๐งต (1/5) A few months ago I got a tip: A source told me that Elon Musk had "more children" than the public realized. So I did some reporting, and... it was true! He'd had twins with one of his employees. But I always felt like there was more to the story. businessinsider.com
(2/5) Today, I got to publish what I see as the big picture around that story. ๐ผ๏ธ It's about an entire movement quietly taking off in tech & VC circles of people who believe it is their DUTY to fill the earth with their genius children... to save humanity.
businessinsider.com
businessinsider.com
(3/5) Now, I'll save most of the good stuff for the story itself (I promise you won't be bored), but I'll tell you this: It all traces back to the world of longtermism/effective altruism that's been in the news so much this week with FTX/SBF.
(4/5) And even if this seems like an elite/niche subculture, even if the world ISN'T at risk of "civilizational collapse" like they believe, it's gonna affect you, too. Because these same circles are funding WILD new technologies that are "reinventing reproduction.โ Sci-fi stuff.
(5/5) So, please check it out. It's been fun to do some magazine-style writing again. Sometimes the truth really is stranger than fiction. businessinsider.com
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