vaguely related - i recently read margaret atwood's oryx and crake, which is another dystopian biotech future, and i rather enjoyed it. she's pretty cynical (a

vaguely related - i recently read margaret atwood's oryx and crake, which is another dystopian biotech future, and i rather enjoyed it. she's pretty cynical (and quite amusing at times) and while you can pick holes in many of her arguments the overall jaundiced view of stupid selfish humans screwing themselves over is pretty convincing. (weirdly, some of what she predicted - about 10 years ago now - seems to be coming more true in software. you can't help but think of google when you read descriptions of the biotech corporations, with their compounds designed to isolate superior employees ;o).