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First of all, anything can have a downside. Doesn't seem a big enough concern, how likely I'm going to win lottery? How about the insurance company? Forced th
by matz1 7y ago
First of all, anything can have a downside.
Doesn't seem a big enough concern, how likely I'm going to win lottery?
How about the insurance company? Forced them to lose money?
They won't hire me because my ancestry? Well they are stupid then, it's their lost.
- Swenrekcah 7y agoHow about you are 3% more likely to develop a chronic illness and as a resut no company touches you for anything except manual grunt work where you could be replaced without much trouble?
- matz1 7y agoMore likely the reason to use all data as much as you can to find the cure. manual grunt work will be replaced by automation anyway regardless of you develop chronic illness or not.
- Swenrekcah 7y agoThat is a valid observation and completely orthogonal to the point being made.
- octorian 7y agoWhich is kinda the plot of the movie Gattaca, where the main character is stuck in low-paying grunt jobs for this reason until he goes to extreme lengths to fake his DNA to get the job he really wants (and is otherwise completely capable of performing well).
- Swenrekcah 7y agoHah, really? Perhaps I should move to Hollywood!
- ianai 7y agoNot at all my point. People OWN their DNA. It’s literally theirs. There should be no question about ownership and the rights associated with owning their data. But we’ve got companies effectively declaring permanent ownership, access, and use of peoples DNA without providing the person with any way to opt out of the database at any point-without providing any payment to the individuals most of the time as well. They even know most of your dna if just one of your relatives sends the company their DNA. It does not matter what you perceive as a risk today to this. It’s your ownership over your dna being claimed by a third party.
- wolco 7y agoYou don't own your dna. If you have a twin it is shared for one. You don't own your fingerprint either. Or your height or weight.
- mattmanser 7y agoWhat a stupid argument. By the same argument all companies don't own their code or IP as soon as it's in someone else's hands.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoCompanies retain ownership of their code regardless of where a copy ends up because of a legal framework that defines it such, not by default. DNA, fingerprints, et al. need such framework too.
- cgriswald 7y agoActually, identical twins don't have identical DNA! See the case of Dwayne and Dwight McNair: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/12/man-found-guilty-kidnapping-raping-two-women-boston-years-ago/ehUV2SqL5k4XuhSzdKweeN/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/12/man-found-guilt...
- matz1 7y agoDNA is just information, sooner or later it will be spread, and leaked. With the advancement of technology, its just getting easier and easier. Its better to just embrace it. Assume all information is public, and from then on focus on solving the issue that arise from it.