Elon Musk’s Eugenic Dream

In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins Rusty Reno on The Editor’s Desk to talk about his recent piece, “Elon’s Family Values” from the April 2025 issue of the magazine.

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Image by Steve Jurvetson, licensed via Creative Commons, Image Cropped.

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