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No kidding. Most people complain since they like to complain. Many people complain about the distributional effects. What they fail to see if that the alterna
by GreedClarifies 4y ago
No kidding.
Most people complain since they like to complain.
Many people complain about the distributional effects. What they fail to see if that the alternative technology: selection of embryos has a far greater distributional impact in the limit.
... but they like to complain.
- paulryanrogers 4y ago> selection of embryos has a far greater distributional impact in the limit. Can you ELI5?
- GreedClarifies 4y agoAssuming that (a) we can sequence embryos reliably, (b) we identify a large number of genes that are considered favorable, and (c) we come up with a way of creating large numbers of embryos (eg: artificial ovaries) then the "quality" of the child in such a future will, generally, be dependent upon that amount the child's parent were willing to spend to find their best possible child. Do you want a one in ten baby, a one in a thousand baby, or a one in a million? The price will be proportional to the number of embryos sampled, on average. Since this is a competitive process, no matter how low the price per unit decreases the amount of spend, as a percentage of income/wealth will stay constant.