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Consider being born into debt as an infant for all the 'deviations' that 'had to be corrected.' Presumably the wealthy will have not only potentially negative
by wavefunction 10y ago
Consider being born into debt as an infant for all the 'deviations' that 'had to be corrected.'
Presumably the wealthy will have not only potentially negative traits removed but positive traits added where missing. And given that there will likely be a reinforcement effect where people with unfortunate or fortunate genotypes run away into two distinct populations, given the way wealth inequality is growing.
Living in sci-fi times...
- theWatcher37 10y agoWhile this is certainly a risk, the medical industry has done a prettt good job at making non-cosmetic tech available. If we have the ability to knock out breast cancer or heart disease it'll happen just like polio. Cosmetic stuff will probably always have a $$$ above and beyond "normal" however and I'm fine with that
- theWatcher37 10y agoWhile this is certainly a risk, the medical industry has done a prettt good job at making non-cosmetic tech available. If we have the ability to knock out breast cancer or heart disease it'll happen just like polio. Cosmetic stuff will probably always have a $$$ above and beyond "normal" however and I'm fine with that
- pdkl95 10y agoWhile originally written with a focus on "intellectual property" and predatory EULAs, Tom Scott's terrifyingly-plausible Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers[1] becomes even more frightening when adapted to your "born-into-debt" scenario. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFe9wiDfb0E