genetic engineering utopia theme
Society is supposedly made perfect through the careful removal of anything undesirable in our genomes.
11 total · 5 choice · 5 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ent4x04 | choice | Arik Soong wished to create a race of genetically enhanced people to replace the current stock. |
| ent4x05 | choice | Arik Soong wished to create a race of genetically enhanced people to replace the current stock. |
| ent4x06 | choice | Arik Soong wished to create a race of genetically enhanced people to replace the current stock. |
| tng2x18 | choice | The Mariposans were genetically engineered clones, descended from the five sole survivors of a crew of mostly scientists that had crash-landed on the planet that the Mariposans now called home. They saw themselves as an ideal society, but were in desperate need of new breeding stock. |
| tng5x13 | choice | The titular masterpiece society was a colony where every individual had been genetically engineered for a predetermined role. Its members regarded themselves as a perfect community. |
| as1985e2x18 | major | Ted and Ann Hellenbeck came from a future where genetic engineering was mandated for ever child that was conceived. In this way, the society from which they came succeed in eliminating all genetic diseases. |
| movie: Appleseed (2004) | major | The story is set in the futuristic, seemingly utopian city-state Olympus. Peace and harmony was supposedly maintained throughout the city in part because half of the population consisted of human clones that were genetically engineered to be emotionless. The presence of these emotionless clones somehow prevented outbreaks of violence, especially war. |
| movie: Gattaca (1997) | major | The story is set in a not too distant future world in which it was considered socially irresponsible to have non-genetically engineered children. |
| movie: Wild Wild Planet (1966) | major | Mr. Nurmi imagined a future where a eugenically and biotechnologically enhanced race of humans ruled the universe. |
| tos1x24 | major | Khan wished to create a race of eugenically enhanced people to replace the current stock. |