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[–] [email protected] 13 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] 3 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.