Stock went on to write a pro-editing manifesto, Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future. “A key aspect of human nature is our ability to manipulate the world,” he argued. “To turn away from germline selection and modification without even exploring them would be to deny our essential nature and perhaps our destiny.” He emphasized that politicians should not try to interfere. “Policymakers sometimes mistakenly think that they have a voice about whether germinal technologies will come into being,” he wrote. “They do not.”
