Our most recent read for the USV book club was the Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. The book chronicles the lives of siblings who as adolescents were foretold the dates of their deaths. One of the key questions we talked about when discussing the book was whether or not one would to know such information. While the case in the book is intentionally extreme, we face similar decisions when it comes to our health. For instance, some people do not want their DNA sequenced for fear of discovering a...

Our most recent read for the USV book club was the Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin. The book chronicles the lives of siblings who as adolescents were foretold the dates of their deaths. One of the key questions we talked about when discussing the book was whether or not one would to know such information. While the case in the book is intentionally extreme, we face similar decisions when it comes to our health. For instance, some people do not want their DNA sequenced for fear of discovering a...