>I hope all those behaviors which lead to significant harm are outlawed and all those behaviors that lead to good outcomes are supported. It seems very optimis

>I hope all those behaviors which lead to significant harm are outlawed and all those behaviors that lead to good outcomes are supported. It seems very optimistic to think that humans can (a.) perform that at a germ cell level, and (b.) distinguish between moral and evolutionary goods (because they may be at odds) [0]. If the history of dog breeding is any example, quests for some perceived good lead to maladaptive features in other areas. I’m more sanguine about possibilities in altering expression of somatic cells like what octopuses do [1]. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%... 1. https://news.uchicago.edu/story/octopuses-other-cephalopods-can-adjust-cold-editing-their-rna https://news.uchicago.edu/story/octopuses-other-cephalopods-...