I never really got the argument against augments (in universe as well as from the writers).
All the humanoids in Star Trek are the result of genetic augmentation anyway.
The whole “eugenic wars” thing always felt like a cop-out because the writers were to afraid to tackle a controversial topic during the actual show and pushed it into the past in a “we already had this discussion” kind of way.
Speaking of zeitgeist, there is one thing that confuses me about modern Star Trek.
Kurtzman and co. are obviously not beholden to old canon such that they fear changing too much.
But somehow the technology in the new shows doesn’t seem to advance in a really meaningful way.
There was this whole android uprising in Picard but somehow the status quo didn’t budge? Like huh? Did I miss something?
Kurtzman is a hack who constantly writes stories that are not internally consistent and he completely ignores any kind of continuity in movie series. His stuff doesn’t change the setting because he doesn’t understand that it would have that impact. He writes like JJ Abrams directs.
I dunno, I haven’t seen a single episode of any Trek show after Voyager. At some point I should check some out but I haven’t felt motivated to.