One reoccurring theme I've seen in the manosphere is which genes get passed forward. The premise is that the individuals who advance society, create new innovative technology, and increase the standard of living for the whole are not the people who are most likely to pass their genes into the future. I've heard this premise repeated by Aaron Clarey, Barbarossa, Davis Aurini, Sandman, Stardusk, and Stefan Molyneux so I won't claim to have come up with it myself. This point of view even breached the mainstream with the movie Idiocracy.
The first 10 to 20 minutes of Idiocracy portrays two different families. The first is a couple of professionals who are financially responsible, work long hours, and do everything the right way. Because of the economy and other pressures due to work, the family is financially stable but never ends up having children. In contrast, the second family are people who don't give any consideration to financial planning, don't think about using birth control or family planning, and are obsessed with football. This family gets by on government social programs and, as a result, produces multiple children. These children live their lives the same way their parents did. Fast forward a few hundred years into the future and society has devolved into complete degenerates.
This isn't to say that intelligent people don't have children however it is a common belief that people with lower IQ tend to have more children than people with higher IQ.
A year or two ago Sandman produces a series of youtube videos called A God Among MGTOW. The video series included men such as Nikola Telsa and the Wright Brothers. Nikola Tesla is best know for his contributions to alternating current and the Wright Brothers created the first working airplane. Obviously, their contributions to society are felt by everyone today. Without them, we wouldn't have most electronics or the ability to fly from America to Europe in a few hours.
These men never married or produced children.
Men that innovate new technology need a lot of time to tinker with different projects. They need time to think and dream of what is possible. They need time to plan out projects and execute them. They need time to experiment and make prototypes. They need time to fail over and over and retry different experiments. They need time.
In going the route of creating a family, a man has to dedicate time to supporting and taking care of the family. He has to work to make money to keep the children housed, clothed, fed, and educated. He has to spend time and energy engaging his wife and children. Doing this can be rewarding and bring joy to his life but this is time spent. Time that cannot be dedicated to tinkering with inventions in order to produce something that could benefit society greatly. A married man has less time available than a single man. Less time means less possibilities. A married man could produce something incredible like the cure for cancer, however it is more likely that a single person would come up with it first because of the available time.
This is a reoccurring theme in the manosphere. It is an interesting thought but it is not a perfect theory. Men who do innovate new technology, applications, or processes can become very successful and wealthy. These men can and do procreate.
Maybe genes aren't all that important. When it comes down to nature versus nurture, I think that nurture plays a bigger role in your success and failures. After all, Solid Snake had all the recessive genes of Big Boss and Liquid Snake had all the dominant genes. A person's drive and motivation have a bigger impact on success than genes.
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