Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reflects on Gattaca, the 1997 film about genetic enhancement, arguing that real outcomes will be messier than sci-fi dystopias suggest. He notes the film celebrates determination as a virtue while leaving open whether determination itself is genetic.
I'll say one more thing about Gattaca, by the way. You know, Gattaca was a really good film. I think it's inspiring and it was portraying it as a dangerous thing. In the film, they sort of portray like the genetically enhanced person has an accident and he becomes very depressed and, you know, but the unenhanced person is just so determined that he's able to overcome it. Now, that's an inspiring story, especially for non-genetically modified humans, which is their whole audience. You know, who's to say determination doesn't have a genetic component like that? Could be something, you know, you could also add in if you wanted. So, Anyway, I think the real picture will be much more complicated. And a lot of sci-fi is dystopian, but you can take elements of it and leave others.
