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No, not really. Eugenics includes ideas like forced sterilization of "undesirables." I doubt you're advocating for that. You could argue that the opposite of w

No, not really. Eugenics includes ideas like forced sterilization of "undesirables." I doubt you're advocating for that. You could argue that the opposite of what you describe is happening. health tech means that many selective forces like congenital diseases and birth defects have less of an effect. Online dating also seems to have increased interracial dating. What _is_ happening and has scary ramifications for society is called assortative mating, which normally happens along educational and financial lines: https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595972-how-sexual-equality-increases-gap-between-rich-and-poor-households-sex-brains-and https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595972-how-se...

rayiner 9y ago
Assortive mating is just mating. Mating has always been based on fitness; the metrics are just now changing.
colmvp 9y ago
> Online dating also seems to have increased interracial dating. Anecdotal but as an Asian male this hasn’t been the case for me at all. I posted my stats on HN a few months ago but from thousands of profile interactions I’ve had practically zero mutual interest from non-Asians. That’s not an exaggeration either, I literally have a zero percent approval rate from white women, the majority ethnicity in my current city. Every single Asian male friend that I know of didn’t meet their non-Asian SO online dating, but met them in person from work/school/group events. Likewise, every non-Asian female I’ve ever dated I met offline first.
- faitswulff 9y ago
  Since I'm also a straight Asian male, I can empathize: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/575352051/least-desirable-how-racial-discrimination-plays-out-in-online-dating https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/575352051/least-desirable-how... When I was dating, it seemed like anyone interested in me was either an otaku or a weeaboo :p However, the data regarding interracial dating says otherwise: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609091/first-evidence-that-online-dating-is-changing-the-nature-of-society/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609091/first-evidence-tha... Note that the future may not have arrived in all places equally at the same time.
  - cm2187 9y ago
    But a rise in inter-racial dating (from very low levels) is not incompatible with same-race dating still being dominant.

rayiner 9y ago

Assortive mating is just mating. Mating has always been based on fitness; the metrics are just now changing.

colmvp 9y ago

> Online dating also seems to have increased interracial dating. Anecdotal but as an Asian male this hasn’t been the case for me at all. I posted my stats on HN a few months ago but from thousands of profile interactions I’ve had practically zero mutual interest from non-Asians. That’s not an exaggeration either, I literally have a zero percent approval rate from white women, the majority ethnicity in my current city. Every single Asian male friend that I know of didn’t meet their non-Asian SO online dating, but met them in person from work/school/group events. Likewise, every non-Asian female I’ve ever dated I met offline first.

faitswulff 9y ago
Since I'm also a straight Asian male, I can empathize: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/575352051/least-desirable-how-racial-discrimination-plays-out-in-online-dating https://www.npr.org/2018/01/09/575352051/least-desirable-how... When I was dating, it seemed like anyone interested in me was either an otaku or a weeaboo :p However, the data regarding interracial dating says otherwise: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609091/first-evidence-that-online-dating-is-changing-the-nature-of-society/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609091/first-evidence-tha... Note that the future may not have arrived in all places equally at the same time.
- cm2187 9y ago
  But a rise in inter-racial dating (from very low levels) is not incompatible with same-race dating still being dominant.