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Silicon Valley’s Plan to Make “Perfect" Babies is... Disturbing | The Deep

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The Deep with Erika Ahern is sponsored by Taylor Frigon Capital Management, serving clients at every stage of wealth: from first-time investors to high-net-worth families and organizations seeking full-service wealth guidance. Taylor Frigon provides institutional asset management solutions tailored to the needs of individuals, families and small businesses: https://cvote.it/taylorfrigonDesigner babies have arrived! Hair color, eye color, no diseases and a high IQ... these babies are advertised as a parent's dream come true. But what actually happens is much more sinister: embryo squid games. Erika breaks it down on this episode of the Deep!0:00 Intro2:57 Sponsor: Taylor Frigon Capital Management4:21 Orchid embryo genetic screening process7:20 The coercion issue: are you a bad parent for not doing this?13:06 The big question: what is the moral status of the embryo?20:04 History rings a bill: this looks a lot like eugenics24:52 This is NOT “protecting babies,” it is discarding imperfect onesSubscribe to the LOOPcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theLOOPcast

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