The eugenics movement of the early 1900s ultimately went horribly wrong despite its noble aims. What can we learn from this movement's outcomes in order to avoid the repetition of these mistakes?

Positive and Negative Approaches The eugenics movement had two basic strands. Advocates of "positive" eugenics believed in promoting childbearing by the "fit" classes. Those who supported ...

Anita Say Chan, an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ...

“Despite its global appeal,” Torres goes on, “eugenics was truly made in America, and the epicenter of the movement was not found in some laboratory or government facility. Instead, the ...

The eugenics craze was already fading when the horrors of institutionalized eugenics revealed in Nazi Germany during World War II doused it entirely as a movement.

The author then discussed the role of the eugenics movement in politics in the past, without acknowledging its role in the ...

Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future, identifies how the eugenics movement of the turn of the 20th Century foreshadows the predatory data tactics used in today's tech industry.

“Despite its global appeal,” Torres goes on, “eugenics was truly made in America, and the epicenter of the movement was not found in some laboratory or government facility. Instead, the ...