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> known eugenicist who wants to reduce the population of the world I suspect in a generation or two the fear of eugenics will be seen as quaint, because we'll
by growlist 7y ago
> known eugenicist who wants to reduce the population of the world
I suspect in a generation or two the fear of eugenics will be seen as quaint, because we'll all be editing our genes to improve them. I also don't see anything wrong with the idea of reducing the population, I mean, birth control is seen as a fundamental right pretty much everywhere, and every extra mouth to feed has an impact, no matter how much we refine our technology.
- scholia 7y agoIf the "known eugenicist" is who I think it is, then he isn't. The general idea, as explained by the late Hans Rosling, is that if you educate people (including girls) and help them to lead better lives then they will naturally have fewer children. They do this of their own free will. Rosling says: "only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth". [1] If there is a very high probability that half your children will die before they grow up, then it makes sense to have twice as many children. If you expect every child to grow up and thrive, you won't do that. This has already happened in most developed countries, with no eugenics and no eugenicists involved. Most people in the west now have fewer children than their grandparents had. I really don't see a problem with less-developed countries enjoying exactly the same sort of progress as we've already had. [1] https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_global_population_growth_box_by_box https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_global_population_gro...