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@ellegist one secular conservative objection might simply be Chesterton
what happens if we remove a lot of variation from large portions of the population? what are the emergent or systematic effects of moving toward a genetic monoculture?
maybe hard to say
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skeptical of this guess is that the return would be high enough it would get to be heavily subsidized and possibly mandatory which is differently dark
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just like the rich get different vaccines today right? :)
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depends on a lot tbh the usual pattern (with some exceptions) is things start out available almost exclusively for the rich and percolate down as the economics are ironed out and as stuff drops off patent
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genomics tech has exhibited an extremely sharp cost drop in particular first human genome cost billions, 20 years later you can get a personal whole genome sequence for a grand
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tons of open questions about what the tech looks like, how easily it can be automated, how it's regulated, etc but I doubt it stays rich exclusive for more than a generation tops
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oh yeah just thats sort of the polar opposite of "only the rich will be able to do this"
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