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I might be alone here, but I always felt Gattaca was misunderstood. The dystopia was that society allowed non-enhanced humans to be born. Allowing an underclass
by Afforess 10y ago
I might be alone here, but I always felt Gattaca was misunderstood. The dystopia was that society allowed non-enhanced humans to be born. Allowing an underclass to exist, voluntarily, was the mistake. Genetic-engineering healthier, better people sounds great. Let's just make sure everyone has access.
- rhcom2 10y agoI could be misremembering but I thought the character who was non-enhanced was born that way on purpose due to the choice of the mother. Gets a lot more ethically dicey when you start talking about forcing people to genetically engineer their children or face them being forced into a underclass.
- pdelbarba 10y agoYou're correct. I think the other point is that regardless of the path we choose, there will be a period where not everyone will be genetically engineered due to availability (older people who were born before it was invented, people born to poor or conservative families)