infotropism comments on Our society lacks good self-preservation mechanisms - Less Wrong

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Comment author: infotropism 12 July 2009 04:38:54PM 1 point [-]

Though that doesn't immediately make it non fictional evidence, dysgenic pressure (as well as the flynn effect and the possibility of genetic engineering as possible counters) is also being briefly mentioned in Nick Bostrom's fundamental paper Existential Risks - 5.3.