… Gene-editing technology will allow us to redesign whole organisms. This could enhance every aspect of our existence…. We’re talking about improving biology and redesigning organisms for beneficial purposes. It’s going to allow us to not just edit genomes but also[,] and importantly, write a new code for life. We’ll have write-level permissions. … Technology will cut out unwanted sights and sounds. What’s on the horizon are diminished[-]reality glasses that look very much like what I’m wearing [and] that would allow you to remove things from your view, whether that’s garbage or other people. …
https://twitter.com/wef/status/1422150187749883905
…tweeted the World Economic Forum some 90 years after a group of socialists in Germany–the National Socialists–began to promote Friedrich Nietsche’s concept of the Übermensch, which gave them moral permission to remove “other people” from view as garbage.
We know how that turned out.