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3.0 out of 5 stars
Reads Like a Rebuttal To Aubrey De Grey and the Anti-Aging Movement,
This review is from: Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future (Hardcover)
This book is light on science and heavy on the editorial comments about the growing movement to slow or reverse aging and to create designer babies. The articles seem to find these ideas immoral and unethical and unfair to the world as a whole. While I agree that the Third World and poor people will probably be last to be served by new technology, it sadly is already the way the world is now. Poor people, especially African-Americans have lower life expectancy than rich people. And poor countries generally, Cuba being one exception, have lower life expectancy than richer countries like the USA and Western Europe.
But the book is not optimistic about anti-aging and biotechnology. The science is pretty skimpy, I did not learn anything new about stem cells or biotechnology. I suppose if you are against the Aubrey De Grey movement and the ideas of expanding lifespans and creating designer babies, this book will be a good resource. For others, like me, this book is a bit of a downer. I am still convinced that rejuvenation therapies and creating "perfect" babies are a GOOD thing for society. Who wants to get become sickly and frail? And who wants their children to ever suffer from disease? |
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Aging, Biotechnology, and the Future by Catherine Y. Read (Hardcover - May 15, 2008)
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