Designer Babies Are Teenagers Now—and Some of Them Need Therapy Because of It
When I was talking to my peers about the decision to have kids, I was shocked by how many hope to use science to optimize their offspring.
But how well does it work out?
At WIRED, I have a new story about a therapist who counsels designer-babies-cum-teens.
"I kept coming across teens who were in distress about the way they had been created… People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture."
This interview was so wild and I feel so lucky to have gotten to meet this person. Gattaca is now, ya’ll!
Speaking of spawn: so grateful to everyone who has listened, rated, and shared “This Alien I Grew.” We are taking a short break to re-group after my co-hosts wedding and will be back in January.
Xx
Emi
Whoaaa, is this ever a ripe concept for a novel...
Wow. Totally not something I would’ve ever thought about, but of course there would be ramifications of some kind. Thanks for sharing. Very interesting.