Modern Wisdom8 Nov 2025

What Embryo Selection Means for Humanity - Jonathan Anomaly - #1017

Dr Jonathan Anomaly is a philosopher, professor and an author. What if you could design your own “super baby”? Imagine erasing genetic diseases, removing inherited conditions, and even selecting traits for beauty or intelligence. How close are we to making this possible, and what unintended consequences could this unleash? Expect to learn why embryo selection will be the next frontier of fertility planning, why screening for traits beyond disease is a slippery slope toward eugenics, what the moral, ethical and realistic arguments are for embryo selection and how big of a societal gap this will create, if you can return the super baby if it didn’t yield desired results, if there were regulations in this space, what red lines would be drawn and what would be left to the market and much more… Timestamps: (0:00) When Does Health Screening Turn Into Human Engineering? (7:08) Does Embyro Selection Risk Deepening Inequality? (14:30) How Can We Soften the Conversation on Genetic Selection? (21:13) Inside Herasight: The Algorithm Powering Polygenic Selection (26:56) Should Parents Drive Embryo Selection During IVF? (33:09) How Can We Tell If Genetic Screening Companies Actually Know What They’re Doing? (46:45) Does Herasight’s Algorithm Work? (51:38) Is Buyer’s Remorse a Risk of Embryo Selection? (01:01:20) Where Do We Draw the Line with Trait Selection? (01:05:15) Could Genetic Selection Lead to Wrongful Life Lawsuits? (01:13:07) How Genetic Selection Impacts Personhood and Identity (01:25:36) Are Genetics Blueprints of Our Lives? (01:36:57) Does Embryo Screening Increase Stigma? (01:45:22) Will Embryo Selection Become a Marketing Race? (01:53:15) What Does the Next Five Years Look Like? (01:58:29) Where to Find Jonathan Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get the brand new Whoop 5.0 and your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom Get up to $50 off the RP Hypertrophy App at https://rpstrength.com/modernwisdom Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Check out Herasight: https://www.herasight.com/ Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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