tendency of crested societies to observe dramatic declines in their birthrates is spooky going through the decline of Greece atm whats wrong with people get out and breed why dont you
also quite likely but im inclined to peg cultural factors as proximately important
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I wouldn't ignore them, I just expect the instinct to brood to be an ancient thing that would adapt to multiple highly variable circumstances (so, from the jungle to deserts to icebergs to, yes, the concrete jungle) but would make decisions based on primevally detectable factors.
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honestly im on an "everything is culturally determined" kick atm prior atm is that society has changed to become basically hostile to childrearing
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The anthropologist in my head is yelling, "ECONOMIC POLICIES ARE CULTURALLY DETERMINED! EVERYTHING IS CULTURE! ESPECIALLY TECHNOLOGY!"
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But, (mostly) ignoring her, from my perspective culture has also become highly hostile to people like me. :^) Because now we are called The Mad. Reconnected with family and fuck if the exact same pattern of disorders doesn't run through each and every one of us.
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Of course, most NRX types, say, would sneer at me and accuse our family of being "dysgenic" but also my removal from the breeding population is not exactly raising the genetically determined IQ average of the next generation and blocking access to medtech isn't helping ME either.
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If I had more real wealth I probably would've settled down and had a family early on, right before I transitioned into a crazy transhumanist, and if society didn't discriminate against me at every turn from age 5 onwards, I probably would've had more real wealth.
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Anyways, this probably sounds vaguely accusatory for no real reason, not your fault, I'm just in crazy ranting mode. Large, undiscussed shift in the early 1800s to how our culture treated certain kinds of people. Fucking monsters with icepicks and sedatives. TURING.
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im here for you on this whole thread except for the closing trotsky apologia
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