I disagree—like I said, I personally want nothing to do with a faction of people focused on genetic improvement and low birth rates in “Western Civilization”, who fear that low birth rates might “lead to the extinction of cultures...and, ultimately, the collapse of civilization”. I’m not against genetic improvement like IVF babies for medical reasons or GMO food, but I’m against it as a way of “setting the future of our species”, or “creating durable cultures that will lead to our species being a diverse, thriving, innovative interplanetary empire”.
The longtermism I subscribe to maximises the likelihood of a flourishing future for all of humanity, not just those who can afford genetic modification and surrogacy.
I disagree—like I said, I personally want nothing to do with a faction of people focused on genetic improvement and low birth rates in “Western Civilization”, who fear that low birth rates might “lead to the extinction of cultures...and, ultimately, the collapse of civilization”. I’m not against genetic improvement like IVF babies for medical reasons or GMO food, but I’m against it as a way of “setting the future of our species”, or “creating durable cultures that will lead to our species being a diverse, thriving, innovative interplanetary empire”.
The longtermism I subscribe to maximises the likelihood of a flourishing future for all of humanity, not just those who can afford genetic modification and surrogacy.