Re:How Anne Wojcicki’s 23andMe Will Mine Its Giant DNA Database
by ianai on Saturday June 08, 2019 @10:26AM
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This definitely underscores the point that government is not too big. If government regulation we’re keeping the markets free and efficient then DNA and personal data would be considered a good or service owned by the individual.
Re:How Anne Wojcicki’s 23andMe Will Mine Its Giant DNA Database
by yepguy on Saturday June 08, 2019 @08:03PM
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Needing better regulation in this area doesn't seem to me to conflict with making government smaller. If the government is wasting resources (and it is), then it can do both.
Re:How Anne Wojcicki’s 23andMe Will Mine Its Giant DNA Database
by ianai on Saturday June 08, 2019 @10:31PM
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I truly only care about the non-renewable resources it over uses. The economy alone will never ensure everyone has enough to live on its own. If that were the case then the US government wouldn’t be the number one, singular employer in the world. (Or whatever the qualification is.)
Our government and insurance systems are shitty, and until they are fixed, disease and aging won't be our number 1 priority.
Even individually, our DNA is probably worth a bundle to many companies. To me, my DNA is as near priceless as something can get. I'm glad I didn't pay someone to take it.
The profitable, yet dystopian uses of this information are potentially limitless (see the most recent thread about how the Nazis used IBM technology), but the regulations are negligible to non-existent. I'm more than happy to not be one of the victims of these uses for whom laws and regulations are made after-the-fact, if they're made at all.