In particular, the consequences for the children born naturally who don't benefit from this tech. 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... an underclass of society.
"You know, my son was never what they promised me he would be" gets me to tears every time.
from http://www.ln.edu.hk/philoso/staff/sesardic/Gattaca.pdf
You think we're going to formalize our class system with genetics and biology but then somehow ignore that in all the realms where it's not relevant? Who decides when it is relevant.
This is why it's critical that access to this technology is democratized and equally accessible to everyone.
It's crazy to me that we're already approaching Gattaca, and the discussion does not revolve entirely on how to prevent it.
> It's crazy to me that we're already approaching Gattaca, and the discussion does not revolve entirely on how to prevent it.
Because the movie has been engineered specifically to make you feel vindicated: Someone is said to be limited, they then overcome this limitation. It is the "american dream" in movie form. Another poster has said it higher up: If genetic determinism is real, the main character is a fraud. Viewed through that lens, it becomes an entirely different movie.
> 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-...
