CRISPR and other tools aren’t science fiction anymore. If the wealthy get there first, what happens to everyone else?

  • frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress. A scifi that deals with the creation of classes based on whether you can afford to buy your children good genes. Politicians are charismatic, ruthless and good looking, because they are bred for politics. In this world people without genemods are sorta out of luck, without any of the tools or enhancements rich genemod people have.

    Or, check out GATTACA, good movie.

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      I’m compelled to mention every time GATTACA is mentioned, that the title is made up of the amino acids that comprise our DNA: A,T,C,G