Remaking Eden by Lee M. Silver is a great book, despite being on the opposing side of my view on the use of bioengineering on humans. In the beginning pages Lee illustrates a believable future, held from 2010 to 2350, and follows it up with information that helps the reader understand the importance behind the discussion of the use of this technology. Lee brings up the deeper division of class and calls those altered GenRich and unaltered are the Naturals and other other interesting hypotheticals.
Throughout the book one can tell that Lee sees the use of the technology in a more positive light then some. Many believe the introduction of bioengineering in human life will help us eradicate disease, remove or add features and overall improve the quality of life. I believe the altering the DNA of our offspring is not safe or necessary, and Lee has some lines in which he would likely say to me; “Time and again we are warned of places we should not go, and things we should not do. And while the names may change, the message is still the same. Today, many in the modern secular world believe it is wrong to mess with ‘Mother Nature’, an updated feminine personification”. These lines push us toward the use of whatever advancements are created, as history has shown us that those who want to maintain a more traditional life are always wrong and are hindering the possibilities of society, just because we personify these realms of life. Though it is true that mother nature is applied just to further human connection to our natural world, I believe we should seriously consider interfering and releasing our own human. We have already done so with plants and animals, we should observe the long term effects of that alone before moving along to our species. There is also the fact that the future he presents in this book is not one I believe would help the majority of society, as he even points out Genrich vs. Naturals, loss of funds in certain genetic diseases, and the possibility of an entirely new species. To me this is clearly a place we should not go, as only the rich and educated would be able to afford these alterations. Lee also seems to ignore the fact that science is full of trial and error and would also likely have unseen negative impacts. There could be errors in the transferring of foreign DNA and lead to an offspring with unpredictable diseases and mutations. Are parents willing to get rid of trial babies that do not turn out how they desired. There are many points of discussion that don't make it in this book but it is a great start for people to dive in a topic that will likely affect their lives.
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