What if the computer industry were regulated like biotech?
Bill Walker tells us Why There's No Cure for the Common Cold.
Bill makes a good point, of course, but in the process he ignores one reality: Biotech is potentially more dangerous than computer science. Personally I would argue that this doesn't matter a hell of a lot simply because those people we don't want getting their hands on that kind of tech aren't stopped by the FDA. Slowed down maybe. Find getting funding more difficult. But they don't let a few rules get between them and their aims.
So, from my point of view, why not open biotech up and see if the good outweighs the bad? (Feel free to disagree in the comments, but please avoid loaded terms like 'fatuous'; I certainly cannot argue that the current US political climate makes deregulation likely...)
(Hat tip to Flutterby.)
Bill makes a good point, of course, but in the process he ignores one reality: Biotech is potentially more dangerous than computer science. Personally I would argue that this doesn't matter a hell of a lot simply because those people we don't want getting their hands on that kind of tech aren't stopped by the FDA. Slowed down maybe. Find getting funding more difficult. But they don't let a few rules get between them and their aims.
So, from my point of view, why not open biotech up and see if the good outweighs the bad? (Feel free to disagree in the comments, but please avoid loaded terms like 'fatuous'; I certainly cannot argue that the current US political climate makes deregulation likely...)
(Hat tip to Flutterby.)