A conversation with an award-winning science journalist and author, Angela Saini, about the alluring but dangerous pursuit of “improving” the human species through genetics and how it's driving American politics and policy today.
TOPICS
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The ideology of eugenics is fundamentally driven by a pursuit that can seem deceptively desirable: the “improvement of the human species.” What does it really mean to “improve” people?
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How does the pursuit of perfection drive eugenic thinking?
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How are you thinking about efforts today to scrub scientific research of engagement with gender and race?
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Across human history how have people thought about biological sex gender and social roles?
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What did DNA testing bring to the conversation about how patriarchy spread?
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What do you think medical and genetics professionals should really be paying attention to in terms of how science, in particular genetics, is being discussed today culturally and politically?
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How does taking a long view of human history inform how you're thinking about the political moment we're living through right now?
- Do you think the left / progressives have a cohesive story that people want to hear?
For episode show notes and resources go to: https://www.geneticfrontiers.org/episode9-angela-saini
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