🇾 🇪 🇿 🇿 🇪 🇾@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhen rich people can edit their kids DNA won't that just lock everyone else out and create a new class?message-squaremessage-square212fedilinkarrow-up1296arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1288arrow-down1message-squareWhen rich people can edit their kids DNA won't that just lock everyone else out and create a new class?🇾 🇪 🇿 🇿 🇪 🇾@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square212fedilinkfile-text
CRISPR and other tools aren’t science fiction anymore. If the wealthy get there first, what happens to everyone else?
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoNot seen Gattaca, but a multi-tier, genetically structured society is the basis of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which is well worth a read.
minus-squareSaneMartigan@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWorth noting, it’s a pretty short book so don’t sleep on it.
Not seen Gattaca, but a multi-tier, genetically structured society is the basis of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, which is well worth a read.
Worth noting, it’s a pretty short book so don’t sleep on it.