1. Background
Years ago after I returned to work following surgery and lymphangiograms and more surgery and radiation therapy and chemotherapy for cancer, a colleague sat with me at lunch.
“You know, chemotherapy isn’t natural,” he said.
There just wasn’t much further that conversation could have gone. It was clear what he was implying — I was corrupting the gene pool.
Fast forward to today, and we have billionaire tech bro masters-of-the-universe breathing new life into eugenics.
2. Canceling Cancer Funding
I claim that bro-rebranded eugenics is hard at work. For example, Google around a bit. You’ll find articles about the Trump administrations cuts to cancer funding.
Admittedly, the story is a bit more complex than sensationalist headlines let on (link: snopes), but there is a reality on the ground that makes the full truth of the matter misleading — funds were just temporarily delayed and meetings temporarily suspended. Yet temporary or not, the actions have had consequences. Clinical trials got canceled in the temporary absence of dollars to pay salaries. Fundamental research projects got shut down in the temporary absence of approvals from review boards who are forbidden from collaborating with researchers.
Some cancer work was canceled.
