Author:: Ted Chiang Full Title:: It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning Tags:#media/article URL:: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/27/opinion/ted-chiang-future-genetic-engineering.html
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* Cognitive enhancements are useful only when you live in a society that rewards ability, and the United States isn’t one.
* The fact that affluent parents believe that genetic enhancements will improve their children’s prospects is a sign of this: They believe that ability will lead to success because they assume that their own success was a result of their ability.
* In a society increasingly obsessed with credentials, being genetically engineered is like having an Ivy-League M.B.A.: It is a marker of status that makes a candidate a safe bet for hiring, rather than an indicator of actual competence.
* We won’t solve this by trying to improve people; we’ll only solve it by trying to improve the way we treat people.