Genetic therapy is becoming a reality whereas doctors will theoretically be able to cure genetic diseases/disorders. Would you support altering DNA to not only cure disease but also give people superior eyesight, memory, strength, stamina, etc?
No. Our gene pool evolves in a organic and intelligent way that poses no risks to our development or sentience. If we start messing with in by ourselves the same won't be true.
Take it from Star Trek and the eugenics wars that predates the federation. DONT DO IT!!!! The superior people will try to take over natural people and billions will be killed.
Yes, that's true, but it's not like cars are as cheap as a candy bar, and most people don't have airplanes. The tech will get much cheaper but I doubt it will be like getting a flu shot.
I highly doubt it will be that easy/cheap. Gene therapy has been talked about for decades and they are just starting to make real progress with treating human diseases.
Not to mention that vaccine costs are subsidized and drug companies don't make a lot of money off of them. So it will still be case that rich people will more likely to afford cosmetic gene therapy than poor people just trying to get by.
Vaccines are subsidized because there is no money in making them and no company would make them otherwise. It is already a problem and why we have vaccines shortages sometimes because very few labs participate.
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