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I just finished reading volume 1 of The Three Body Problem ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem ) and started vol 2. Could the big radio telescope be a case of life imitating art :-) P.S. Fantastic book BTW, quite different from general SF fare.
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Yes. This is possible. You are completely correct. Of course, this is in fact true for all values of $TOOL in "Given $TOOL, a bad thing may happen".
Sure - but the risks vary from tool. Rich people editing their babies seems like it's more risky for society than most tools.
If I understand it correctly, your objection is that it may be possible for some group of people to use this to increase suffering in an abstract way.
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Sure - but the risks vary from tool. Rich people editing their babies seems like it's more risky for society than most tools.
It's also a tool that can literally save real, countable lives otherwise factually known to be doomed to horrific suffering and very early death. If I understand it correctly, your objection is that it may be possible for some group of people to use this to increase suffering in an abstract way.
This is true of most objections to things that have a social impact.
Reserving health to the wealthy in a feedback loop of relative advantage does not seem very abstract - it seems dystopian.