Yes it was a cautionary tale, but not about the technology, but about the role of empathy and the human spirit.

The actual technology of Gattaca has already started 50 years ago with the first "test tube babies" and IVF treatments. You get a "optical selection" of the most well developed blastocysts, checking for symmetry, growth rates, and other biomarkers, without even resorting to DNA sequencing selection.

It will absolutely make the world a better place long term - all of our children can be genetically "the best of us", according to various criteria. I'm all for it.

Gattaca wasn't futuristic at all; it was obviously a commentary, and condemnation, of historical racism and prejudice.

Torment nexus theory of startup founders.