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

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    3 hours ago

    For the kinds of class based gene editing we are likely to see, it kinda isn’t. More attractive, bigger boobs, better predisposition to fitness, etc. That is all surmountable.

    Where it falls apart are “goofy” looking people likely Michael Phelps who are straight up genetic freaks. But those aren’t the kinds of genes the rich want… For themselves.