow up to be a successful and feared crime boss
@tripu Being "on the top" does not guarantee a happy life—and with proper care and support from my partner and my side, the kid would be on their way to a good and fulfilling life.
In general, pills, medicine, and techniques that aim to correct something easily prevented are worse than the effort required to avoid the issue in the first place and have no side effects.