“What if we changed one of the fundamental building blocks of life?” That’s the question posed in a new short animated video by TED-Ed, one of a five-part series about revolutionizing human life. The producers explain, “This narrative follows the young library assistant Ada as she juggles two worlds: her daily mundane reality and the future she vividly imagines for all humanity. Traveling through her visions of potential futures, Ada grapples with the ethical and social implications of new technologies and how they could shape the world.”
The fundamental building block Ada wants to eliminate in this video? Pregnancy. Ada participates in a thought experiment, considering if women would have more freedom or less if they weren’t the ones physically giving birth. She begins by explaining why the artificial womb is appealing: because birth isn’t.
