Guy Bartkus tried to destroy an IVF clinic to save the embryos the pain of existence. Alarmingly for national security, his ‘promortalist’ philosophy does not die with him
“Is life an illness?” asks a member of a fringe chat group on the internet.
“I’m not depressed,” writes another. “I just don’t want to exist.”
Both identify as “morose and misanthropic” men in the Promortalism group on the chat forum Discord. They are two of several thousand members who sign in regularly to debate the merits of being alive.
