by
3.47 of 5 stars
A groundbreaking work, Redesigning Humans tackles the controversial subject of engineering the human germline -- the process of permanently alterin... read full description

reviews

May 30, 2011
Alex rated it: 4 of 5 stars
About engineering the human germ line, the author is clear: we can do it, we should do it, we will do it. I find some analysis of his convincing (albeit alarming to me), such as: profit-driven scientists will go to somewhere on earth and develop improved human products because people will pay for those, which makes it unstoppable and eventually breaking into countries that currently block such.

So humans will divide into castes based on their different degrees of "improvements" More...
Oct 01, 2010
IIRC this is the one that suggested that human-improving genetic research would be slow because it won't benefit the researchers, only their children. I can think of other reasons this will go slowly, but that one doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
Jan 19, 2012
Elvira rated it: 3 of 5 stars
A bit outdated, but a good read.
Feb 10, 2012
Catherine is currently reading it
Jan 31, 2012
taphthephnerath added it
Jan 29, 2012
Chantal marked it as to-read
Jan 20, 2012
Willie marked it as to-read
Jan 06, 2012
Susan marked it as to-read
Jan 05, 2012
Mathew marked it as to-read
Nov 20, 2011
Elizabeth marked it as to-read
Oct 30, 2011
Sasgari rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Sep 29, 2011
Ben rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Sep 26, 2011
Wavymouth rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Sep 25, 2011
Ninja added it
Jan 29, 2012
Meredeth rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Sep 13, 2011
Luís rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Jul 29, 2011
Branwen marked it as to-read
Jul 25, 2011
Sarah marked it as to-read
Jul 22, 2011
imakecake marked it as to-read
Jul 04, 2011
Sylvin added it
Jul 04, 2011
Sylvin added it
Jun 20, 2011
Ramona added it
Jun 14, 2011
Wattschosenseed added it
Jun 14, 2011
Wattschosenseed added it
Jun 09, 2011
Sylvin added it
Jun 09, 2011
Sylvin added it
Jun 07, 2011
James marked it as to-read
Apr 25, 2011
Amanda rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Apr 21, 2011
Eugene rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Apr 17, 2011
Chris marked it as to-read