of some kind will happen, if only because actuarial calculations convince governments that genetic engineering will ease the financial burden of health care.
Of course there will be a keen interest in sharpening work-force competitiveness too. Since the motivations are there, science will eventually merge with them.
Inequality issues will arise when there is a large enough class of people with superior health and ability to affect allocation of resources and to significantly impact the aesthetic flavor of media. A lot of secret projects will be under way in places like Russia, China, and India.
I suppose there might not be much of a future if genetically engineered bioweapons that target specific DNA sequences quickly proliferate.
It is all fascinating to contemplate. It will be impossible to control biodesign labs. They are easily hidden. To impose any policing of this activity globally would mean a world completely saturated with a continuity of surveillance and draconian threats. Pretty much unachievable, if it were a desired goal.
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A techno-eugenic future
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- Why are folks like you so attracted to this idea? (n/t)
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