Antiaging research has had some success in targeting specific diseases, but as the Ellisons and Bezoses of the world get older, the chance of radical life extension in their lifetime becomes more unlikely. So some are turning to the next best thing: their progeny. For people who believe deeply in the genetic heritability of traits, passing on what they see as their superior DNA can be the ultimate path to influence.
What these movements all have in common is a fixation on the future. And as that future starts to look more and more apocalyptic to some of the world's wealthiest people, the idea of pronatalism starts to look more heroic. It's a proposition uniquely suited to Silicon Valley's brand of hubris: If humanity is on the brink, and they alone can save us, then they owe it to society to replicate themselves as many times as possible.
Meanwhile, the Collinses said a mutual friend had been encouraging them to fly to Austin to meet with Claire Boucher, the musician known professionally as Grimes who is the mother of two of Musk's children. It makes sense considering that Musk, who has fathered 10 known children with three women, is the tech world's highest-profile pronatalist, albeit unofficially.
Musk had two of his 10 children, X Æ A-Xii and Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, with the singer Grimes. He has also fathered six children with his ex-wife Justine Musk and twins with his employee Shivon Zilis.Musk was echoing an argument made by Nick Bostrom, one of the founding fathers of longtermism, who wrote that he worried declining fertility among"intellectually talented individuals" could lead to the demise of"advanced civilized society." Émile P.
Malcolm said he was glad to see Musk bring these issues to the forefront."He's not as afraid of being canceled as everyone else," Malcolm told me.
Before she met Malcolm, Simone was convinced she wanted to live her life single and child-free. But when she was 24, she decided to have her heart broken once just to say she'd done it. As she does with all her goals, she created a system: She made a profile on OKCupid, where a picture of her dressed as a Stormtrooper in a sultry pose was catnip for the nerds of Silicon Valley, and rated her dates out of 50. After a string of 16s, Malcolm scored a 42.
The Collinses decided to embark on a sixth round of IVF to use the service. Though Genomic Prediction's"LifeView" test officially offers risk scores only for 11 polygenic disorders — including schizophrenia and five types of cancer — they allowed the Collinses to access the raw genetic data for their own analysis.
Hmmm seems a bit like nazi propaganda to me.
So he thinks taking one of Adolfs ideas is a smart plan ? - stick to rockets Elon
Fingers crossed they have a kid that doesn’t need glasses 🤞🏼
Shocking that a person from the home of white supremacy wants to engineer the races. elonmusk Is the villain in every Bond movie.
What will happen when Russia and China do this and Europe and US try not to? At the very least we should let geneticists eliminate genetic diseases and allergies.
Isn’t that exactly what Hitler wanted too?
This sounds more like the wef