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Why a moral panic instead of celebrating the achievement? xx years ago, mail-order computer kits allowed absolutely anyone to hack code (and, gasp! illegally c
by devereaux 9y ago
Why a moral panic instead of celebrating the achievement?
xx years ago, mail-order computer kits allowed absolutely anyone to hack code (and, gasp! illegally copy software or create computer viruses!)
yy years ago, mail-order color printers and scanners allowed absolutely anyone to hack paper (and, gasp! forge documents)
Is this part of a war against freedom? Then we are inconsistent. We should also lament on how Intel ME backdoors have become less efficient due to free software activist disabling them, or the demise of the Clipper chip promoted during the Clinton years.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoPeople are worried about the humans lives that will be wiped out as free software activists disable the broken ones.
- bayesian_horse 9y agoThese DIY Crispr kits aren't even remotely close to mail order computer kits. At the moment, they are about as sophisticated as sea monkey kits, and less reliable at that.
- criddell 9y ago> Why a moral panic instead of celebrating the achievement? Maybe they did some A-B testing and found that the story with the moral panic resulted in more ad views than the uplifting version?
- mrkstu 9y agoCRISPR allows germ-line propagating modifications. Think about creating a combo modification that expresses itself only after a 2nd or 3rd generation but also increases reproduction success for intervening generations- you could wipe out whole species, in a fairly straightforward manner. A modified flu could deliver a 'Children of Men' style germline infertility. This is like making everyone a little Kim Jong-un.