SistersGreg Bear
Sisters
by Greg Bear · first published 1992
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Every time I read about gene editing, I think of the short story Sisters by Greg Bear: https://www.baen.com/Chapters/ERBAEN0036/ERBAEN0036___1.htm
on “CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing causes lots of mutations” ↗…likely that any safe useful embyronic editing will make it to the global mainstream within a generation or so. This will have some interesting consequences for the future of our species. Greg Bear's "Sisters" (collected in "Just Over the Horizon") took a compelling angle on a world with ubiquitous genetic editing of embryos. He made a few predictions: (1) People whose parents opt out of the process will,…
on “Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR” ↗