The first thing I thought of as I read that article was C. Wright Mills The
Power Elite. In the future only the rich and powerful will be able to
afford "customized" children. The rich and powerful will produce countless
smarter and stronger children as time goes on. Some people doubted that
there really was a "power elite" but with a few generations of customized
children produced by the American rich all doubt "might" be removed. I put
"might" in quotes because another possibility is that the "customized"
smarter children might reject following in their parents footsteps and
become poets and philosophers instead. :-)
Lawrence
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L. Helm quotes:
"... but the breakthrough also raises the prospect of customized pets."
This reminded me on second thoughts on J. Baker's intro to H. P. Grice, "The
conception of value" -- The Paul Carus lectures. More than one paragraph is
dedicated to the Old English Sheep Dog (Canis lupus familiaris).
According to Baker and Grice, the dog has an aggregate value, and there may
be a conceptual analysis as to what that might be. Petting him adds to that
value, too.
Cheers,
Speranza
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