Recently, scientists succeeded with “the first confirmed case of gene editing of human embryos in the US”, which has brought them “closer to the ability to create genetically engineered humans” (Motherboard), allowing them to cure diseases and mutations. Plenty of conflict resulted as many considered this activity unethical, but genetic engineering has begun, and there’s no telling how far it will go. According to New York Times, the universal standard of “family” is changing and decaying. “Marriages are dissolving with increasing frequency. In many developed countries, divorce rates doubled between 1970 and 1990…” And this is not just in America; it’s a worldwide problem. If family continues to become less of a priority, anything we have left will hardly be considered family at all, and if this process is aided by the scientific developments discussed earlier, it is foreseeable that families could cease to exist altogether, a concept that Huxley happened to put forward in Brave New
Recently, scientists succeeded with “the first confirmed case of gene editing of human embryos in the US”, which has brought them “closer to the ability to create genetically engineered humans” (Motherboard), allowing them to cure diseases and mutations. Plenty of conflict resulted as many considered this activity unethical, but genetic engineering has begun, and there’s no telling how far it will go. According to New York Times, the universal standard of “family” is changing and decaying. “Marriages are dissolving with increasing frequency. In many developed countries, divorce rates doubled between 1970 and 1990…” And this is not just in America; it’s a worldwide problem. If family continues to become less of a priority, anything we have left will hardly be considered family at all, and if this process is aided by the scientific developments discussed earlier, it is foreseeable that families could cease to exist altogether, a concept that Huxley happened to put forward in Brave New