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A Very Pro-Natalist Mother's Day

The American Mind

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The Consequences of Substitutes

Trying to not just increase vitality, but to do so while fighting on that ground is ultimately a losing proposition. And the logic of substitutes leads toward an obsession with substitution. We are seeing that play out right now in a way that if you talk to the most arrogant of the post-humans, they will basically tell you, no, this is vitality now. This is the only way. You can try to slow it down and you can try to avoid it. But you can run, but you can't hide.

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