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More Dystopian/Utopian Future Blogging

  • Posted by: Patrick James
  • on August 15, 2008 at 3:11 pm

You might have noticed that we’ve been really into science fiction/reality lately—what with our nods to robots, mind control, and advances in time travel, eternal youth, and the invisibility cape. Well, here’s some fuel to further fan the flames of futurism: Frozen embryos can make healthier babies than fresh ones. Does that mean it’s time for fist-raising reactionary fear-mongering about the evils of inevitable state-owned baby farms? That all depends on which reductive prefix you add to -topian.

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