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We already have hiring discrimination based on gender, race, intelligence and who knows what else... It turns out many of these traits have a large genetic fact
by jdavis703 7y ago
We already have hiring discrimination based on gender, race, intelligence and who knows what else... It turns out many of these traits have a large genetic factor (there’s obviously nature vs. nurture ambiguity here too).
The solution is to ban discrimination. Banning a technology that has the power to actually make the world a better place through better medical interventions is not a trade off I want to make in the name of ending genetic discrimination (I write this as an African American).
- ianai 7y agoIt’s pretty hard to claim and prove discrimination. I don’t know how an individual person could defend themselves against genetic discrimination. It’s far easier to endow people with ownership of themselves their data and components. Maybe a law that requires dna data to follow a sort of “disclosure of stewardship.” Ie the dna owner has to be given the ability to track, remove, and submit their data - with no “opt-ins” without prior authorization.