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

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Comment author: Z_M_Davis 12 July 2009 07:06:46PM *  3 points [-]

The fact that reproducation in our society is now only caused by wanting to reproduce is disturbing

It's disturbing that people have more control over their lives? Why? Because it will result in slightly lower average IQ in the medium term? Because it means our descendants will be monomaniacal fitness-maximizers rather than eudamonic agents in the long-long term?

Comment author: steven0461 12 July 2009 07:30:13PM *  8 points [-]

Parents don't just pass their genes on to their children, they pass on some of their ideas. "Dysmemics" seems a bigger problem than "dysgenics".