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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:11PM (#18134854)
I refuse to be paralyzed by a future so distant it's opaque. I'll be in my 70s at that point, and either dead, head in a jar, or living on Mars. My genetic data may help people today, and that is what matters most to me.

EDIT: @monocasa: The future is what we make of it.

jstarfish: As a parent, I have to make what I consider to be the best choices for them until they're able to make their own choices. As an educated parent, I believe I made the appropriate choice. Everyone's DNA will be sequences eventually.

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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by monocasa on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:18PM (#18134904)
By the time we're in our 70s, we'll probably not even have retired. : \
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Re:Ask HN: Is 23andMe DNA testing worth it? by jstarfish on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @05:26PM (#18134954)
You're selling out your kids for the sake of irrelevant novelty though. You're taking away any choice they have to abstain from being part of the system.
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