I have been reading Steve Talbott’s NetFuture: Technology and Human Responsibility newsletter for some years now. If you are looking for a deeper understanding about the role of technology in our humanity, read what Steve has to say.

His latest issue reviews Bill McKibben’s book
“Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age”. This is all about gene manipulation and you and me.

Do you want your genes manipulated to make you better at something?

Yes?
No?
A little bit?

I’m thinking I might go for a little bit myself, just to see how it feels.

But who am I once I have done that? Do I still belong to me? Who do I belong to? Am I carrying around molecular-sized copyright symbols inside me. Is there some corporations IP in my pee?