Eugenics
So, you want to build a better baby. While many who have tried in the past have done so for not-so-good reasons, today’s emerging technology — while not capable of producing fully customized super-offspring — does allow us to maximize certain traits while minimizing certain risks. Today’s guest, Emily Merchant, walks us through the history, potential, and current state of genetic sciences.
Bio: Emily Merchant is a historian of science and technology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, focusing on the quantitative human sciences and technologies of human measurement. Her current…
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