No doubt, so I think the focus needs to be around the electoral system that rewards populism as a viable strategy. There were more than two options available this election than Clinton or Trump: you could vote for a third party, or you could stay home. This is the worst thing about first past the post voting, which rewards strategies like Trump's. He can win with only a quarter of voter support, by fostering apathy so those who don't want Trump to win, but don't feel strongly pro-Clinton, won't be motivated to stand in line and vote. We saw this happen on a smaller scale with Ford in Toronto. 30% of the voters supported him, and 70% would absolutely never in their lives cast a vote his way. He could still compete, since populists can rally a broad base, while the remaining 70% could fracture in to groups where no one is > 30%, as they debate policy and ideas. It's awful that there's a voting system in place where reasonable discourse and dissent are actually losing strategies.

Thought we'd have more experienced nethack players on here. While the halberd is no doubt a classic, anyone who's a fan of the best-ever roguelike knows the spetum is king.

The worst problem with controlling the genetics of _any_ population is that there's always going to be some trait which we don't fully comprehend the importance of. Obvious examples: - Sickle cell anemia: considered a health problem to someone living in an American city, but elsewhere can provide life-saving resistance to malaria - slow metabolism: while this makes you more likely to become fat/obese in a food-rich country spending your time indoors, you wouldn't want to be skinny if you had to hunt for every meal, and lived in the Canadian arctic (even with a Gortex coat you'd be at a disadvantage - low IQ : there are plenty of jobs out there that normal/below average people are comfortable with, but the very intelligent would find unbearable. And then, there's skin pigmentation: too little and you burn in the sun and need to wear sunscreen/stay inside, and too much and you produce less vitamin D and need to adjust your diet/stay outside.