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Interesting article but I was hoping for more discussion of the ethical implications mentioned in the title. As a society we frequently start with with consent

Interesting article but I was hoping for more discussion of the ethical implications mentioned in the title. As a society we frequently start with with consent as a cornerstone of whether something is ethical or not (if it's done to you against your will, it's bad). Then we decide whether there are certain lines you shouldn't cross because the result would be harmful for you or society. For instance, you can drink as much alcohol as you want but at a certain point you can't get into a car afterwards, because you might kill or maim someone else. And you can take out a loan, but there's usually a cap on how much interest the lender can charge because above a certain level you'd ruin yourself financially. So we'll probably say you can alter your memories, but are there lines which shouldn't be crossed?

sysbin 7y ago
Those lines will be crossed by just visiting a country that has different interpretations of what's acceptable to do. I could also see the severely mentally ill or mentally handicapped, having no personal say in what happens to them and similar to today when it comes to medication being used.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  > Those lines will be crossed by just visiting a country that has different interpretations of what's acceptable to do. To some extent. For instance, I know of no country that allows you to drive while intoxicated (modulo varying minimums) while having enough car and population density for such driving to be a problem. You're probably thinking of China and their laxer approach towards human genetic research. But that's arguably just having lines that shall not be crossed and staying on the good side of them; US and Europe seem to have decided instead to ban the whole field.
dclowd9901 7y ago
It shouldn’t be allowed at all. If your memory is alterable, who’s to say you agreed to it in the first place. I know there are people out there that can benefit from this, but it’s too dangerous to exist.
- guerrilla 7y ago
  Other forms of recording?
  - dclowd9901 7y ago
    Even currently, all other forms of recording are useless in terms of use as verification.

sysbin 7y ago

Those lines will be crossed by just visiting a country that has different interpretations of what's acceptable to do. I could also see the severely mentally ill or mentally handicapped, having no personal say in what happens to them and similar to today when it comes to medication being used.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
> Those lines will be crossed by just visiting a country that has different interpretations of what's acceptable to do. To some extent. For instance, I know of no country that allows you to drive while intoxicated (modulo varying minimums) while having enough car and population density for such driving to be a problem. You're probably thinking of China and their laxer approach towards human genetic research. But that's arguably just having lines that shall not be crossed and staying on the good side of them; US and Europe seem to have decided instead to ban the whole field.

dclowd9901 7y ago

It shouldn’t be allowed at all. If your memory is alterable, who’s to say you agreed to it in the first place. I know there are people out there that can benefit from this, but it’s too dangerous to exist.

guerrilla 7y ago
Other forms of recording?
- dclowd9901 7y ago
  Even currently, all other forms of recording are useless in terms of use as verification.