Posted on 17/11/07
Faster, taller, stronger, smarter ... better?
ENHANCING EVOLUTIONThe Ethical Case for Making Better PeopleBy John HarrisPrinceton University Press,242 pages, $26.35It is a commonly observed fact that, as we age, telephone directory print comes to seem microscopically tiny. People cope with this inconvenience by resorting to reading glasses. Although we don't usually think of them in this way, reading glasses, along with hearing aids and anti-wrinkle creams, are enhancement technologies, as are anti-inflammatory drugs that help us to cope with arthritic pain, and coffee, which improves our concentration.
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