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You can't honestly expect people to observe a ban on technology, voluntary or otherwise. Just look at the music and movie industry. As soon as the technology ex
by probablyfiction 12y ago
You can't honestly expect people to observe a ban on technology, voluntary or otherwise. Just look at the music and movie industry. As soon as the technology existed to bypass DRM, people embraced it whole-heartedly. If people have a chance to rid themselves and their descendants of defective genes, they sure as hell are going to do it, regardless of whether it's legal.
- vezzy-fnord 12y agoThe barrier to entry simply isn't comparable. The technology to bypass DRM and copy protection has existed since the day of its invention. You've always had black-box analysis. Amateur genetic engineering (so-called "biohacking") is in its very early infancy, and it's early to tell how accessible it might become.
- probablyfiction 12y agoBack in the 70's when you had people phone phreaking, the barrier to entry was high. You would need access to a box of Cap'n Crunch along with the knowledge on how to phreak. The barrier to entry was low with DRM-bypassing. You didn't need special knowledge; all you needed was a computer and the right software program. In this case the barrier to entry is high: by necessity you need to be a scientist with years of training. The principle, however, is the same. Once set lose, technology cannot be put back in the box. Unless you're the steam engine.