In a democratic welfare state where childhood mortality is low, immigration and fertility rates determine who owns the future.
I'd really prefer the former to the latter. Unfortunately, people aren't very good at solving long-term collective action problems.
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One way or another, selection pressures will return. Let's hope it's the gentle, intelligent kind instead of the brutal Malthusian kind.
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One small example of today's lack of foresight: if women who go to college breed less than women who don't, the next gen will have fewer of
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the kinds of women who go to college (generally, smarter than average ones), by percentage.
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@Outsideness see tweets above. Gnon demands human sacrifice (or some very intelligent planning)
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