Year in Wires, 2025Dec 26
in january 2025 the whole world changed — a look back at all the bangers, as pirate wires covered the intersection of politics, technology, and culture
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What Happens If We Become Dependent on IVF?
do technologies like IVF set the evolutionary stage for a human species increasingly reliant on, and adapted to, technological means of reproduction?
Neeraja Deshpande
Apr 25, 2025
For decades, we’ve understood our increasing ability to genetically engineer our offspring through a sci-fi lens. Technology promised a future of pure human excellence — peak intelligence, strength and beauty without any defect, or so we heard in film and literature. From this, we derived a great fear of our own ingenuity; if we can design the best of humanity, what terrible fate awaits those who are less than perfect? Yet for all the fictionalized notions of eugenic horror, the science behind assisted reproduction technology (ART) such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) may suggest a dysgenic future, one no less concerning than that portrayed by movies like Gattaca — and it could already be out of our control. Far from perfecting humanity, what if we’re IVFing ourselves out of existence?
Year in Wires, 2025
My Billionaire Christmas Wish ListDec 22
pirate wires #152 // a lot of you’ve been asking how to spend your money, and I have a few ideas
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State Capacity Isn't FascismDec 19
tech companies give the government, historically dumb and slow, cutting-edge tools to enforce the law of the land. don't like it? change the law, don't blame the toolmakers.
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