What Embryo Selection Means for Humanity - Jonathan Anomaly - #1017

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher, professor and an author. What if you could design your own “super baby”? Imagine erasing genetic diseases, removing inherited conditions, and even selecting traits for beauty or intelligence. How close are we to making this possible, and what unintended consequences could this unleash? Expect to learn why embryo selection will be the next frontier of fertility planning, why screening for traits beyond disease is a slippery slope toward eugenics, what the moral, ethical and realistic arguments are for embryo selection and how big of a societal gap this will create, if you can return the super baby if it didn’t yield desired results, if there were regulations in this space, what red lines would be drawn and what would be left to the market and much more… Timestamps: (0:00) When Does Health Screening Turn Into Human Engineering? (7:08) Does Embyro Selection Risk Deepening Inequality? (14:30) How Can We Soften the Conversation on Genetic Selection? (21:13) Inside Herasight: The Algorithm Powering Polygenic Selection (26:56) Should Parents Drive Embryo Selection During IVF? (33:09) How Can We Tell If Genetic Screening Companies Actually Know What Th…