10 o’clock list: Professors You’d Want to Donate Sperm/Eggs For Your Future Child

What could be your future child. (Vincent Van Gogh, Baby Marcelle Roulin, 1888, The Van Gogh Museum)

What could be your future child. (Vincent Van Gogh, Baby Marcelle Roulin, 1888, The Van Gogh Museum)

The recent additions of the Peirce babies have gotten us at The Thrill to start thinking about the future of humanity. Though it may seem daunting and far away, at some point, some of us will possibly procreate, and continue the world’s population. Incredible. Here are our humble suggestions of professors who we believe could improve the world, should their genetic material be mixed with yours.

1. Associate Professor of Classics Zoe Kontes. Would your child sail the Aegean Sea? Or perhaps bust antiquities thieves? The possibilities would be endless for your child–just don’t let an Oedipus Complex develop.

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