From Nicolas Berggruen at Edge.org:
Technological tools such as gene editing or artificial intelligence are going to allow us to truly modify ourselves and the nature of who we are as humans. They’re going to be irresistible. Every corner of humanity somehow will invest in it, adopt it, use it, but in different ways. And because they’re going to be so transformative, we’re going to have to think of who we want these children of ourselves to be … The relationship between parents and children is important...
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