If people start picking out their own traits, it is inevitable that some traits will, rightly or wrongly, become widespread at the expense of others. This is never a good thing from a genetic and evolutionary standpoint. "Command biology" won't work any better than a command economy.
The human genetic code isn't a long list of short lines like a computer program where you can pull a set of lines and plug in a new subroutine.
It's a mandala. Or worse. A mandala at least has a visible pattern. We have no frigging clue what's connected to what in there, and it may not even be possible to completely work that out.
You start picking large numbers of people by certain limited traits, things are going to start sucking after a hundred years or so. You don't get supermen by genetic design. You get show dogs with bad eyes, rotten joints, and limited lifespans.
The end result of the German dream would not have been Uberdog, but a dachshund.
That leaves aside the huge number of people in our history who strove to become something better because they weren't attractive, strong, or healthy. You can think of as many examples as I can.
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