Apple Should Make LampsSep 10
and washing machines. and printers. and anything besides thinner iphones.
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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?
Apple Should Make Lamps
Inside the Amazon Slop King's $3M HustleSep 9
he's exploiting gaps in the ebook market to sell (probably llm-generated) books about potty training and finance, among other topics — and recruiting an army to do the same
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Luigi Mangione: China's Next Top ModelSep 4
shein used the face of accused murderer luigi mangione to sell $12 shirts — and behind the fiasco is a full-blown luigi cult in china that western media has ignored
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