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The problem, as I see, is the moment DNA becomes USEFUL. Once DNA becomes USEFUL and ubiquitous, then it becomes necessary. If everyone that provided DNA is abl
by anon-3988 1y ago
The problem, as I see, is the moment DNA becomes USEFUL. Once DNA becomes USEFUL and ubiquitous, then it becomes necessary. If everyone that provided DNA is able to avoid all the potential diseases then you would simply get out-competed by people that do. OTOH, this knowledge can also be used against you in your insurance claims or whatever.
So basically the upside and downside get jacked up and effectively "nothing really changes". They will always make up excuses to genocide a group, or deny your insurance claims.
This is the same thing with privacy. If Microsoft's Recall is indeed useful as advertised, that is extremely powerful. People that truly don't have anything to hide, is happy to see ads etc, would be extremely empowered by this tool.