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  • Shawdow194@kbin.socialtoWorld News@lemmy.world•A myopia epidemic is sweeping the globe
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    5 months ago

    Well like how glasses fix myopia it isnt really an ailment anymore then. Ideally that’s what we should be aiming for. Fixing - not making better just to make better

    We only see people with PKU (phenylketonuria) or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) living normally because of our advances in medical fields. Before in our history they would perish (or unfortunately be culled) like the stunted hawk

    It’s a highly grey area in ethics, but I think as long as we have best interest in mind and dont end up like the humans in Wall-E we should be fine. Star Trek also covers a lot of eugenics topics and in the end they also think humans should take the course of evolution and avoid things like designer babies or genetic enhancements

    And its honestly incredible though. Humans literally fighting (and winning) against evolution/nature

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism

    https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Eugenics_Wars

  • Shawdow194@kbin.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•Biden Administration Cancels Another $7.7 Billion in Student Loans
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    6 months ago

    “The government should have ordered back pay from servicers to the borrowers including interest. As well as an investigation and criminal charges if evidence shows they were intentionally failing to forgive loans intentionally. And the government should be returned any funds they paid these servicers to operate PSLF.”

    Love this idea
    Funny you mention exactly what I tell folks who push back against this - these programs already existed and have for awhile. They’re good programs designed to help justify people entering the public sector as opposed to everyone starting a private for-profit practice!

  • Shawdow194@kbin.socialtopolitics @lemmy.world•Biden Administration Cancels Another $7.7 Billion in Student Loans
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    6 months ago

    "Of the total announced on Wednesday, $5.2 billion in forgiveness went to about 66,900 borrowers who qualified through adjustments that the Education Department made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. It aids teachers, firefighters, and other government and nonprofit workers.

    About $600 million in relief will go to around 54,300 borrowers who are enrolled in the SAVE plan, which ties monthly payments to income and household size, and who took out smaller loans for graduate school. All borrowers enrolled in the plan can receive forgiveness after 25 years at the most, but borrowers who took out $12,000 in loans or less can qualify after 10 years of payments."

    Awesome seeing this all go to long term payers and public service workers!! Helping loyal citizens is exactly why we institute a governing body