“Prologue: A Glimpse of Things to Come” and “Epilogue: Human Destiny?”
| Title | “Prologue: A Glimpse of Things to Come” and “Epilogue: Human Destiny?” |
| Year for Search | 1997 |
| Authors | Silver, Lee M.(b. 1952) |
| Secondary Title | In his Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World |
| Pagination | 1-7, 240-50, 306 |
| Date Published | 1997 |
| Publisher | Avon Books |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | An imaginative projection into the future of genetic engineering, with, in the “Prologue,” stops in 2010, 2050, and 2350, and, in the “Epilogue,” in 2350, 2997, and the far future designated as ???? Projects a deep division between the “Naturals” and the “GenRich” or genetically enriched with, ultimately, divisions within the human species and the development of what later came to be called the Posthuman. Due to the division into Natural and Gen-Rich, by 2350 ethnic and racial differences are no longer important. Within the Gen-Rich, significant subtypes have emerged, with fundamental differences among, for example, athletes, scientists, businessmen, musicians, artists. “and even GenRich intellectual generalists” (5). Natural children are only taught basic skills to fit them for low-paid service jobs. Natural and GenRich come to live segregated lives and are biologically separate species. Later GenRich reshape themselves to fit the environments on different planets and finally evolve into what is now called Posthumans. |
| Additional Publishers | U.K. ed. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2001. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | The author (b. 1952) is a professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. |
| Full Text | 1997 Silver, Lee M. (b. 1952). “Prologue: A Glimpse of Things to Come” and “Epilogue: Human Destiny?” In his Remaking Eden: Cloning and Beyond in a Brave New World (New York: Avon Books, 1997), 1-7, 240-50, 255, 306. U.K. ed. London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2001. PSt An imaginative projection into the future of genetic engineering, with, in the “Prologue,” stops in 2010, 2050, and 2350, and, in the “Epilogue,” in 2350, 2997, and the far future designated as ???? Projects a deep division between the “Naturals” and the “GenRich” or genetically enriched with, ultimately, divisions within the human species and the development of what later came to be called the Posthuman. Due to the division into Natural and Gen-Rich, by 2350 ethnic and racial differences are no longer important. Within the Gen-Rich, significant subtypes have emerged, with fundamental differences among, for example, athletes, scientists, businessmen, musicians, artists. “and even GenRich intellectual generalists” (5). Natural children are only taught basic skills to fit them for low-paid service jobs. Natural and GenRich come to live segregated lives and are biologically separate species. Later GenRich reshape themselves to fit the environments on different planets and finally evolve into what is now called Posthumans. The author is a professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. |
