"The couple, who have four children, were approached last year by an individual posing as a wealthy donor willing to finance their work. In response to his request, they created a 15-page slide deck entitled The Next Empire: Leveraging a Changing World to Save Civilization. It contained ideas that seem plucked out of a dystopian science fiction movie."
"According to their presentation, the city-state they envisaged would become a magnet for no-holds-barred medical research, which in turn would open the door to the mass production of genetically selected humans."
"The voting rights of citizens of the city-state would be linked to their value to society, according to the Collinses' presentation... government would have incentive systems that grant more voting power to creators of economically productive agents and would be run by a single executor."
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