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Such an examination could have made clear to all that issues were at stake that were much larger than the domestic politics of the moment.
At stake are issues of power and trust, and the question of whether new genetic technologies will close the gaps between groups or make them wider.
If people would only take it seriously--if they could only understand that when great economic issues are at stake, whimsical parables are not a waste of time but the key to enlightenment--it is a story that could save the world.
During the Inquisition, suspected heretics were burned at the stake in this enclosure, and here Ferdinand and Isabella received Columbus in 1493 on his return from his first voyage.
While telling us about Conant and Chauncey, Lemann keeps reminding us about the fundamental issues at stake and the central problems inherent in a meritocracy.