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Multiple countries at war which each other A strong nation can potentially get beated by making too many enemies even if all individual enemies are weaker. If an individual state becomes stronger than all other states combines then said state can just keep expanding to eventually conquer the...

Exporting your excess population By having people leave for other countries you will spread the genetic foundation for your government gain ground. This will eliminate the need to outright kill people who would otherwise become a burden for your society. These people getting abused in the...

Forced breeding benefits Since forcefully impregnating females provides a lot of potential benefits (there are many potential reasons to do so) we can expect this to become the norm in societies in the future, it's not just clear exactly how it would be implemented. 0. Reducing females to...

Forced breeding You can force people to breed and still allow them to select their partner(s). It is also possible to do forced breeding where females are given the final selection among the candidates in deciding who is going to make her pregnant. Until/unless artificial wombs become viable at...

Sexual selection Female Sexual selection will provide a great deal of diversity since different females have different preferences for sexual partner. The males females select may not however be the for society most suited for breeding, it's not clear how well the preferences females have align...

Eugenics and diversity Rather than aiming for a single goal the goal with eugenics should be to improve humanity in general while still maintaining a high level of diversity. A high level of diversity can be maintained by decentralizing eugenics and letting people with different preferences make...

Eugenics Evolution by natural selection is a brutal and ineffective process. Therefore it can be tempting to take shortcuts when it comes to breeding a more fit population, this however will often end very badly, often worse than no selection at all 11 This however does not mean eugenics cannot...

Expanding your borders As your population and resources grow you will become increasingly constrained by the amount of land you control as a society. In addition being constrained to a small space will make it easier for a hostile actor to target you since the area that needs to be nuked is a...

Immigration and inclusivity Societies that are inclusive and allow valuable individuals to enter will have an advantage over societies that try to exclude people based on factors that don't matter. It's very important that you as a country put effort into attracting high-quality people to your...

Weak societies will fall and be taken over by stronger societies. Democratic societies tend to become weak and this cannot last forever, you can utilize weaknesses in democratic systems to slowly grab power, after that there will not be any more real democracy. One way to measure how...

63% of women will not have sex with a man who had sex with another man In one survey of 1,015 women ages 18-44 from Glamour, it found that 63% said they won't date a man who has had sex with another man, even if he is straight/bicurious or bisexual. Hypocritically, 47% of the women say they've...

I think you are overestimating the ability to absorb someones skills. You need to have a capable enough brain and still it will often take a lot of effort. You will also risk absorbing bad habits from people.

You are the ones who will be most affected by decision (whether or not you take the vaccine). A lot of governments push really hard for these vaccines even though they are not particularly effective at stopping the spread, this has been general through the pandemic, the less effective the...

These companies just want to maximize profits and they also happen to have near omnipotent control over the game itself. That means that the gamers themselves are stuck inside a system that's very easily rigged against them, they can just lock something you need behind a paywall or make it...

Mental Denial in League of Legends: Constantly Complaining but still Playing Claire Lovely Oct 14·7 min read Many dislike every aspect of League of Legends but continue playing. Riot recently released their 11.21 patch notes, with one of the major changes being that they will disable /all chat...

League of Legends eSports Examined: Why Being an eSports Pro is not Worth It It isn’t uncommon for our society to promote unrealistic beliefs. According to NPR, “26 percent of U.S. parents whose children in high school play sports hope their child will become a professional athlete one day.” Yet...

eSports Success Requires Extreme Circumstance Many dream of being World Champions. As I was considering the writing for this topic, I happened to come across an article that was already written on this subject. Victoria Rose had made an insightful article about why eSports may be for the...

Swedish 'documentary' about puberty blockers As usual the quality of the content from a scientific standpoint was pretty bad, it was mostly just interviewing some expert with no direct look at the scientific evidence. Instead it focused on a single anecdote about an FtM child who developed...

Study: IQ dropped by 7.1 points on average (p = 0.002) after 3 year usage of puberty blockers The study author does try to twist these results into not being disastrous even though they clearly are. https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2001.tb01349.x The study authors tried...

Many doctors are overly arrogant thinking people should just shut up if they do not hold a medical degree, one obvious issue with that is that the interests of doctors does not align with the interests of the general public, they benefit financially from you being sick or being subjected to a...