1) Singularity is interesting because it changes what it means to be human. The idea of "machines enslaving us" suggests that people are thinking like movie plots: machines become "human-like" amid confused humans doomed as common everymen. What's more likely is that the modern human will become obsolete in the same way that the hunter-gather human has and the agrarian human is. Machines don't "enslave" us, they _become_ us.
2) How long until irresponsible birth is as egregious as irresponsible death?
It describes the coming of age of a member of the last generation of humanity in a post-singularity society where a reputational economy has drastically decreased the birthrate.
2) How long until irresponsible birth is as egregious as irresponsible death?