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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Brave New World" warned against genetic engineering, but that's turned out to be a great technology for curing diseases and improving crop yields.

I was still a teen when I read the book, but that wasn't really my take from it when I read it. We are still far away from genetically designing human babies. And you also overlooked the part about oppression/control via distractions such as drugs and entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven't read it in a while, but I kind of took the genetic engineering as a metaphor for being forced into the role/ class the ruling body wants you to be in

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Gattaca is a good movie about that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Well that just makes it even less useful as a realistic "cautionary tale", if the technology is just a metaphor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It wasn't a warning, it was a vision. Look up who the Huxley family really are.