drrimmer, to Futurology
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Some say it’s ‘genetic discrimination’, but insurance companies are fighting for access to these test results https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/12/life-insurance-industry-customers-genetic-tests-ban

‘I’m being discriminated against purely based on the genes I was born with’, says a Queensland man who couldn’t update his life insurance policy

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Reminded about #Gattaca and how quaint a 26-year-old movie now seems

At the time of its release, decoding the #HumanGenome was on the edge of science fiction

Now the whole plot falls apart simply because it’s trivial to use facial recognition to recognize almost anyone

Wonder what will seem naive in 2049?

https://youtu.be/W_KruQhfvW4

#scifi #movies #1990s

HistoPol, (edited ) to scifi
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#GeneticEngineeringRevolution--What #SciFi had already foreseen

#GeneticEngineering has pro ably helped millions of humans survive, not least the #Covid19 #Pandemic. The #mRNA that #Moderna developed has a new technology at its hard, #CRISPR, that made those revolution possible. DNA is cut up with incredible precision so that parts of the DNA can be removed or new parts inserted.

Even oblivious of this tech,

https://www.tor.com/2021/06/01/seven-times-science-fiction-got-genetic-engineering-right/

HistoPol,
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@unnameduser

Thanks for sharing, I rally did like the movie, , too.

However, lucky for humanity, I am not aware of any country where this is possible: "a future society driven by eugenics where potential children are conceived through genetic selection to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca

HistoPol, (edited ) to random
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The threat of

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Almost every week now, + despite statements to the contrary, by many and , the utopias of and (+ others 1)) are making a leap forward.
Due to all the white noise + the hype regarding most of the general public.

Since I posted my warning in February (https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109877181962607380), much has happened.

I see the enabling of with (https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110129405482528991) as a particular threat because it...

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