In the Victorian era, in the shadow of Darwin’s ideas about evolution, a new full-blooded attempt to impose control over unruly biology began to grow in the clubs, salons and offices of the powerful. But this wish goes hand-in-hand with the desire to impose control over who can marry, who can procreate and who is permitted to live. Throughout history, people have sought to improve society by reducing suffering, eliminating disease or enhancing desirable qualities in their children. The popular geneticist and author of How to Argue With a Racist delivers a sobering, highly informative account of the eugenics movement from its origins in Darwinian evolutionary theory through its adoption by totalitarian regimes such as the Third Reich to the tech based arguments being made today.
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