How do you feel about the prospect of advanced gene-editing technology?

Is it worth the risks to be able to prevent genetic diseases at birth? 👶

Will it inevitably result in wealthy families giving their children genetic advantages in life, while poorer families can't afford to do the same?

Is it morally permissible to use this technology? 🤔

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Yeah it's permissable; in fact, it's a moral obligation. Genetic alterations will inevitably start out expensive, but as technology improves (as it always does), its cost will decline, putting poor families in a better position. Even if the cost magically didn't decrease and it always remained expensive, that wouldn't directly hurt poor people, and would strengthen the economy. Strengthening the economy benefits everyone, poor people included.

jetpack

@BlueVeins you think genetic therapy or writing will be allowed for everyone if it can cause immortality?

BlueVeins · 22-25

@jetpack I certainly think that it should, but there's bound to be political barriers. Regardless of what each nation wants though, some country is going to be willing to pull the trigger, and every other state will be forced to follow suit in order to remain competitive.

SomeAreBoojums · 51-55, M

@BlueVeins I strongly disagree that the wealthy will allow this privilege become available to "the masses." Automotive technology has increased dramatically in the last three decades, yet I still see more working-class people riding the bus than driving a Lexus.

BlueVeins · 22-25

@SomeAreBoojums Lexuses (awkward pluralization lol) are expensive largely because part of their appeal is the fact that only rich fucks can buy them. It's unlikely that a product as widely-needed as genetic editing would need such an appeal because it already has the appeal of preventing your kids from dying of muscular dystrophy.

Really, the automobile industry is the perfect example of a type of product that got progressively cheaper as time went on. Right now, you can go out and buy a cheap sedan for about US$14,000. Back in 1886, a much, much slower, more dangerous, uglier, and less reliable version of the same vehicle would've cost you equivalent of $24,500.