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If parents could get their children cured so they don't turn into borderline-autistic weirdos, where would we get our tech company CEOs? :)

Of course, it's not like society has any choice - if rival nations are willing to genetically engineer humans, can we afford to fall behind?


If parents could turn their children into tech company CEOs, how could we get non-borderline-autistic weirdos? That's the real question lol. But honestly, I'd expect that the actual result would be that severe autism which results in disability could largely be selected out, but neurodivergency would mostly fade into the background of the data. It's still around for a reason, and I personally am thankful even if I do have trouble with eye contact. If my sensory sensitivities were significantly worse though, or I had co-morbid epilepsy, I might want a tweak or two.


For too long, the children of the rich have been denied their rightful genetic advantages. We need a ruling class we can really worship with a straight face.


It is called education and has been around for millenia. If somebody suggested limiting education due to offering "unfair advantages" and contributing to inequality they would be considered absolutely bonkers. Yet with genetic engineering it is somehow completely different.


Compared to the advantage of "has more money", I really could not care less. Either better genes actually increase standing, in which case it would disproportionately help the lower class (which in this world would have "worse" genes), or they don't, in which case every person helped on the margin is great and it doesn't effect inequality at all. That's a silly reason to cripple the species.




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