Perfection
Perfection, it’s what we all chase, that dream job, flawless family and a picture perfect life. In a world where science lets us rewrite and erase flaws before they appear, remove our hardships before we even face them, would we still recognize the beauty of imperfection? We are not born with the capability to empathize, or the wisdom to differentiate right from wrong. These are not traits pre-written into our genes but lessons learned through raw experience and hardship. I fear these children will not be created but crafted, and although it may sound harsh, parallels to the story of Frankenstein. In a world where life is written before these infants even take their first breath, we risk the children themselves growing up to wonder why they weren’t enough as they were. With gene editing technologies like CRISP, the line between natural and engineered life begins to blur. The idea of “designer baby” will no longer be the question of what if, but which one. The idea of choosing a child...