I want people to know that this is just 1 guy his opinion and not a fact. Most of his arguments are valid but can also be debunked. It always comes down to opinion, it's very difficult to calculate the effects of creating new people that live ~80 years while not knowing what is going to happen in the next 80 years.

Another opinion is that nothing matters, in the end, our sun will die and and all life will stop existing. So arguing about whether to have kids or not, is waste of time. Do as you like. But then again... What about the journey?

The discussion can go on and on, in the end, it comes down to opinion.

He is influencing smart people to not have kids though so encouraging an idiocracy scenario. And we might need the smart kids to invent new ways out of global warming.

If I was using Richard Stallman as a guidebook for my life, that would signal a particularly depressing existence.

I would say this is more "why it is important that Richard Stallman doesn't have kids". The guy is a maniac.

This is definitely not Stallman's take on "this", "this" being _OP's feelings_ or maybe how to deal with regret generally, not whether having children or not is or isn't a good idea.