PS Yes I've seen Gattaca, and often assigned it in classes. Great movie, but deeply misguided ideology.
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Genomic selection of embryos for mental and physical traits is starting to be commercialized. Within two generations, this will be change families & societies as profoundly as the agricultural or industrial revolutions.https://amp.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/11/14/a-slippery-slope-towards-designer-babies?__twitter_impression=true …
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China's moral compass is very clear. It points towards China's long-term future. Where does ours point?
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Are other countries years ahead of this already with less red tape.
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I don't think other countries are ahead, but China will embrace this very quickly: https://www.edge.org/response-detail/23838 …
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The West's "moral compass" points consistently into retardation.
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A slippery slope ~upwards~ shortening the way to a better future for humanity foregoing the usual trauma of the vast impersonal killing machine that is evolution? Are we talking anti-gravity or what? Better than 1950's vaccines even.
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Given that there’s still a lot about genetics we don’t understand, I wonder how smoothly this will go.
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Far less vile slave morality in China, but also an individualism deficit. Singlosphere (Anglo-Chinese) cultural hybrids -- Singapore, Hong Kong, High-Modern Shanghai -- are the best.
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What is your opinion on this technology? I'm game if it is limited to physicians & geneticists with inhibiting developmental errors/diseases in mind (which...it probably won't be). Medicinal purposes
"I want my son to be Derek Jeter # 2" 
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Would you support people making their sons Leibniz or Von Neumann 2.0, at least? :)
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