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Eugenics on demand?

Remarkl
4 min readJun 16, 2023
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Email to a mate on a mission to Mars

3.4.2026

Dearest:

The AI Amnio report came in today. It’s not bad, but I’m wondering if we can do better.

It’s a boy, which is fine, but he’s only 5'10." What a blah height! I don’t know if I’d want to keep a short man, but at least he’d have a handicap to overcome, which might make him feisty. Five-ten is so, you know, average.

He’s got sandy brown hair, like yours, but he’s going to lose it and be totally bald by forty-five. Some women find that sexy, but why take the risk? I’d rather he had Clark Gable hair, wouldn’t you?

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He’s cis-het, which is a plus. I have nothing against LGBTQ folks; we all have our crosses to bear. But still, it’s nice to know we’re not breeding outliers.

He won’t be an alpha male, though. His “endowment” is only average. I was hoping for something a bit more substantial, not porno freakish, but impressive, like his dad’s. (Heh, heh.) But it’s not just his dick; his testosterone level is meh. Camille Paglia always said she liked high- testosterone leaders. We’re not getting a…

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Remarkl
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