Be it Resolved, let’s engineer better human beings

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A child is-- should not be a product that is optimized, designed, part of a parent's ambition, a social fashion, and someone who has not consented to have their genome manipulated.

When we can build better humans, and we will all have ideas of what better makes, I think we should go for it.

I think it's a poor argument against the technology to say it has unknown consequences. Of course it does. We have to learn by doing things in technology.

Engineering better human beings is just updated eugenics for the rich.

On this episode, we are airing for the first time on our podcast feed the Munk Debate on gene editing. It took place at the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts this past spring in front of a live audience of 650 school students and faculty. The debate's resolution was, "Be it resolved, let's engineer better human beings," and proposed a question once confined to the world of science fiction: Should we enhance our children before birth? Arguing in favor of the motion was biophysicist and bestselling author, biotechnology entrepreneur, and the former director of the Program on Medicine, Technology, and Society at UCLA School of Medicine, Gregory Stock. His debate partner was Max More, an internationally acclaimed philosopher and pioneering transhumanist. Arguing against the motion was the prominent American bioethicist Ezekiel Emanuel, special advisor to the director general of the WHO and former founding chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Health Institute in the United States. His debate partner was Joyce Harper, the award-winning educator, author, and professor of reproductive science at University College London. As with all our live debates, the audience voted on the resolution prior to the debate. Initially, 29% were in favor, 35% were opposed. We did another poll after the debate to find out how many people had changed their minds. But before we give you those results, let's first dive into this rich and fascinating debate. We're gonna join Gregory Stock with his opening statement in favor of the motion, "Be it resolved, let's engineer