[extropy-chat] Re: sex selection in Asia? (a modest proposal)

[Hal Finney]

Damien writes:
> At 02:11 PM 10/8/2004 -0700, Hal wrote:
> >I have confidence that most people want the best thing for their children.
>
> Of course, and the definition thereof can be anything insane or disgusting 
> or tragedy-of-the-commons. Think clitoridectomizing mothers. Think the 
> Catholic, Mormon, Scientologist parents.

That's true, but in this particular case, if we assume that women retain
basic human rights, it will probably be better to be born as a member of
the sex which has a shortage.  This should reduce the problem of excess
selection of males.  The question is whether people will be able to make
decisions this far ahead, but I think once they notice that there are
so many boy babies around and hardly any girls, it will sink in.

I wish someone among all these journalists could manage to find a parent
who was actually doing this, and ask them what they were thinking of.

Hal