December 18, 2003
Dystopian Biotech Future?
In this essay, I argue that the means for regulating biotechnology are more dystopian than the ends that may come from the technology.
Will we curb freedom at the level of research, the level of development and marketing, at the level of consumption, or at all three?
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Empathy: Our Survival Depends On It
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Arnold Kling's latest article, Biotech Ends and Means, thoughtfully criticizes the President's Council on Bioethics report, Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness, for skirting the real issue: "Do concerns over biotechnology scenari...
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I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT A BRIGHT AND HAPPY FUTURE IS THE FUTURE, BUT HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT GOOD THINGS ARE NOT MEANT TO LAST. HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING ARE THE ONLY REAL FUCTIONS OF OUR SPECIES, WITHOUT THIS THEIR WILL BE NO CHANGE IN HOW ARE SPECIES GOES ABOUT DESTROYING OUR PLANET. THEIR WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE IN SOCIET WHO WILL USE TECHNOLOGY FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT NOT THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND, THIS IS THE REAL FUTURE WE ALL MUST BLINDLY LOOK FORWARD TO.
Posted by LOCUST on December 31, 2003 02:30 AM | Permalink to Comment
Excerpt: Arnold Kling's latest article, Biotech Ends and Means, thoughtfully criticizes the President's Council on Bioethics report, Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness, for skirting the real issue: "Do concerns over biotechnology scenari...
Read the rest...
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I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT A BRIGHT AND HAPPY FUTURE IS THE FUTURE, BUT HISTORY HAS SHOWN US THAT GOOD THINGS ARE NOT MEANT TO LAST. HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING ARE THE ONLY REAL FUCTIONS OF OUR SPECIES, WITHOUT THIS THEIR WILL BE NO CHANGE IN HOW ARE SPECIES GOES ABOUT DESTROYING OUR PLANET. THEIR WILL ALWAYS BE THOSE IN SOCIET WHO WILL USE TECHNOLOGY FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT NOT THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND, THIS IS THE REAL FUTURE WE ALL MUST BLINDLY LOOK FORWARD TO.
Posted by LOCUST on December 31, 2003 02:30 AM | Permalink to Comment