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> My dream was that one day they would be able to identify genetic markers not just for health and lifestyle stuff but also behavioral data, like my YouTube pre

> My dream was that one day they would be able to identify genetic markers not just for health and lifestyle stuff but also behavioral data, like my YouTube preferences and Gmail conservational styles You know that's unlikely to happen. What's more likely is you helping that in the future people similar to you will be paying more stuff because of their genes or being profiled against because of their genes. Yes, there are laws against just as they are against discrimination on the basis of protected classes but the discrimination is still happening. And with DNA info, you can do it better and will be harder to detect. At the end of the day, other things being equal, any of those companies using dna to assess candidates will be more accurate than those than don't and should effectively dominate the market in a red queen race. Surely, it won't happen now (dna sequencing is way too expensive now) but when it happens, it will be hard to stop.

solardev 3y ago
I think this is inevitable too, but... maybe politically incorrectly... maybe we should acknowledge it and roll with it, and help people with worse genes however we can, but encourage genetic modification for future generations? I don't think this idea of "gene blindness" can really work, long term. We're lying ourselves when we say all people are created equal. They very much are not. That's the whole point of genetics. But we can still say "but they still deserve respect, compassion, and equal treatment." That applies whether theu are disadvantaged due to race (itself genetic, though more plainly obvious), hormonal (sex and some birth defects), upbringing, culture, whatever. I'm totally for opening up the genome for cross-examination and all the hard social questions that will necessarily come wit it, rather than avoiding the topic and pretending like it's not a thing. Social norms will just change over time. Better understanding and usage of our genes can actually advance the species (and hopefully societies with it).

solardev 3y ago

I think this is inevitable too, but... maybe politically incorrectly... maybe we should acknowledge it and roll with it, and help people with worse genes however we can, but encourage genetic modification for future generations? I don't think this idea of "gene blindness" can really work, long term. We're lying ourselves when we say all people are created equal. They very much are not. That's the whole point of genetics. But we can still say "but they still deserve respect, compassion, and equal treatment." That applies whether theu are disadvantaged due to race (itself genetic, though more plainly obvious), hormonal (sex and some birth defects), upbringing, culture, whatever. I'm totally for opening up the genome for cross-examination and all the hard social questions that will necessarily come wit it, rather than avoiding the topic and pretending like it's not a thing. Social norms will just change over time. Better understanding and usage of our genes can actually advance the species (and hopefully societies with it).