It remains to be seen if Colossal, with In-Q-Tel’s backing, can make good on its promises. And it’s unclear what, exactly, the intelligence world might gain from the use of CRISPR. But perhaps the CIA shares the company’s altruistic, if vague, motives: “To advance the economies of biology and healing through genetics. To make humanity more human. And to reawaken the lost wilds of Earth. So we, and our planet, can breathe easier.”

Techbros stop making the word "human" creepy and dehumanizing challenge. Difficulty level: MORE HUMAN

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
    hexagon
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    2 years ago

    It sounds vaguely wholesome and naturalistic and stuff but also continues the destructive processes that capitalism requires to make number go up. :eco-porky: