The argument I see against this is that voluntary security that’s short term useful can be discarded once it’s no longer so, whereas security driven by public pressure or regulation can’t. If a lab was had great practices for forever and then dropped them, there would be much less pressure to revert than if they’d previously had huge security incidents.
For instance, we might want to focus on public pressure for 1-2 years, then switch gears towards security
I agree that you want the regulation to have more teeth than just being an industry cartel. I’m not sure I agree on the ‘switching gears’ point—it seems to me like we can do both simultaneously (tho not as well), and may not have the time to do them sequentially.
The argument I see against this is that voluntary security that’s short term useful can be discarded once it’s no longer so, whereas security driven by public pressure or regulation can’t. If a lab was had great practices for forever and then dropped them, there would be much less pressure to revert than if they’d previously had huge security incidents.
For instance, we might want to focus on public pressure for 1-2 years, then switch gears towards security
I agree that you want the regulation to have more teeth than just being an industry cartel. I’m not sure I agree on the ‘switching gears’ point—it seems to me like we can do both simultaneously (tho not as well), and may not have the time to do them sequentially.