I don't think many people have done enough hard thinking about the implications of artificial procreation
Tempting as it is to my softer sensibilities, I don't actually dismiss trad-breederism out of hand, but I think it's fast becoming obsolete.
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I wonder if I'll see socialized reproduction on any scale of during my life. I think the word "socialized" will trigger some Nrx people, but
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state-organized reproduction and child-rearing is the strongest answer I can think of for concerns about dysgenics/cultural replacement.
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But I think a sort of Oedipal sentimentality will make this very difficult to realize in the near-mid term.
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I've never managed to bring up socialized reproduction IRL without making people almost rabidly angry.
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I doubt it's worth shitcanning two decades of my life to raise smart children if the state can just CRISPR them up much more efficiently.
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But assuming the realization of my utopian project in the next generation or two, even on the microstate-scale, seems a touch optimistic.
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