A better money spinner would be to take the cryptolocker approach.
Engineer a relatively benign gene edit that makes life a little more annoying for someone and offer to send them the fix for 1 BTC. And actually deliver on the promise.
But you are correct that a class divide could be created. Perhaps a solution would be to class all the possible fixes people can get and have some that are considered "elective" and other that are deemed "critical". The state covers the cost of critical fixes (e.g. remove genetic diseases) but you can pay to have elective updates (e.g. vanity related or doesn't severely affect quality of life).
Just some thoughts. I'm sure there are better ideas out there to regulate this.
Engineer a relatively benign gene edit that makes life a little more annoying for someone and offer to send them the fix for 1 BTC. And actually deliver on the promise.
But you are correct that a class divide could be created. Perhaps a solution would be to class all the possible fixes people can get and have some that are considered "elective" and other that are deemed "critical". The state covers the cost of critical fixes (e.g. remove genetic diseases) but you can pay to have elective updates (e.g. vanity related or doesn't severely affect quality of life).
Just some thoughts. I'm sure there are better ideas out there to regulate this.