It's 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning-DNA tweaks won't fix our problems

Lasrick writes: This is the first installment in a new series at the New York Times, “Op-Eds From the Future,” in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists write op-eds that they imagine we might read 10, 20 or even 100 years in the future. The challenges they predict are imaginary — for now — but their arguments illuminate the urgent questions of today.