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Survival of the unfittest

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on October 12, 2011

Reading the book today, Survival of the Unfittest (1927) by Charles Wicksteed Armstrong, it has all the elements that ensured its descent into completely obscurity: concerns about human degeneration, advocacy of eugenics, and classical liberal views on state and political … Continue reading →

Posted in Evolution, Society | Tagged Charles Wicksteed Armstrong, Death, Degeneration, Democracy, Dysgenics, Eugenics, Evolution, Gregory Stock, Liberalism, Richard Lynn, Supply Side Economics, Survival of the Fittest, Survival of the Unfittest | Comments Off

Liberty and oblivion

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on October 7, 2009

In 1991 the Libertarian Alliance published an article called “Immortality: Liberty’s Final frontier” (PDF) by David Nicholas. In this article the author argues that “the continuing fact of death renders all talk of liberty ultimately futile.” The author further argues … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Science | Tagged Cryonics, Death, Herbert Marcuse, Leslie Whetstine, Liberty | Comments Off

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