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

#biotech #genetics #insurance #ethics #humanrights #Gattaca #auslaw #auspol

saila, to scifi
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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

saila,
@saila@mastodon.social avatar

@Luke I definitely need to rematch as i remember enjoying to at the time, too!

inkican,

@saila If you're focused on facial-recognition, you're missing the point. The DNA/mismatching is an allegory for the lengths humanity will go through in order to 'fit in' with whatever social mobility model happens to work. Just as parents fight to put their kids in 'the right preschool,' or Ivy Leaguers fight to get hired by the right companies, there's a structure to our civilization and people are willing to game that structure in order to succeed. Still an enjoyable, thoughtful piece of scifi.

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