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>How long until genetically engineering children becomes the norm?
Germany and the Hapsburgs ago, roughly
>What kinds of changes and modifications are realistic in the near future? And how far can the technology progress?
All of them; we're starting to approach the singular exponential escalation into wider dynamics beyond pi(5) into pi(6), which mirrors pi(1) to pi(2) but starts cascading in base cardinality instead; think multiple new prestige mechanics in higher game concepts
>I've been considering a scenario where genetic engineering keeps progressing quick enough that every subsequent generation has been modified to such a greater extent that they essentially obsolete the former. You might go from being able to ensure your child is above average in various ways (beauty, athleticism, intelligence, etc), only for the next generation to be able to make theirs exceptional, then the next elite, then the next the absolute peak of human capability, then the next might as well throw in axolotl healing and killifish pollution resistance and avian respiratory systems and who knows what. Is this a realistic scenario or not?
Looks like a decent description of what has "accidentally" happened the past few hundred years.

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