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Wouldn't it make more sense to compare the likely progression with standard drug development rather than mobile phones? Last I checked, drug development is in
by btmorex 7y ago
Wouldn't it make more sense to compare the likely progression with standard drug development rather than mobile phones?
Last I checked, drug development is in a terrible state. I mean we're killing 70k+ people a year from opiate overdoses that were primarily driven by our capitalist drug development system (and a lack of even an ounce of morality at some of these companies). And that's just one problem among many. Not everything is the tech industry.
- rayiner 7y agoThat “evil capitalist drug development system” that turned AIDS from a death sentence into a chronic illness, using anti-retrovirals some of which are already becoming generics?
- reallydude 7y ago"Already" 30 years later. https://hab.hrsa.gov/livinghistory/timeline/1995.htm https://hab.hrsa.gov/livinghistory/timeline/1995.htm
- rayiner 7y agoA blink of an eye in the history of a disease.
- reallydude 7y agoHumanity is the blink of an eye in the universe. Claiming the suffering is always worth it (ie doesn't matter), is defeatist. Not sure how that's an argument for how dissemination of medical tech is "working".
- tptacek 7y agoWhat do opiate overdoses have to do with the state of drug discovery? Aren't opiate analgesics like an infinitesimal blip compared to the broader pharma market?