In the beginning of Edwin Blacks reading ‘Newgentics’, he introduces the argument with passion and urgency for the world to know about the new found, game changing technology ‘newgentics’ , “today’s headline is tomorrows footnote”, (Black 427) this quote draws the reader into the topic about to be discussed, creating interest and a need to find out more about this topic, no individual wants to miss out on any part of our ever changing world and this quote fuels that fear. Black believes it will only be a process of time for an individual’s survival to be determined “not (by) race, religion or nationality but economics that determines which amongst us will dominate and thrive” (Black 428). Black uses comparisons between newgentics and how eugenics
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Even though, Agars use of incorporating examples of Hollywood distortion of human enhancement into his reading “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Star Trek: Nemesis”, (Agar 20) helps the audience understand what he’s talking about in a visual sense, creating relatability. replacing what he believes to be Hollywood’s misinforming with scientific facts it creates a more of an encrypted base for information. For a reader who doesn’t quite understand scientific terms, or familiar with the subject, it makes it harder to understand and interrupt what Agar is trying to say where Blacks reading is a lot clearer and coherently …show more content…
Blacks work makes his position strong and clear whereas Agars overuse of sources brings confusion and hesitance. In this quote Black predicts that in the future all parents will “ want to improve the quality of their children’s +futures”, (Black 422) this may be derived from his perception of the idealistic society we are becoming and his experiences with Adolf Hitler’s desired race. Through Blacks writing he incorporates a lot of his own personal views he believes there is a high possibility of “Newgenics rising like a phoenix from the ashes of eugenics and continue along the same route blazed in the last century”, (Black 428) the way Black incorporates his views is very visual, when your reading his work you can almost see what he is talking about his history defiantly sways his opinion. Blacks opinion surrounding newgenics has the ability to fit into Hollywood’s genre much like Agars work, the film “Gattaca” is seen to reflect this, (Agar 20). Due to Blacks use of emotive writing, his content is could be related to a scene on popular detective programs such as CSI,NCIS or Criminal Minds where they
Even though, Agars use of incorporating examples of Hollywood distortion of human enhancement into his reading “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Star Trek: Nemesis”, (Agar 20) helps the audience understand what he’s talking about in a visual sense, creating relatability. replacing what he believes to be Hollywood’s misinforming with scientific facts it creates a more of an encrypted base for information. For a reader who doesn’t quite understand scientific terms, or familiar with the subject, it makes it harder to understand and interrupt what Agar is trying to say where Blacks reading is a lot clearer and coherently …show more content…
Blacks work makes his position strong and clear whereas Agars overuse of sources brings confusion and hesitance. In this quote Black predicts that in the future all parents will “ want to improve the quality of their children’s +futures”, (Black 422) this may be derived from his perception of the idealistic society we are becoming and his experiences with Adolf Hitler’s desired race. Through Blacks writing he incorporates a lot of his own personal views he believes there is a high possibility of “Newgenics rising like a phoenix from the ashes of eugenics and continue along the same route blazed in the last century”, (Black 428) the way Black incorporates his views is very visual, when your reading his work you can almost see what he is talking about his history defiantly sways his opinion. Blacks opinion surrounding newgenics has the ability to fit into Hollywood’s genre much like Agars work, the film “Gattaca” is seen to reflect this, (Agar 20). Due to Blacks use of emotive writing, his content is could be related to a scene on popular detective programs such as CSI,NCIS or Criminal Minds where they