Silicon Valley's Growing Obsession with Having Smarter Babies

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rogerkirkness · 2h ago

Silicon Valley in some sense has no values, it is enlightenment liberalism run wild. Some thing about that are fascinating and good, but others not so much.

JumpCrisscross · 53m ago

> Silicon Valley in some sense has no values, it is enlightenment liberalism run wild

At its best. It’s also, in 2025, a deeply hierarchical and performative culture in ways that would have been mocked just a decade ago.

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Silicon Valley's Growing Obsession with Having Smarter Babies

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