Founders Fund's Mike Solana proposes using gene drive technology to drive mosquitoes and ticks to extinction
Elon Musk signaled support for the genetic engineering proposal
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@micsolana Yes
Mike Solana@micsolanalook, they had a nice run, killed hundreds of millions of people, but it's time to gene drive mosquitoes out of existence. fuck it, ticks too.
1:13 PM · May 29, 2026 · 706.4K Views
2:16 PM · May 29, 2026 · 430.1K Views
@micsolana yes. the only thing stopping us are concern trolls. they'd have been against eradicating smallpox too because we "haven't studied the consequences" (and never would have)
Mike Solana@micsolanalook, they had a nice run, killed hundreds of millions of people, but it's time to gene drive mosquitoes out of existence. fuck it, ticks too.
1:13 PM · May 29, 2026 · 706.4K Views
3:59 PM · May 29, 2026 · 773 Views