Buck v. Bell

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A notorious Supreme Court decision where Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. upheld the state of Virginia's practice of forcibly sterilizing individuals deemed 'mentally inferior,' using the line 'three generations of imbeciles are enough.'

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Noah Feldman on Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, DAOs, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show

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A notorious Supreme Court decision where Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. upheld the state of Virginia's practice of forcibly sterilizing individuals deemed 'mentally inferior,' using the line 'three generations of imbeciles are enough.'