Learning and sharing your genetic secrets are at the heart of a controversial new service - a saliva test that estimates your predisposition for more than 90 traits and conditions ranging from baldness to blindness. The 600,000 genetic markers that the service identifies and interprets for each customer are "the digital manifestation of you," the service's creator claims, adding that "it's information beyond what you can see in the mirror".
It's interesting to contrast this DNA-led approach to identity with efforts that Halcyon is starting to support that help us look behind each other's masks, learn what is common, or different, or surprising about other people and thereby - if we're so inclined - make new connections and even perhaps find new soulmates.