Jenny Kleeman

What if we could have babies without having to bear children, eat meat without killing animals, have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise or choose the time of our painless death? To find out, Jenny Kleeman has interviewed a sex robot, eaten a priceless lab-grown chicken nugget, watched foetuses growing in plastic bags and attended members-only meetings where people learn...

A tour of the lurid fringes of the tech world - The Times Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood - New Statesman A moreish page-turner of a book - Herald Imagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise, eat meat without killing animals, have babies without the need to bear them, and choose the time...

We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life, or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything – including life itself. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers, and government ministers, it's...

The Price of Life by Jenny Kleeman explores the complex question of how we assign value to human life in a world increasingly driven by data. Despite the saying that life is priceless, the costs of saving, creating, or compensating for a life are often clearly calculated. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers, and government ministers, quantifying life is just...