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Jan 24, 2023Liked by Ives Parr

I think the sad thing about this tech is that media framing it in a positive light gets relatively zero attention in comparison to media that frames it as controversial, evil, creepy, elitist, what have you, which inspires PLENTY of attention. For better or for worse, controversy sells in today's markets.

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Is it really the first one? Or just the first one that is being promoted?

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I shared this on facebook with the context of how i have some genetic troubles and depression tendencies that i would like to not pass down to my child, and got no responses, aside from a conservative friend who basically saw this whole thing as abortion and immoral. and my dad misconstruing it as me saying i wish i hadnt been born? i dunno why he felt the need to say that

My text with the shared video: "Video of one of the first babies born with embryo selection (PGT-P), a teqnique were parents and doctors choose between different embryos to reduce the chance of chronic ilnesses like diabetes.

This is pretty amazing, and very sci fi: i have issues with mild chronic depression, and it would be incredible if i could woth my future partner choose an embryo that has as low chance of depression as possible, because there has been days were i wish i wasn’t born, and i want as few of those as possible for my kids. Life is cool, and more cool lifes and babies is cool.Video of one of the first babies born with embryo selection (PGT-P), a teqnique were parents and doctors choose between different embryos to reduce the chance of chronic ilnesses like diabetes.

This is pretty amazing, and very sci fi: i have issues with mild chronic depression, and it would be incredible if i could woth my future partner choose an embryo that has as low chance of depression as possible, because there has been days were i wish i wasn’t born, and i want as few of those as possible for my kids. Life is cool, and more cool lifes and babies is cool."

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