First, this blog replaces my previous blog, thecosmoplitanlawyerblogspot.com . Second, unlike that earlier blog, the present one is primarily meant as a record of my readings. It is not meant to suggest that others will be or should be interested in what I read. And third, in a sense, it is a public diary of one who is an alien in his own American culture. A person who feels at home just about anywhere, except in his birthplace . . . America.
Thursday, April 12, 2018
THE END OF PURPOSEFUL SEX
Henry T. Greely, The End of Sex and the Future of Human Reproduction (Cambridge, Massachusetts, & London, England: Harvard University Press, 2016) (From the book jacket: "Within twenty, maybe forty, years most people in developed countries will stop having sex for the purpose of reproduction. Instead, prospective parents will be told as much as they wish to know about the genetic makeup of dozens of embryos and they will prick one or two for implantation, gestation, and birth. And it will be safe, lawful, and free.".