I keep talking to people about that scenario, of basically adopting the reproduc... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		bsaul on May 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? I keep talking to people about that scenario, of basically adopting the reproductive model of racing horses for humans, but it seems that nobody realizes how far we’ve already gone in that direction.

samtho on May 28, 2023 [–]

There was an attempt to blatantly push eugenics via a sperm bank[0], and it was active until 1999. Nowadays they are just more discreet about it.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_for_Germinal_Choi...

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact