O Brave New World

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"We also predestine and condition. We decant our babies as socialized human beings, as Alphas or Epsilons, as future sewage workers . . .” He was going to say “future World controllers,” but correcting himself, said “future Directors of Hatcheries,” instead.

–Brave New World, 1932

The bank had been launched in 1980 with the immodest goal of changing mankind and reversing evolution. . . . The Nobel sperm bank kids, I realized, were messengers from our future. We are on the brink of the age of genetic expectations. Soon–maybe not in five years, but probably in fifty–fertility doctors will be able to identify and manipulate genes for “intelligence” and “beauty.”

–The Genius Factory, 2005