[00:02.12]6 Each age has its future fears that turn
[00:04.72]out to be groundless.
[00:06.27]In the fifties, concerns focused on monsters
[00:08.69]and flying saucers.Ours are reproductive.
[00:12.53]For instance we worry that,come 2052,
[00:15.47]it will be increasingly normal
[00:17.54]for grannies to be giving birth,
[00:19.69]or that male pregnanacy will be possible.
[00:22.51]it's my bet that if you asked 100 women
[00:25.23]in their sixties, now or in 2052,
[00:29.04]if they wanted a test-tube baby
[00:30.95]or double-glazing,
[00:32.75]99 per cent would opt for the windows.
[00:35.46]As for male pregnancy,
[00:37.15]I have filed it under "o"
[00:39.89]as in "only for the lunatic",
[00:41.88]along with human cloning
[00:43.65]and genetic engineering.
[00:45.99]Yes, it might all be technically possible,
[00:48.19]and you might well see genetic engineering
[00:50.70]for very specific and well-defined
[00:52.09]medical resons,but it will remain phenomenally
[00:56.84]risky for the baby.
[00:58.26]It's an unchangeable part of human nature
[01:00.52]that what we really want,
[01:02.15]above everything else,
[01:03.57]is the best for our future generations.
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