utopian dystopia | 3: Travis
[I have originally intended to write this series in the form of a free verse. But judging with the way the last two posts have been written, it seems like I'm veering off into prose poetry, and I don't want that. So now I'm thinking if I should stick to prose or poetry. I feel like writing prose today, but odds are I'll switch back to quasi-poetry tomorrow. We'll name our persona Travis, the "you" in previous posts.]
#3
Travis, like 99% of the population today, was the result of in-vitro fertilization. Under the Center for Human Continuity (CHC) there is a sub-section called the Human Genome Section (HGS) with divisions for Analysis and Processing (AP), Reproduction (R) and Cloning (C). In the Division of Reproduction, sperms and eggs donated by mature parents (compulsory for over-15s) are constantly fed into a database, where gene sequences are sent to HGS-AP for decoding and categorization. These nuclei are first tested for any undesirable characteristics that occasionally arise due to mutation, whereby alternative chromosomes will be inserted to replace those with defects. These alternative chromosomes are extracted from previously discarded nuclei. These sperms and eggs are then sorted according to the desirable characteristics they carry, whereby a program assigns their fertilization to produce humans with the best batch of genes.
Travis, in particular, had biological parents of superior genes. He was born with an IQ of 168, and belongs to the top 9 percentile of the world. His father was a meta-physicist who works for NASA. (Yes, NASA still exists, and is now the world's top research institution in all streams of sciences). His mother, a forefront bio-chemist who pioneers in medicine. Naturally, straight after birth Travis was immediately plucked into the world's best institutions, where he received top-quality education. All his life he was trained in the realm of science, learning calculus at the age of 8. Do not be surprised-- this is considered the norm. The human race has grown far more intelligent due to gene selection in the reproduction process regulated by CHC-HGS-DR. In the first half of the 24th century alone there was an explosion of people with IQ 140 or higher.
Now, Travis is 24 years old, having just completed his education. Specifically he was trained in bio-sciences, having spent his twenties working for HCH-HGS-C, and is now working for the Earth Observatory Department under NASA. You may wonder what a biologist has to do in a department which now monitors an uninhabitable planet. Well, you will find out in the next few posts.
#3
Travis, like 99% of the population today, was the result of in-vitro fertilization. Under the Center for Human Continuity (CHC) there is a sub-section called the Human Genome Section (HGS) with divisions for Analysis and Processing (AP), Reproduction (R) and Cloning (C). In the Division of Reproduction, sperms and eggs donated by mature parents (compulsory for over-15s) are constantly fed into a database, where gene sequences are sent to HGS-AP for decoding and categorization. These nuclei are first tested for any undesirable characteristics that occasionally arise due to mutation, whereby alternative chromosomes will be inserted to replace those with defects. These alternative chromosomes are extracted from previously discarded nuclei. These sperms and eggs are then sorted according to the desirable characteristics they carry, whereby a program assigns their fertilization to produce humans with the best batch of genes.
Travis, in particular, had biological parents of superior genes. He was born with an IQ of 168, and belongs to the top 9 percentile of the world. His father was a meta-physicist who works for NASA. (Yes, NASA still exists, and is now the world's top research institution in all streams of sciences). His mother, a forefront bio-chemist who pioneers in medicine. Naturally, straight after birth Travis was immediately plucked into the world's best institutions, where he received top-quality education. All his life he was trained in the realm of science, learning calculus at the age of 8. Do not be surprised-- this is considered the norm. The human race has grown far more intelligent due to gene selection in the reproduction process regulated by CHC-HGS-DR. In the first half of the 24th century alone there was an explosion of people with IQ 140 or higher.
Now, Travis is 24 years old, having just completed his education. Specifically he was trained in bio-sciences, having spent his twenties working for HCH-HGS-C, and is now working for the Earth Observatory Department under NASA. You may wonder what a biologist has to do in a department which now monitors an uninhabitable planet. Well, you will find out in the next few posts.