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Dec 15, 2022Liked by Étienne Fortier-Dubois

Here are two roads against anti-natalism and misanthropic beliefs: hyper-natalism (EA's rationalization of using babies to solve problem for its sake) and selective natalism (eugenics through promoting smart baby births). The former leads to an naïve idealistic foreign aid, even if the country or the charities involved are corrupt (telescopic philanthropy) or inept at upholding principles of freedom (tabula rasa and eurocentrism). The latter is classic tribalist reactionary thought in the sphere of "human biodiversity", which has some tough moral roads with excessive ethnic self-interest.

This leads to a paired indicators of: maximize intellectual prosperity, minimize cultural conflicts. *looks at Singapore*

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