A Boring Dystopia

Aren't they though? Take the example from the article:

I phrased it a bit different in another comment, and perhaps that nuance is warranted. In a vacuum most people wouldn't be against it.

It's not in a vacuum though. In this case one of the people funding this is a man whose product is manipulating people into killing themselves. I don't think I personally should have a say in whether or not this kind of tech is pushed, and I definitely don't think some rogue billionaire elite class should have a say either.

At least on paper, this is specifically what the company that the article is about claims its focus is; the stuff no one disagrees that it's bad to be born with. Like it isn't very arguable that it's good for babies to have ammonia in their blood and need liver transplants.

Yes, and then once that's out that sets a precedent for fixing further. Why would they stop at these conditions? You could expand to touch up the genome, maybe prevent other conditions, like Down Syndrome.

It's dehumanising. We have real people alive today that are already marginalised by society and don't get the support or visibility that they need.

One time a doctor was speaking to my sister and I was awake. He told her that she should contemplate letting me go because of my quality of life. This was so upsetting to hear because I was right there. He didn't respect me enough to speak to me or involve me. Felt like I was not a person but a thing.

There are absolutely devastating disabilities out there that completely hollow out someone's quality of life. There are also lots of people out there living with disabilities, where the struggle is less because of the disability, and more because of the society we have around us. Fixing society seems to me the more humane option.