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If you want your children to bring original ideas into the world, you need to let them pursue their passions, not yours.
I think at the prospect of bringing children into the world, your mortality comes very much to the forefront, absolutely.
It's a very telling thing when you have children. You have to be there for them, you've got to set an example, when you're not sure what your example is, and anyway the world is changing so fast you don't know what is appropriate anymore.
But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.