>>14226789People say this, but the rich have also always been big eugenicists and obviously societal eugenics doesn't work if it isn't at the scale of society.
The reason eugenics hasn't worked until now is because people don't want to be barred from having children and have resisted it.
However soft eugenics like this doesn't prevent people from having children.
>High costFirstly it's not that expensive, but regardless, the cost needs to be compared to the potential return.
It doesn't matter if it's expensive if the potential returns are big as well.
Education is enormously expensive for the state and employers, it would dwarf CRISPR babies even at today's costs.
Education is still paid for though, through the state and through increased pay for credentials, because it is deemed to be worth it.