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Huberman suggested this short book as a meditation on the ethical pitfalls of pursuing genetic perfection, emphasizing the importance of embracing chance in human development. He described it as a thoughtful critique of genetic editing ambitions.
There's another book that I would recommend here that I read years ago and I actually am probably overdue to go back and reread this. This predates CRISPR technology but there's a Harvard philosopher...
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Huberman suggested this short book as a meditation on the ethical pitfalls of pursuing genetic perfection, emphasizing the importance of embracing chance in human development. He described it as a thoughtful critique of genetic editing ambitions.
There's another book that I would recommend here that I read years ago and I actually am probably overdue to go back and reread this. This predates CRISPR technology but there's a Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel who years ago wrote a short book called The Case Against Perfection.