By the way, the title of this thread comes from a really great sci-fi
book by Nancy Kress [1] which ponders this very topic among other
things. (Those other things include one of the most fascinating
hypotheticals I've encountered about the impact of genetic engineering
on the future of human evolution and society.) There are two other
books in the series: Beggars and Choosers [2] and Beggars Ride. [3] I
heartily recommend these books, they're some of the best science fiction
I've read in the last few years. They do perfectly what good science
fiction *should* do: create a hypothetical yet well-grounded and
believable world as a laboratory for philosophical gedanken experiments.
jb
[1] Beggars in Spain, by Nancy Kress
[2] Beggars and Choosers, "
[3] Beggars Ride, "
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By the way, the title of this thread comes from a really great sci-fi
book by Nancy Kress [1] which ponders this very topic among other things.
(Those other things include one of the most fascinating hypotheticals I've
encountered about the impact of genetic engineering on the future of human
evolution and society.) There are two other books in the series:
Beggars and Choosers [2] and Beggars Ride. [3] I heartily recommend
these books, they're some of the best science fiction I've read in the
last few years. They do perfectly what good science fiction *should*
do: create a hypothetical yet well-grounded and believable world
as a laboratory for philosophical gedanken experiments.
jb
[1] Beggars
in Spain, by Nancy Kress
[2] Beggars
and Choosers, "
[3] Beggars
Ride, "
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