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It is ominously-possible, in limited, but plausible, degrees. Our genomes will no doubt end up being used for indirect discrimination in dating, friendships, c
by bro-stick 11y ago
It is ominously-possible, in limited, but plausible, degrees. Our genomes will no doubt end up being used for indirect discrimination in dating, friendships, child care, school acceptance, certain military/clandestine work, frat/sororities, social clubs, exclusive event invitations, [insert activity here]. It's already used in healthcare and gamete donation.
- anigbrowl 11y agoQuite, and think how for some people their criminal record already serves this purpose. There was a nauseating story on my local news last night about a 12 or 13 year old autistic kid who was placed under arrest by police officers who contract with the school district for the hideous crime of scraping his initials on the sidewalk concrete of his middle school campus with a handy stone: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Thousands-of-Bay-Area-Students-Sent-to-Police-329858661.html http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/Thousands-of-Bay-Ar... (sorry about the autoplay video, but there's a full text transcript at the link) The notion that a moment of juvenile whimsy is now a permanent part of a person's digital footprint and could turn up in background checks for the remainder of their life is hideously Orwellian; we are busily crafting the sociopolitical infrastructure of a totalitarian state at the same time as we have 'serious' candidates for the highest national political office expressing unbounded enthusiasm for running such an entity.
- bro-stick 11y agoEvil is not some spiritual or abstract concept, it's the banality and legitimization of common-place BS injustices, spanning the gamut of great to small.