Gene therapy of the type we do at the moment always works through a engineered virus.
But then as technique progresses you don’t have to be a nation state anymore to do genetical engineering.
A small group of super empowered individuals might be able to it.
Right… I might have my chance then to save the world. The problem is, everyone will get access to the technology at roughly the same time, I imagine. What if the military get there first? This has probably been discussed elsewhere here on LW though...
Gene therapy of the type we do at the moment always works through a engineered virus. But then as technique progresses you don’t have to be a nation state anymore to do genetical engineering. A small group of super empowered individuals might be able to it.
Right… I might have my chance then to save the world. The problem is, everyone will get access to the technology at roughly the same time, I imagine. What if the military get there first? This has probably been discussed elsewhere here on LW though...