This is one of the best sci-fi movies of all time - it really captures one essence of being a human being, that motivation and drive vastly outcompete better opportunity.

"You know, my son was never what they promised me he would be" gets me to tears every time.

"If the audience is supposed to accept that genetic determinism is true in Gattaca, then no amount of Vincent's hard work should make Vincent a hero. He's just a fraud. If the audience is not supposed to believe that in the world of Gattaca genetic determinism is true (that is, it's false), then it should be interpreted as a story of discrimination, and a story of the underdog's heroic hard work overcoming the negative effects of a corrupt, wrong, erroneously-discriminating society."

from http://www.ln.edu.hk/philoso/staff/sesardic/Gattaca.pdf

People who don't benefit from good genes are already the underclass today

You just have to condition them appropriately, so that they happily accept their place. See Brave New World for the blueprints.

> the long term consequences of this exact technology for society

> They don't get any say in the decision, but end up heavily penalized, barred from certain jobs for "safety" reasons, aren't desirable partners...

you realize gattaca was fiction, right? and also

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/policy-issues/Genetic-...