#transhumanism

#transhumanism

A strange part of the strange life of Jeffrey Epstein was his obsession with the genome. And with ways to "improve" that genome-including by adding more of his own genes to humanity's gene pool. Epstein, culpable for so much, was also a believer in eugenics, the manipulation of reproduction and of genes to create "better" humans.

The newly released documents from the Justice Department shine additional light on how the convicted child sex criminal exhibited a fascination with transhumanism, a controversial movement in science and philosophy with a eugenicist mission: using cutting edge technology, including genetic engineering and AI, to advance the biology of the human race. They also reinforce how serious Epstein was about pursuing these ideas.

Conservatives have long struggled to find an ideological enemy to replace communism. It's easier to define yourself when you know what you're up against. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and others want transhumanism to be that defining foe. But transhumanism is a fringe notion that looms larger in the minds of conservatives than it does in reality. It is not the great threat that faces the country. It simply makes for a good enemy to advance a "respectable" form of right-wing populism.

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