“It’s 2071, and We Bioengineered Our Own Extinction”

Title“It’s 2071, and We Bioengineered Our Own Extinction”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsVanderMeer, Jeff[rey Scott](b. 1968)
Secondary TitleThe New York Times
Date PublishedDecember 12, 2019 with over 130 comments
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

The bioengineering that saved humanity from the climate-crisis produced a dystopia in which the bioengineered species are eliminating the human race.

URLhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/opinion/future-vandermeer-biotech.htm
Info Notes

One of a series of “Op-Eds From the Future” that began May 27, 2019, and continued regularly through the rest of the year, with most, but not all, with eutopian or dystopian elements

Illustration

Illus John Karborn

Author Note

(b. 1968)

Full Text

2019 VanderMeer, Jeff[rey Scott] (b. 1968). “It’s 2071, and We Bioengineered Our Own Extinction.” Illus. John Karborn. The New York Times (December 12, 2019) with over 130 comments. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/opinion/future-vandermeer-biotech.html. One of a series of “Op-Eds From the Future” that began May 27, 2019, and continued regularly through the rest of the year, with most, but not all, with eutopian or dystopian elements. US

The bioengineering that saved humanity from the climate-crisis produced a dystopia in which the bioengineered species are eliminating the human race.