Brave new world analysis

Post via Canvas your 300-word initial post with cited textual evidence (due by 8:00 PM) and a 300-word response post with cited textual evidence (due by
10:00 PM) on the assigned reading for the week. Remember do not summarize the reading for the week! Instead, focus closely on your interpretation of one
quote, one stanza, one metaphor, one symbol, one phrase, or one focused theme, one theoretical approach, etc. You may use the questions I ask you to
explore in the daily calendar section of the course syllabus as a starting place for these reflections OR you can explore your own questions about the reading.
Either way, you must base your posts in textual evidence from the week’s assigned reading. I also expect that you will pay careful attention to your syntax,
spelling, punctuation, and diction.
Suggested Discussion Questions:
With Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World in mind and referring to your reading of “CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing and How It Works,” “Scientists Use Gene Editing to
Prevent a Form,” Rob Stein’s “Chinese Researcher Used CRISPR To Edit Embryonic DNA Of Twin Girls,” and “Designer Baby Controversy: Scientists Edit
Genome of Human Embryo,” consider the following questions: Even though the scientific techniques used to control the populace in Brave New World does
not include genetic engineering (the novel was written before the structure of DNA was known), Huxley’s futuristic science fiction world provides a
commentary on the social and environmental uses of such scientific knowledge and technological advancements. What does it mean to be human in these
times of bioengineering? What specific ways has the promise of social stability not been achieved in Brave New World? In what specific ways has social
stability been achieved? Does Brave New World offer any potential solutions or ways to improve our approach to pharmaceuticals, bioengineering, the rights
of human and nonhuman bodies, etc.? How does Brave New World challenge / question how to interact with genetic modification, pharmaceuticals, and biocapitalism in a way that is ethical, equal, rational, sustainable, responsibly in a world of enhancement technologies that is already here and beyond the 21st
century?
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