Hacking the Code of Life

With CRISPR technology, our genetic code can be rewritten. Will we eradicate disease or create “superhumans”?Will we “hack” our genetic code to consign disease to history? Or will we usher in the era of “designer babies” and take control of human evolution? The realities emerging from science fiction intertwine with the dark and bright possibilities of the future. In this journey spanning from Carl Sagan to dystopian dreams, from genetics to philosophy, perhaps we must rethink the meaning of “being human.”