Dr. Karen Guzzo

So this is using IVF or other forms of assisted reproductive technologies to try to maximize not only having children, but the success of those children. So trying to find children who would be tall and athletic and intelligent. And there's a lot of concern over how far over into eugenics that gets to be.

So this is using IVF or other forms of assisted reproductive technologies to try to maximize not only having children, but the success of those children. So trying to find children who would be tall and athletic and intelligent. And there's a lot of concern over how far over into eugenics that gets to be.

If we're selecting people based on sort of these more nebulous characteristics, what does that mean for people who might be viewed less favorably? or have conditions or characteristics that are less favorable. And the United States has a really long history of eugenicism in terms of who should be reproducing.

If we're selecting people based on sort of these more nebulous characteristics, what does that mean for people who might be viewed less favorably? or have conditions or characteristics that are less favorable. And the United States has a really long history of eugenicism in terms of who should be reproducing.

And then you have the more religious conservatives who are definitely against IVF and other forms of assistive reproductive technologies. And they are really focused on not only increasing birth rates, but increasing marriage so that most births should happen within marriage.

And then you have the more religious conservatives who are definitely against IVF and other forms of assistive reproductive technologies. And they are really focused on not only increasing birth rates, but increasing marriage so that most births should happen within marriage.

They would prefer people get married young and spend more time in sort of this traditional family type, particularly one in which the father or husband is the main breadwinner and the wife is in charge of the domestic sphere. And they would have married young and have many children and start doing so pretty early.

They would prefer people get married young and spend more time in sort of this traditional family type, particularly one in which the father or husband is the main breadwinner and the wife is in charge of the domestic sphere. And they would have married young and have many children and start doing so pretty early.

And then you have the third group of folks who are much more concerned about the racial makeup of the United States. So we've had a long history in the United States of wanting the right people to reproduce. So this does tie in with sort of those tech pro people.

And then you have the third group of folks who are much more concerned about the racial makeup of the United States. So we've had a long history in the United States of wanting the right people to reproduce. So this does tie in with sort of those tech pro people.

But this is much more explicit about not wanting immigrants to reproduce or people from what this group might consider inferior races or inferior religions. And so this dates back decades in the United States, but it's really been a part of our kind of informal lexicon for a while.

But this is much more explicit about not wanting immigrants to reproduce or people from what this group might consider inferior races or inferior religions. And so this dates back decades in the United States, but it's really been a part of our kind of informal lexicon for a while.

So we see strains of this in what is the great replacement theory, which is that the wrong people are coming into the United States to quote unquote sort of outbreed true Americans. So there's some overlap in all these groups, but it's an uncomfortable alliance, I think.

So we see strains of this in what is the great replacement theory, which is that the wrong people are coming into the United States to quote unquote sort of outbreed true Americans. So there's some overlap in all these groups, but it's an uncomfortable alliance, I think.

He has unfortunately quite a bit of influence. He has a huge microphone in terms of his Twitter presence and social media presence. He's in the White House. He has the ear of very important people. So he is bringing this conversation to the forefront. He is a smart man, but he's not a demographer. And so sometimes he gets some of the basic demography or demographic principles and theories wrong.

He has unfortunately quite a bit of influence. He has a huge microphone in terms of his Twitter presence and social media presence. He's in the White House. He has the ear of very important people. So he is bringing this conversation to the forefront. He is a smart man, but he's not a demographer. And so sometimes he gets some of the basic demography or demographic principles and theories wrong.

And one of the things that in particular is concerning is that people who are aligning themselves with Elon Musk will project out, you know, 100 years, 200 years, 300 years. And that is not typically something demographers will do because we know that things change really quickly.

And one of the things that in particular is concerning is that people who are aligning themselves with Elon Musk will project out, you know, 100 years, 200 years, 300 years. And that is not typically something demographers will do because we know that things change really quickly.

And there could be great technological advances or other changes that would impact our ability to make population projections far out. But he is this huge microphone, and he clearly is very interested in increasing birth rates. But some of the things that he believes are a little off kilter, I would say.

And there could be great technological advances or other changes that would impact our ability to make population projections far out. But he is this huge microphone, and he clearly is very interested in increasing birth rates. But some of the things that he believes are a little off kilter, I would say.