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What Intrigued Me Most Was Not The Technology As Such But The Questions About The Human Goods, The Fundamental Human Values And Virtues That Are Raised By Debates Over Biotechnology.

If You Go Back To Adam Smith, You Find The Idea That Markets And Market Forces Operate As An Invisible Hand. This Is The Traditional Laissez-faire Market Idea. But Today, When Economics Is Increasingly Defined As The Science Of Incentive, It Becomes Clear That The Use Of Incentives Involves Quite Active Intervention, Either By An Economist Or A Policy Maker, In Using Financial Inducements To Motivate Behavior. In Fact, So Much Though That We Now Almost Take For Granted That Incentives Are Central To The Subject Of Economics.

One Can Imagine A Kind Of Hormonal Arms Race Or Genetic Arms Race, Whether It's To Do With Height Or Iq, Conceivably, In The Future. So It's Limitless, And That's Another Of The Features That Sets It Apart From Medical Intervention.

It's Ultimately The Purpose Of Education To Cultivate The Love Of Learning For Its Own Sake.

The Way Things Are Does Not Determine The Way They Ought To Be