On the third day of blogging I made a tiny bit more progress (partly because I spread yesterday's post around a little.) That said, I need some feed back to help guide me in what direction YOU find interesting?
If you're going to 'follow' an author he better be writing something that YOU care about and enjoy reading to make it worth your while.
I'll begin with the question that has long plagued scientists and legal professionals alike...would a clone be 'property'?
It's an issue that is creeping ever closer to the public sphere as animal cloning continues to work (literally) up the food chain.
It is this issue the forms the foundation of my screenplay Space Cadet, a story about clones that have revolted because their 'property' status has subjected them to some mighty demeaning working conditions and next to no legal protection.
As you might imagine, the legal protections that do exist mostly protect the creator, this is why the clones are 'marked' so, er, 'normal' people can instantly tell they are dealing with a 'manufactured entity'.
But wait, a little more background is necessary (and most of you should see that our own path into the future is following this one...)
The decision to 'authorize' human cloning comes AFTER the cure for death is found. Now the originals (who can afford the outrageous price of becoming virtually 'immortal') consider themselves too precious to venture into space.
You and I can dismiss alien invasion with a shrug and a 'not in my lifetime' but that turns around completely when you start pondering 'forever'...
And, as the term implies, the treatment only prevents 'death from natural causes', you can still be killed.
So, who is going to risk life and limb exploring space when they could send their clones to do it?
And the slope just keeps getting slipperier...
One last technological development, the ability to travel between stars (relatively) instantly will start a race to secure the ownership of the resources space has to offer.
Then we come to the need to 'defend' those resources...on and on it goes.
So, what do you think? Would you like to read more?
If you're going to 'follow' an author he better be writing something that YOU care about and enjoy reading to make it worth your while.
I'll begin with the question that has long plagued scientists and legal professionals alike...would a clone be 'property'?
It's an issue that is creeping ever closer to the public sphere as animal cloning continues to work (literally) up the food chain.
It is this issue the forms the foundation of my screenplay Space Cadet, a story about clones that have revolted because their 'property' status has subjected them to some mighty demeaning working conditions and next to no legal protection.
As you might imagine, the legal protections that do exist mostly protect the creator, this is why the clones are 'marked' so, er, 'normal' people can instantly tell they are dealing with a 'manufactured entity'.
But wait, a little more background is necessary (and most of you should see that our own path into the future is following this one...)
The decision to 'authorize' human cloning comes AFTER the cure for death is found. Now the originals (who can afford the outrageous price of becoming virtually 'immortal') consider themselves too precious to venture into space.
You and I can dismiss alien invasion with a shrug and a 'not in my lifetime' but that turns around completely when you start pondering 'forever'...
And, as the term implies, the treatment only prevents 'death from natural causes', you can still be killed.
So, who is going to risk life and limb exploring space when they could send their clones to do it?
And the slope just keeps getting slipperier...
One last technological development, the ability to travel between stars (relatively) instantly will start a race to secure the ownership of the resources space has to offer.
Then we come to the need to 'defend' those resources...on and on it goes.
So, what do you think? Would you like to read more?
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