Future Man, anyone? This is Biotic shit.

Clicked the link to see how many references to Gattaca there would be. Was not disappointed

I do wonder what traits the wealthy would tend to select for.

I don't think rich people want their kids bashing their brains in playing football. They want to watch the lower classes play in their gladiator battles for the wealthy's entertainment. So if selecting for physical attributes, I see it being more around aesthetics than athletics.

And they can select for intelligence, but they'd have to figure out how to not increase mental issues that correlate with intelligence. It's a pretty complicated relationship. And intelligence + education opportunities only gets so far without personality and random chance. Heck, I could point to some rich people who don't seem to value intelligence at all.

If I could select for one thing, I would select for a strong immune system. Make a solid physical foundation for a person to build on and make their life of their own decisions.

That's a worry, but also there's still a lot of stuff we don't understand about genetics, and a bunch of grifters who'll fleece the super wealthy

It’ll be even worse when they gene edit other people to be their slaves and/or personal armies.

Yes

We still don't know what all the Dna and RNA does. So the rich would just be testing with their own kids.

The will find a way to be even more inbred than they already are

The questions reminds me of Brave New World.

It's a new class of DARWIN humans, since such manipulated beings usually have shorter life expectation.

You already mentioned science fiction, and therein lies your answer. Many of the super rich already think of themselves as better than human or more deserving than others. This new tech will only reinforce the idea because, obviously, only the wealthy will have broad access to it.

What you've brought up is a willful choice in future design. And that's "design" as in both the genetic build of their future children, as well as the redesigned social structure that will be laid out before them.

The idea is, or very soon will be, to make a clear and undeniable ruling class. The wanna-be god kings are already shoring-up forces and hedging their bets as we live and breath. Pharonic rule 2.0 might be just around the corner, folks.

Who was it that said "fear not of man, for all men must die"? Eh. It doesn't really matter who said it, so much as what it means. Anyone wanting to see to it that these fucks dont get their way, I hope will make sure to remember the meaning of these words. A time may come in which that meaning becomes the most vital of tools in undoing some of the greater evils of this world. No gods. No kings.

None of this is advice. I am not a lawyer. I am not an expert in any field. Etc

I don't think it's the eugenic stuff that's gonna take off, but fixing future developmental problems.

No, your assumption is that there is an ideal DNA code when there isn't. They will still just be people like everyone else.

I still need to read Red Rising.