All true. Now it is a disturbing thing, but then so its nuclear annihilation, which has been of real concern, once more, since February of this year. So, being adults here we suck it up, and when we deal with the ethical troubles that tech presents, we should also joyfully enjoy it's benefits. By the by, astrophysicist and science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds has written of this issue with The Pigs. Yes, a merger of the anthropoid and the porcine. They, being lab produced and then set loose in other solar systems, they are interlaced with our species with commerce and travel. Chasm City (not Mars) is one of these worlds. Reynold's 'worlds' are mostly interstellar, mostly set ages from now where human civilizations rises for ages, the fall, and rise again, across the Milky Way ant speeds below that of light.
Chasm City - WikipediaHyperpigs | Revelation Space Wiki | Fandom This is not a problem I expect anytime soon. So back to planet earth, we need to cure disease and get better energy and transportation (EV's) in place, while avoiding nuclear death with Putin and Xi. Our task at hand.... -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Crowell <[email protected]> To: Everything List <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Dec 10, 2022 11:38 am Subject: Re: NYTimes.com: We Can Cure Disease by Editing a Person’s DNA. Why Aren’t We? There are all sorts of questions this brings up. I suppose it is inevitable, but it could redefine what is meant by being human. Human beings could end up as engineered beings for various purposes. LC On Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 8:54:28 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: Check out this article from The New York Times. Because I'm a subscriber, you can read it through this gift link without a subscription. We Can Cure Disease by Editing a Person’s DNA. Why Aren’t We? Revolutionized medicine may be at hand, but barriers remain. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/opinion/crispr-gene-editing-cures.html?unlocked_article_code=1nwN6waTon3bLMgzkRIIvYN1kb0ChYJG0NRwHAWyNKec0GCPUxSNm4I-8XhlACBPWNuOJr1Kzm9nSuoBT7A19srKYs6JFjP3ELOtu_oaB3IRAA9ZZnO2AqAP0YzQfyacYNH4lYhSMZ4pI_KjzZcO37Le-_7gnGM_gBqE0cyKIzvApWVjUeXpJE1FdJ10r4zx5ntfmHflxaG3XmdNWgnK-M4pRWx_OM4ZWzTRRuPRsFXhD-eIL-e242uP8QChtPq9Ax5OQd2K-dwHp_YZS-SaU5qlEtlOBVmSosB5MM4wRQ0tbJbDhJlmcXE1MFAUuHD3pWAb9Saz51mwoxN9_9RK0R3FjQ&smid=em-share -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/97be65b9-e721-4ce7-aecd-5ddcd88b5208n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/2117201928.694958.1670703529320%40mail.yahoo.com.
