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Sometime in the next few years, scientists may reprogramme a human egg or sperm cell, make a change in the genetic instructions carried by that cell, a change that will be passed on down into eternity. The scientific expertise exists to do this, as does the motivation: to erase the chance of inheriting a disease, to improve the intelligence or the stamina or the beauty of a child.


On the brink of an era that may be defined by genetic engineering, McKibben asks: should this happen? He argues that genetic engineering and the technologies that lie beyond it will launch us free of our past, of our humanity, of meaning. We are sleepwalking towards a future that will take us far away from all we have known: Enough is our wake-up call.

Product details

Published 02 Aug 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 288
ISBN 9780747565437
Imprint Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the author of THE AGE OF MISSING…

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