I agree with you that editing the human genome is not generally ethically objectionable and should be allowed, but I also think that tinkering with our genome w

I agree with you that editing the human genome is not generally ethically objectionable and should be allowed, but I also think that tinkering with our genome will create a whole new set of societal issues that will reinforce the current ones, which humanity has been historically bad at solving. Imagine a world where genetical engineering is very effective, but not cheap. The already advantaged can create designer babies and therefore have the ability to give their offspring an additional edge. Social mobility could be seriously limited if unmodified humans have a worse chance to get good work or work at all. Even today, many people see the poor as inferior because they often have a bad education. In the future, they could be legitimately genetically inferior. Gattaca (1997) is an excellent movie with a similar theme: “A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel“.