It’s been two years and I’m wondering if “epilogenics” ever got any traction. I got in an interesting debate about it in an ACX subscribers-only comment thread and the worry was—due to typographic similarity (or even the existence of this call-to-action?) -- that “epilogenics” was too easy to be spun, for political or culture-war purposes, as “rebranding eugenics”. If so, maybe a bland acronym like “human genetic augmentation (HGA)” would be better? (Also, it may be obvious but articulating the case for having a hypernym at all may be helpful.)
It never really got any traction. And I think you’re right about the similarity to eugenics somewhat defeating the purpose.
I think terms like “reproductive freedom” or “reproductive choice” actually get the idea across better anyways since you don’t have to stop and explain the meaning of the word.
It’s been two years and I’m wondering if “epilogenics” ever got any traction. I got in an interesting debate about it in an ACX subscribers-only comment thread and the worry was—due to typographic similarity (or even the existence of this call-to-action?) -- that “epilogenics” was too easy to be spun, for political or culture-war purposes, as “rebranding eugenics”. If so, maybe a bland acronym like “human genetic augmentation (HGA)” would be better? (Also, it may be obvious but articulating the case for having a hypernym at all may be helpful.)
It never really got any traction. And I think you’re right about the similarity to eugenics somewhat defeating the purpose.
I think terms like “reproductive freedom” or “reproductive choice” actually get the idea across better anyways since you don’t have to stop and explain the meaning of the word.