But it was the afflicted Hawkings who first conceived of black holes, objects created by collapsed stars where matter is compressed so dense that gravity prevents even light from escaping. It now appears that there is a black hole gobbling up stars and planets in the center of every galaxy in the universe, including our own. And wouldn't we feel foolish, traveling to the center of the Milky Way only to be eaten by a ravenous black hole because we didn't get a head's up from Doctor Hawking's imperfect gnome?
Every science fiction horror story tells us that the perfect human is a tall, muscular, brilliant blond white male and a slightly shorter, not so muscular almost as smart blond white female with large mammillary glands and a teeny tiny waist. Oh, and wearing high heels for some reason; human females in the future evidently having no need to run. They sound vaguely Republican, don't they?
But perfect makes no economic sense. As you are reading this there are billions employed all around our globe making false teeth, eyeglasses and contacts, toupees, breast implants, heart valves, elevator shoes, acne creams, whitening toothpastes, fingernail extensions and high performance automobiles so that any idiot with fifty thousand dollars in his pocket can appear desirable to women.
Would genetically perfect humans need therapists? How can you have low self esteem when you are perfect? And what about guidance counselors? Students would be genetically designed, so why advise them to be what they were designed to want to be? Plastic surgeons, dentists, cosmetic infomerical saleswomen and chiropractors; there are going to be a lot of people out of work in the "perfect" future.
Look at it from the other side. What could the world sell to genetically perfect humans? Muscle creams? Asparagus juice? Vitamins? This is not the description of a healthy economy. It appears that "perfect" humans must survive in an economic waste land.
The truth is that according to rules of economics the perfect human has already been created; teenagers. Consider their recent impact upon one small industry; through their appreciation of something call "rap" teenagers have re-defined inarticulate speech as entertainment and allowed the music business to expanded beyond the range of music, thus creating billions of dollars in new wealth. They have had similar impact upon the hair color, jewelry, tennis shoe and baggy pants industries.
Teenagers are the economic engine that fuels the world. They demand flashy, expensive, impractical cars, shoes, underwear, and outerwear. They eat huge qualities of unhealthy food and consume mass qualities of chemicals such as beer and Clearacil. They require their teeth straightened, their noses clipped and pierced and their skin tabooed. They are (or should be) the economic foundation of the birth control industry.
The perfect human pays a premium for auto insurance, requires many expensive teachers and supports the future hearing aid industry though their use of very loud music applied through headphones.
And there is even a circle of life perfection about this system. All humans are teenagers who then became drones who service teenagers; earning money supplying their wants and needs, and then handing over a large portion of that money directly to them.
I cannot believe that Wall Street would ever allow any smarty geneticist to destroy such an economic nirvana. Or, to put it another way; do not fear the future, Doctor Hawkings -it's the present that will kill you.
Kimit Muston is a writer living in North Hollywood. If you have any comments about his columns,
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