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From Future Shock to Future Fatigue


Dale Carrico

Dale Carrico


Amor Mundi
January 12, 2008

Some futurists are nervous about the prevalence of fictional narratives at the heart of an awful lot of bioethics discussion.  After all, Frankenstein, the golem, designer super-babies, clone armies, genetically superhumanized abilities, genetically subhumanized slaves, human-animal hybrids and so on don’t actually exist despite their frequent appearances in discussions influencing actual health policies impacting people. 

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