Widdershins: “To be clear, I’m not a monster suggesting eugenics or anything like that.”
What’s wrong with practicing eugenics? The Jews have been doing it for centuries and it has worked well for them. The Germans practiced it for a while in the mid-19th century (and I think beyond). The blue-eyed blonde-haired progeny from that period that I have met are impressive. We are told that it worked for the vikings and the Spartans. And of course we do it with all manner of domestic animals and plants.
We manage almost every population on the planet except for us. We act as if we are the least important of all life forms. Many seem to believe we have some right to procreate without regard for how that might affect others and the environment. Many human disorders are accepted as caused by genetics and combinations of genetics and associated environmental factors. We could fix that problem.
We will be producing genetically engineered “designer babies” before long. I think it would be better to improve our species by breeding out undesirable traits than to do it by splitting and splicing genes. I think people should recognize that no one has any right to perpetuate genetic problems.