Undead Astronauts

From your genes’ POV, winning means building more replicating machines (us) so that they become more numerous. Since guys don’t worry about actually bearing a child to term, they tend to have sex more freely than girls. The guys who used to have the ability to do that tended to be rich and/or powerful. Now? If you are a CEO or a nobel laureate or have other highly valued signalling qualities (Harvard grad, doctor, etc), donate some sperm, and you will potentially father some 150 kids to women in search of superior genetic material.

I’ve actually thought about donating sperm in lieu of having actual kids, but I’m sure that I don’t meet the height selection criteria of most women. Unfortunately, the linked article mentions numerous groups that believe it’s unethical to allow more than 10-25 kids to any one donor. We should actually be encouraging this behavior, but instead we glorify idiot kids that get pregnant and have idiot babies at 16 by putting them on tv. High value sperm and eggs are a small antidote to dysgenic population trends.

One unfortunate side effect, however, of assortative mating (or insemination) between high IQ types is that there’s a higher chance the kid will be autistic. Too much of a good thing apparently.