Slate is starting a series titled Superman: The quest to build better people [1]. Dave Plotz starts out with vision.
[1] The use of the term “better” is a bit audacious, but oh well, I prefer different-or the clinical euphamism “enhanced.” But even “defects” such as color-blindness are not always defects, I remember reading that sometimes colorblind sharp-shooters are preferred as they can detect motion better.
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