Biologists who have been obtaining DNA sequences online from companies will soon have a more convenient option: benchtop machines that can print all the DNA they need. But this technology brings with it new risks by circumventing how synthetic biology companies now screen for would-be bioterrorists. A report released yesterday by a Washington, D.C., think tank urges companies and governments to revamp existing screening to prevent someone with malign motives from making a toxin or pathogen.
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🥱 as if we care.ThanQ, though, for sharing, Narg!
I didn't expect this to get much interest, but it's something that may have big effects in the world, and gives another reason to reduce the level of evil we are carrying while we still can.
From Bill Joy's famous Why the Future Doesn't Need Us (2000):
Note: the essay was published in Wired on April 1, 2000, but it's definitely not a joke. And honestly, I'd say his prediction has already come true. Considering the on-going "vaccine"-enabled genocide, can you disagree?