# The New Eugenics Would Convert Rather Than Cull by Robert L. Sinsheimer > "The old eugenics would have required a continual selection for breeding of the fit, and a culling of the unfit. The new eugenics would permit in principle the conversion of all of the unfit to the highest genetic level." > **— Robert L. Sinsheimer**, *1969, “The Prospect for Designed Genetic Change”* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Robert L. Sinsheimer, Caltech-hosted 1969 essay](https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/2718/). Sinsheimer contrasts older selection rhetoric with his proposed gene-level intervention; the historical terms are his. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Eugenics|Eugenics]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/The Prospect for Designed Genetic Change|The Prospect for Designed Genetic Change]] - [[wiki/Eugenics|Eugenics]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The old eugenics would have required a continual selection for breeding of the fit, and a culling of the unfit. The new eugenics would permit in principle the conversion of all of the unfit to the highest genetic level." — Robert L. Sinsheimer, 1969, “The Prospect for Designed Genetic Change” https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-sinsheimer-convert-rather-than-cull ```