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by russnes 1121 days ago
This will be great until we select away our natural ability to reproduce, and then the power goes out and nobody can reproduce anymore and humanity goes extinct in one generation
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Well if power goes out 99% will already be dead because of current dependence on technology. And for the remaining 1% the religious conservative groups like Amish or Hashidis will be the ones who survive.
> And for the remaining 1% the religious conservative groups like Amish or Hashidis will be the ones who survive.

Not unless the Amish stopped being pacifists, they wouldn't.

You might be interested in a book called The Revolutionary Phenotype. The author goes through that scenario.