Addiction...leads to designer babies.

There is a remarkable trend between many of the presentations we saw. People are always trying to “better” their lives (for better or for worse). There are the plastic surgery recipients, who are bettering their appearance and self-esteem by making the incisions. We also have the enhancements made in sports and industry, which are becoming the best in their fields by whatever means it takes. There are also the recipients (or potential recipients) of IVF and genetic screening to create their “designer baby.” There are also those who use animal testing to put the best products on the market. And finally, we have the addicts… who may be addicted to drugs to better their feelings, or may be addicted to plastic surgery to become the best they physically can, or addicted to perfection…to create the baby of their dreams. The connection I would like to make is between addiction and designer babies. I think the majority of poster presentation, as I stated previously, have emphasized the desire to be the best by whatever means possible. And I think that designer babies are more extreme of them all. We no longer are going to become the best… we are going to be born the best. Instead of having things on the market, like lasic eye surgery, or facial cream, or hair dye, or colored contacts to make us the best that we chose to be, we are going to chose for our children what the best is. Our society has this excessive problem with addiction and it shows up in almost every aspect of our lives. It seems like all of the addiction that exist in our society have led up to this idea that we can create the baby that we want. That we should no longer suffer from the gifts our genes give us but create our own. Addiction is everywhere.