what if we don’t have a political problem what if we don’t have a
problem what if we don’t have a
problem what if we don’t have a Hollywood problem what if we don’t have
Hollywood problem what if we don’t have
Hollywood problem what if we don’t have an opioid problem what if I presented
an opioid problem what if I presented
an opioid problem what if I presented these issues to you in a different way
these issues to you in a different way
these issues to you in a different way the electorate and the elected are a
the electorate and the elected are a
the electorate and the elected are a reflection of those who go to the polls
reflection of those who go to the polls
reflection of those who go to the polls Hollywood is a reflection of the
Hollywood is a reflection of the
Hollywood is a reflection of the audience it serves and opioids are a
audience it serves and opioids are a
audience it serves and opioids are a numbing agent for a much deeper
numbing agent for a much deeper
numbing agent for a much deeper individual need what if we spent so much
individual need what if we spent so much
individual need what if we spent so much time reacting to all of the noise around
time reacting to all of the noise around
time reacting to all of the noise around us that we miss the fundamental problem
us that we miss the fundamental problem
us that we miss the fundamental problem if I accept these propositions and the
if I accept these propositions and the
if I accept these propositions and the general rule that they communicate which
general rule that they communicate which
general rule that they communicate which is that our social ills are a reflection
is that our social ills are a reflection
is that our social ills are a reflection of the condition of our society then I
of the condition of our society then I
of the condition of our society then I have to take some time to think about
have to take some time to think about
have to take some time to think about how our society got to where it is now
how our society got to where it is now
how our society got to where it is now and this process
and this process
and this process logically begins at the beginning where
logically begins at the beginning where
logically begins at the beginning where society is stitched together and this
society is stitched together and this
society is stitched together and this part of the process is especially
part of the process is especially
part of the process is especially important to me because my day job
important to me because my day job
important to me because my day job involves stitching together one of the
involves stitching together one of the
involves stitching together one of the most fundamental aspects of society it’s
most fundamental aspects of society it’s
most fundamental aspects of society it’s to where I build my bridges and that is
to where I build my bridges and that is
to where I build my bridges and that is to the family in other words my day job
to the family in other words my day job
to the family in other words my day job is making babies but the last weird way
is making babies but the last weird way
is making babies but the last weird way to say that is I work in the field of
to say that is I work in the field of
to say that is I work in the field of in-vitro fertilization right you have to
in-vitro fertilization right you have to
in-vitro fertilization right you have to make things always a little bit awkward
make things always a little bit awkward
make things always a little bit awkward at the dinner table
at the dinner table
at the dinner table I’m very proud of this picture this is
I’m very proud of this picture this is
I’m very proud of this picture this is our embryo hall-of-fame picture those
our embryo hall-of-fame picture those
our embryo hall-of-fame picture those are human embryos superimposed against
are human embryos superimposed against
are human embryos superimposed against the finest salt crystals you can find
the finest salt crystals you can find
the finest salt crystals you can find and for an embryo to qualify to be on
and for an embryo to qualify to be on
and for an embryo to qualify to be on this picture it had to have become a
this picture it had to have become a
this picture it had to have become a human baby so each one of those guys are
human baby so each one of those guys are
human baby so each one of those guys are alive and some some of them are in their
alive and some some of them are in their
alive and some some of them are in their early teens now my goal from a 3,000
early teens now my goal from a 3,000
early teens now my goal from a 3,000 foot perspective today is to get you to
foot perspective today is to get you to
foot perspective today is to get you to think very deeply about what happens
think very deeply about what happens
think very deeply about what happens when technology doesn’t just change how
when technology doesn’t just change how
when technology doesn’t just change how we live but can begin to fundamentally
we live but can begin to fundamentally
we live but can begin to fundamentally change who we are and the reason we’re
change who we are and the reason we’re
change who we are and the reason we’re going to spend the rest of our time
going to spend the rest of our time
going to spend the rest of our time together here laser focusing in on IVF
together here laser focusing in on IVF
together here laser focusing in on IVF and technology is that technology that
and technology is that technology that
and technology is that technology that can begin to affect how a human is built
can begin to affect how a human is built
can begin to affect how a human is built serves as a testbed for our assumptions
serves as a testbed for our assumptions
serves as a testbed for our assumptions and preconceptions that inform our
and preconceptions that inform our
and preconceptions that inform our worldview and inform the way we live and
worldview and inform the way we live and
worldview and inform the way we live and the way our society looks at large so I
the way our society looks at large so I
the way our society looks at large so I want you to sit back and relax as we go
want you to sit back and relax as we go
want you to sit back and relax as we go into this very specific field of IVF
into this very specific field of IVF
into this very specific field of IVF technology and ethics and I want to
technology and ethics and I want to
technology and ethics and I want to begin by telling you a story it’s a
begin by telling you a story it’s a
begin by telling you a story it’s a beautiful spring morning the lilacs are
beautiful spring morning the lilacs are
beautiful spring morning the lilacs are out and you’re feeling a trip to the zoo
out and you’re feeling a trip to the zoo
out and you’re feeling a trip to the zoo today so you’re calling to work well
today so you’re calling to work well
today so you’re calling to work well tell your boss I’m sick and you know he
tell your boss I’m sick and you know he
tell your boss I’m sick and you know he doesn’t buy it but doesn’t matter you
doesn’t buy it but doesn’t matter you
doesn’t buy it but doesn’t matter you can’t do anything about it
can’t do anything about it
can’t do anything about it you go to the zoo and you don’t care
you go to the zoo and you don’t care
you go to the zoo and you don’t care much for zoos not really but you’re
much for zoos not really but you’re
much for zoos not really but you’re going to the gorilla habitat and this
going to the gorilla habitat and this
going to the gorilla habitat and this part of the zoo is special to you you
part of the zoo is special to you you
part of the zoo is special to you you walk over and you look down and you see
walk over and you look down and you see
walk over and you look down and you see a gorilla named Agatha
a gorilla named Agatha
a gorilla named Agatha now while Agatha may look like all of
now while Agatha may look like all of
now while Agatha may look like all of the other gorillas in her pen she’s not
the other gorillas in her pen she’s not
the other gorillas in her pen she’s not just another gorilla not to you at least
just another gorilla not to you at least
just another gorilla not to you at least you see gorillas Agatha is your birth
you see gorillas Agatha is your birth
you see gorillas Agatha is your birth mother every element of your appearance
mother every element of your appearance
mother every element of your appearance your blue eyes your dark hair was
your blue eyes your dark hair was
your blue eyes your dark hair was designed by an embryologist in the lab
designed by an embryologist in the lab
designed by an embryologist in the lab using sperm from an anonymous donor
using sperm from an anonymous donor
using sperm from an anonymous donor eggs from an anonymous donor and they
eggs from an anonymous donor and they
eggs from an anonymous donor and they selected and designed the embryo to
selected and designed the embryo to
selected and designed the embryo to specification using an embryo D
specification using an embryo D
specification using an embryo D selection process and once your parents
selection process and once your parents
selection process and once your parents realize that renting an animal womb is
realize that renting an animal womb is
realize that renting an animal womb is much less expensive than the human
much less expensive than the human
much less expensive than the human alternative the embryologist transferred
alternative the embryologist transferred
alternative the embryologist transferred your embryo into the womb of Agatha nine
your embryo into the womb of Agatha nine
your embryo into the womb of Agatha nine months later out you come fully human
months later out you come fully human
months later out you come fully human perfectly healthy and with no biological
perfectly healthy and with no biological
perfectly healthy and with no biological connection to your parent who’s going to
connection to your parent who’s going to
connection to your parent who’s going to raise you what so ever you think what
raise you what so ever you think what
raise you what so ever you think what I’m talking about is impossible it’s not
I’m talking about is impossible it’s not
I’m talking about is impossible it’s not embryologists today using embryo
embryologists today using embryo
embryologists today using embryo selection technology you can
selection technology you can
selection technology you can fundamentally and basically design a
fundamentally and basically design a
fundamentally and basically design a human and once our society becomes
human and once our society becomes
human and once our society becomes comfortable with the idea it is entirely
comfortable with the idea it is entirely
comfortable with the idea it is entirely possible for a gorilla to carry a human
possible for a gorilla to carry a human
possible for a gorilla to carry a human baby to term if you still don’t believe
baby to term if you still don’t believe
baby to term if you still don’t believe me look it up you’ve got phones I’ve
me look it up you’ve got phones I’ve
me look it up you’ve got phones I’ve even put the search term up there for
even put the search term up there for
even put the search term up there for you inner cell mass transfer this is a
you inner cell mass transfer this is a
you inner cell mass transfer this is a technique that was perfected in animals
technique that was perfected in animals
technique that was perfected in animals in the early 1990s we live in a world
in the early 1990s we live in a world
in the early 1990s we live in a world where the evolution of technology has
where the evolution of technology has
where the evolution of technology has begun to delimit the boundaries of what
begun to delimit the boundaries of what
begun to delimit the boundaries of what we are able to do and we as humans love
we are able to do and we as humans love
we are able to do and we as humans love this imagery we love the idea that lines
this imagery we love the idea that lines
this imagery we love the idea that lines are erased that not even the sky is the
are erased that not even the sky is the
are erased that not even the sky is the limit it holds a certain kind of luster
limit it holds a certain kind of luster
limit it holds a certain kind of luster that we just find enticing we do things
that we just find enticing we do things
that we just find enticing we do things because we can and this mindset is
because we can and this mindset is
because we can and this mindset is something that has been pervasive
something that has been pervasive
something that has been pervasive throughout our Western society really
throughout our Western society really
throughout our Western society really since the Renaissance I call it a canned
since the Renaissance I call it a canned
since the Renaissance I call it a canned culture we do things because we can but
culture we do things because we can but
culture we do things because we can but the yin to this concepts yang is the
the yin to this concepts yang is the
the yin to this concepts yang is the idea of odd odd implies that our society
idea of odd odd implies that our society
idea of odd odd implies that our society and our behavior should be ordered in a
and our behavior should be ordered in a
and our behavior should be ordered in a particular way not in order imply that
particular way not in order imply that
particular way not in order imply that there are limits to what we can do it
there are limits to what we can do it
there are limits to what we can do it also implies that if things aren’t
also implies that if things aren’t
also implies that if things aren’t ordered the way they ought to be ordered
ordered the way they ought to be ordered
ordered the way they ought to be ordered we can expect to see some negative
we can expect to see some negative
we can expect to see some negative repercussions down the line
repercussions down the line
repercussions down the line and implies also that limits are there
and implies also that limits are there
and implies also that limits are there for the sake of that we wish to protect
for the sake of that we wish to protect
for the sake of that we wish to protect cherish and promote now I want you to
cherish and promote now I want you to
cherish and promote now I want you to keep these two concepts in mind as I
keep these two concepts in mind as I
keep these two concepts in mind as I tell you another story I was talking
tell you another story I was talking
tell you another story I was talking with the embryologist who’s from out of
with the embryologist who’s from out of
with the embryologist who’s from out of state and he was telling me about a case
state and he was telling me about a case
state and he was telling me about a case that he was involved in started when a
that he was involved in started when a
that he was involved in started when a couple walked into the IVF Center and
couple walked into the IVF Center and
couple walked into the IVF Center and they said we want his child with the
they said we want his child with the
they said we want his child with the specific genotype and with a specific
specific genotype and with a specific
specific genotype and with a specific phenotype well I mean most IVF labs have
phenotype well I mean most IVF labs have
phenotype well I mean most IVF labs have this technology it’s commonplace now we
this technology it’s commonplace now we
this technology it’s commonplace now we have it why not use it to serve the
have it why not use it to serve the
have it why not use it to serve the customers need they designed the embryo
customers need they designed the embryo
customers need they designed the embryo using donor eggs no no sperm and once
using donor eggs no no sperm and once
using donor eggs no no sperm and once this embryo had been selected for the
this embryo had been selected for the
this embryo had been selected for the specifications that the parents wanted
specifications that the parents wanted
specifications that the parents wanted the parents decided that they didn’t
the parents decided that they didn’t
the parents decided that they didn’t really want to go through the
really want to go through the
really want to go through the inconvenience of carrying the child to
inconvenience of carrying the child to
inconvenience of carrying the child to term so they retained the services of a
term so they retained the services of a
term so they retained the services of a commercial gestational carrier it’s a
commercial gestational carrier it’s a
commercial gestational carrier it’s a large industry throughout the world six
large industry throughout the world six
large industry throughout the world six months into the pregnancy the attending
months into the pregnancy the attending
months into the pregnancy the attending obstetrician discovered that this child
obstetrician discovered that this child
obstetrician discovered that this child has a heart defect and it would require
has a heart defect and it would require
has a heart defect and it would require corrective open-heart surgery to correct
corrective open-heart surgery to correct
corrective open-heart surgery to correct shortly after birth this wasn’t the
shortly after birth this wasn’t the
shortly after birth this wasn’t the product that the parents had ordered
product that the parents had ordered
product that the parents had ordered this isn’t what they signed up for the
this isn’t what they signed up for the
this isn’t what they signed up for the child wasn’t really even there’s not
child wasn’t really even there’s not
child wasn’t really even there’s not there’s junetta clay and it hadn’t been
there’s junetta clay and it hadn’t been
there’s junetta clay and it hadn’t been born yet really all this presented was a
born yet really all this presented was a
born yet really all this presented was a very expensive failed investment so they
very expensive failed investment so they
very expensive failed investment so they embedded the child in utero the
embedded the child in utero the
embedded the child in utero the gestational carrier despite the parents
gestational carrier despite the parents
gestational carrier despite the parents decided to carry this child to term and
decided to carry this child to term and
decided to carry this child to term and said she would raise the child on the
said she would raise the child on the
said she would raise the child on the appointed day she brought the child for
appointed day she brought the child for
appointed day she brought the child for the open-heart surgery but while the
the open-heart surgery but while the
the open-heart surgery but while the child was recovering in the intensive
child was recovering in the intensive
child was recovering in the intensive care unit she realized that there are
care unit she realized that there are
care unit she realized that there are long-term repercussions to her decisions
long-term repercussions to her decisions
long-term repercussions to her decisions and this is in what she’s signed up for
and this is in what she’s signed up for
and this is in what she’s signed up for either she too abandoned the child as I
either she too abandoned the child as I
either she too abandoned the child as I started wrestling with the concepts of
started wrestling with the concepts of
started wrestling with the concepts of can and ought in my own work and dealing
can and ought in my own work and dealing
can and ought in my own work and dealing with messy situations like this one I
with messy situations like this one I
with messy situations like this one I came to the realization
came to the realization
came to the realization that we can use extreme and powerful
that we can use extreme and powerful
that we can use extreme and powerful technology that is the same but the
technology that is the same but the
technology that is the same but the philosophies and the assumptions that
philosophies and the assumptions that
philosophies and the assumptions that lead into it and its application can be
lead into it and its application can be
lead into it and its application can be as different as night and day let me
as different as night and day let me
as different as night and day let me give you an example of what I mean a
give you an example of what I mean a
give you an example of what I mean a couple comes to an infertility clinic
couple comes to an infertility clinic
couple comes to an infertility clinic they meet with the doctor and they’re
they meet with the doctor and they’re
they meet with the doctor and they’re suffering from miscarriage after
suffering from miscarriage after
suffering from miscarriage after miscarriage after miscarriage well going
miscarriage after miscarriage well going
miscarriage after miscarriage well going to the extremes of what we are capable
to the extremes of what we are capable
to the extremes of what we are capable of on a technological level we can use a
of on a technological level we can use a
of on a technological level we can use a procedure that’s been used throughout
procedure that’s been used throughout
procedure that’s been used throughout all of these examples that I’ve
all of these examples that I’ve
all of these examples that I’ve mentioned pre-implementation genetic
mentioned pre-implementation genetic
mentioned pre-implementation genetic screening and we can determine that this
screening and we can determine that this
screening and we can determine that this couple is suffering from a rare genetic
couple is suffering from a rare genetic
couple is suffering from a rare genetic disease that is embedded in the embryos
disease that is embedded in the embryos
disease that is embedded in the embryos the majority of their embryos have it
the majority of their embryos have it
the majority of their embryos have it some don’t and this disease causes
some don’t and this disease causes
some don’t and this disease causes spontaneous abortions at three weeks of
spontaneous abortions at three weeks of
spontaneous abortions at three weeks of gestational age now using this
gestational age now using this
gestational age now using this technology we can go in and transfer one
technology we can go in and transfer one
technology we can go in and transfer one of the few embryos that don’t have this
of the few embryos that don’t have this
of the few embryos that don’t have this genetic disease as a result this couple
genetic disease as a result this couple
genetic disease as a result this couple can have a child and this genetic
can have a child and this genetic
can have a child and this genetic disease that has been plaguing this
disease that has been plaguing this
disease that has been plaguing this family online can be eradicated for
family online can be eradicated for
family online can be eradicated for generations to come
generations to come
generations to come you see there’s this misnomer that the
you see there’s this misnomer that the
you see there’s this misnomer that the concept of odd is prudent that if you
concept of odd is prudent that if you
concept of odd is prudent that if you subscribe to the idea of limits that
subscribe to the idea of limits that
subscribe to the idea of limits that that will steer you away from
that will steer you away from
that will steer you away from advancement and progress now as we’re
advancement and progress now as we’re
advancement and progress now as we’re wrestling through these examples
wrestling through these examples
wrestling through these examples together let me assure you that that is
together let me assure you that that is
together let me assure you that that is a false dichotomy you can be a very
a false dichotomy you can be a very
a false dichotomy you can be a very aggressive in your science but very
aggressive in your science but very
aggressive in your science but very thoughtful in how you apply it let me
thoughtful in how you apply it let me
thoughtful in how you apply it let me tell you one final story a couple of
tell you one final story a couple of
tell you one final story a couple of parents this time come into an
parents this time come into an
parents this time come into an infertility clinic and they bring their
infertility clinic and they bring their
infertility clinic and they bring their four-year-old daughter with it turns out
four-year-old daughter with it turns out
four-year-old daughter with it turns out as we’re having this conversation that
as we’re having this conversation that
as we’re having this conversation that their daughter has bone marrow cancer
their daughter has bone marrow cancer
their daughter has bone marrow cancer and if she doesn’t receive a bone marrow
and if she doesn’t receive a bone marrow
and if she doesn’t receive a bone marrow transplant from an exact donor
transplant from an exact donor
transplant from an exact donor genetic match she will be dead within
genetic match she will be dead within
genetic match she will be dead within two years can you imagine what this
two years can you imagine what this
two years can you imagine what this family must be going through their only
family must be going through their only
family must be going through their only child their first child dying as they
child their first child dying as they
child their first child dying as they watch
watch
watch but there’s a treatment for this
but there’s a treatment for this
but there’s a treatment for this theoretically we can use what’s called
theoretically we can use what’s called
theoretically we can use what’s called HLA typing selection to create a number
HLA typing selection to create a number
HLA typing selection to create a number of embryos and an embryologist can go in
of embryos and an embryologist can go in
of embryos and an embryologist can go in there with the wisp of a needle no
there with the wisp of a needle no
there with the wisp of a needle no larger than a fraction of the width of
larger than a fraction of the width of
larger than a fraction of the width of your hair and a blast from a laser
your hair and a blast from a laser
your hair and a blast from a laser scalpel this embryo can be selected and
scalpel this embryo can be selected and
scalpel this embryo can be selected and this embryo can be transferred over into
this embryo can be transferred over into
this embryo can be transferred over into the mom this mom can carry this child to
the mom this mom can carry this child to
the mom this mom can carry this child to term and the birth of the baby boy
term and the birth of the baby boy
term and the birth of the baby boy can lead to the ability to potentially
can lead to the ability to potentially
can lead to the ability to potentially save the life of the older sibling with
save the life of the older sibling with
save the life of the older sibling with a bone-marrow transplant that can happen
a bone-marrow transplant that can happen
a bone-marrow transplant that can happen just a few months after birth the
just a few months after birth the
just a few months after birth the younger life gave sustenance to the
younger life gave sustenance to the
younger life gave sustenance to the older life both children can live can
older life both children can live can
older life both children can live can this procedure be performed yes of
this procedure be performed yes of
this procedure be performed yes of course it can technology’s there it’s
course it can technology’s there it’s
course it can technology’s there it’s easy at this procedure to be performed
easy at this procedure to be performed
easy at this procedure to be performed are we to create new human life for the
are we to create new human life for the
are we to create new human life for the purpose of another does it set a
purpose of another does it set a
purpose of another does it set a dangerous precedent of creating human
dangerous precedent of creating human
dangerous precedent of creating human life for functionally the ability to
life for functionally the ability to
life for functionally the ability to have spare parts is this a road we ought
have spare parts is this a road we ought
have spare parts is this a road we ought to go down and the time that I’ve been
to go down and the time that I’ve been
to go down and the time that I’ve been around in the industry our embryologists
around in the industry our embryologists
around in the industry our embryologists have encountered iterations of this case
have encountered iterations of this case
have encountered iterations of this case twice and I’m not going to tell you what
twice and I’m not going to tell you what
twice and I’m not going to tell you what we did in those cases because that would
we did in those cases because that would
we did in those cases because that would defeat the purpose of why I’m here today
defeat the purpose of why I’m here today
defeat the purpose of why I’m here today I want you to work through this for
I want you to work through this for
I want you to work through this for yourself but as we’re taking a step back
yourself but as we’re taking a step back
yourself but as we’re taking a step back now and moving out of the world of
now and moving out of the world of
now and moving out of the world of infertility technology and going back to
infertility technology and going back to
infertility technology and going back to the bigger picture that we were talking
the bigger picture that we were talking
the bigger picture that we were talking about earlier I do want to leave you
about earlier I do want to leave you
about earlier I do want to leave you with two questions just to help you get
with two questions just to help you get
with two questions just to help you get started on the thinking process question
started on the thinking process question
started on the thinking process question number one might be an obvious one are
number one might be an obvious one are
number one might be an obvious one are you a can person or are you a not person
you a can person or are you a not person
you a can person or are you a not person and depending on your answer to this
and depending on your answer to this
and depending on your answer to this question I suggest you ask yourself a
question I suggest you ask yourself a
question I suggest you ask yourself a follow-up for the can people if you’re a
follow-up for the can people if you’re a
follow-up for the can people if you’re a can person have you considered the
can person have you considered the
can person have you considered the consequences of your ideas are you ready
consequences of your ideas are you ready
consequences of your ideas are you ready to live in a delimited
to live in a delimited
to live in a delimited and all that it entails many people
and all that it entails many people
and all that it entails many people absolutely pick this option so you’re
absolutely pick this option so you’re
absolutely pick this option so you’re not in the minority if you’re out there
not in the minority if you’re out there
not in the minority if you’re out there question for the OP people if you are an
question for the OP people if you are an
question for the OP people if you are an odd person are you clear on what informs
odd person are you clear on what informs
odd person are you clear on what informs your concept of what ought is and let me
your concept of what ought is and let me
your concept of what ought is and let me just kind of bat down a notion right out
just kind of bat down a notion right out
just kind of bat down a notion right out of the gate
of the gate
of the gate OTT cannot be informed by unique
OTT cannot be informed by unique
OTT cannot be informed by unique individual conviction because if odd is
individual conviction because if odd is
individual conviction because if odd is informed by unique individual conviction
informed by unique individual conviction
informed by unique individual conviction then we’ve masterfully gone full circle
then we’ve masterfully gone full circle
then we’ve masterfully gone full circle and we live in a can society if people
and we live in a can society if people
and we live in a can society if people determine for themselves what is on an
determine for themselves what is on an
determine for themselves what is on an individual basis then that is
individual basis then that is
individual basis then that is fundamentally what a delimited society
fundamentally what a delimited society
fundamentally what a delimited society is right and wrong determined at will so
is right and wrong determined at will so
is right and wrong determined at will so if you decide that you are an odd person
if you decide that you are an odd person
if you decide that you are an odd person you need to be very clear and have
you need to be very clear and have
you need to be very clear and have something more transcendental than just
something more transcendental than just
something more transcendental than just individual human women I hope you see
individual human women I hope you see
individual human women I hope you see why I believe this discussion is so
why I believe this discussion is so
why I believe this discussion is so valuable
valuable
valuable you see talking about IVF biotechnology
you see talking about IVF biotechnology
you see talking about IVF biotechnology and technology that can begin to affect
and technology that can begin to affect
and technology that can begin to affect human life teases out this fundamental
human life teases out this fundamental
human life teases out this fundamental question of can and odd and by thinking
question of can and odd and by thinking
question of can and odd and by thinking through this we discover what our
through this we discover what our
through this we discover what our assumptions and preconceptions are that
assumptions and preconceptions are that
assumptions and preconceptions are that inform how we live our lives and what
inform how we live our lives and what
inform how we live our lives and what our society looks like on the aggregate
our society looks like on the aggregate
our society looks like on the aggregate you’ll remember at the beginning I asked
you’ll remember at the beginning I asked
you’ll remember at the beginning I asked a series of three questions and these
a series of three questions and these
a series of three questions and these questions hinge on the idea that the
questions hinge on the idea that the
questions hinge on the idea that the things we see on our news feed in the
things we see on our news feed in the
things we see on our news feed in the morning when we’re trying to get out of
morning when we’re trying to get out of
morning when we’re trying to get out of bed and that make us one of facepalm
bed and that make us one of facepalm
bed and that make us one of facepalm right back into the pillow might
right back into the pillow might
right back into the pillow might actually be a reflection of who we are
actually be a reflection of who we are
actually be a reflection of who we are and if we don’t like what we see in the
and if we don’t like what we see in the
and if we don’t like what we see in the mirror do we need to ask ourselves the
mirror do we need to ask ourselves the
mirror do we need to ask ourselves the question if perhaps our society and dare
question if perhaps our society and dare
question if perhaps our society and dare I say our individual lives are not
I say our individual lives are not
I say our individual lives are not ordered the way they ought to be and if
ordered the way they ought to be and if
ordered the way they ought to be and if I come to this conclusion does that
I come to this conclusion does that
I come to this conclusion does that change how I deal with the problems I
change how I deal with the problems I
change how I deal with the problems I find on my own street corner
find on my own street corner
find on my own street corner I want you to think about this deeply
I want you to think about this deeply
I want you to think about this deeply because ideas have consequences and like
because ideas have consequences and like
because ideas have consequences and like in the field of infertility in IVF some
in the field of infertility in IVF some
in the field of infertility in IVF some of those consequences can extend to
of those consequences can extend to
of those consequences can extend to life-and-death situations and I promise
life-and-death situations and I promise
life-and-death situations and I promise you you do not want to be thinking about
you you do not want to be thinking about
you you do not want to be thinking about this for the first time when you’re in
this for the first time when you’re in
this for the first time when you’re in the hot seat so think about it deeply
the hot seat so think about it deeply
the hot seat so think about it deeply think about it deeply now I promise you
think about it deeply now I promise you
think about it deeply now I promise you it’ll be worth your effort and remember
it’ll be worth your effort and remember
it’ll be worth your effort and remember Agatha is always right around the corner
Agatha is always right around the corner
Agatha is always right around the corner thank you so much
thank you so much
thank you so much [Applause]
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