> it's worth keeping the barrier of entry higher than just being able to order it. Exactly! Keeping groups with lots of resources from synthesizing harmful th

> it's worth keeping the barrier of entry higher than just being able to order it. Exactly! Keeping groups with lots of resources from synthesizing harmful things isn't a battle we can win (and in a decade or so biological design tools will make scanning synthesis orders a very weak precaution) but raising the bar means fewer people are in a position to cause large-scale damage. (Long term we also need to make society more robust to biological attacks, with better monitoring, better PPE, and faster countermeasures.)