@booklet {10270, title = {{\textquotedblleft}It{\textquoteright}s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning: DNA tweaks won{\textquoteright}t fix our problems{\textquotedblright}}, howpublished = {The New York Times}, year = {2019}, note = {

\ Rpt. in The Year\’s Best Science Fiction Volume 1. Ed. Jonathan Strahan (New York: Saga Press, 2020), 123-26, with an editor\’s note on 123.\ 

}, month = {May 27, 2019 with well over 200 comments}, abstract = {

The story reflects on a future experiment to improve the intelligence of poor children by modifying their DNA. While it is successful in that IQ is raised, it fails to make substantive difference because the entire U.S. social order favors the wealthy.

}, keywords = {Chinese-American author, Male author}, isbn = {978-1-5344-4959-6 }, url = {https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/ted-chiang-future-genetic-engineering.html?searchResultPosition=1}, author = {Ted Chiang (b. 1967)} }