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Genetic-level diagnoses and treatments.
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Inexpensive, rapid genome sequencing.
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Commonplace genetic counselling for more than just pregnancy.
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Laws in place to govern the collection, use, ownership, and patenting of human genes and genetic information.
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Cloned tissues (i.e. blood, skin), organs (i.e. heart, lungs, kidneys) for transplant or repair.
I graduated university the same year the Human Genome Project first published completion. Certainly, that project uncovered more questions than answers.
Also, we’ve done an absolutely garbage job of becoming appropriate stewards of this technology. Primarily, today, it would be used to identify, segregate, subjugate, and eventually kill a portion of the population.
I got hacked on Facebook (2018), stopped using Instagram (2019), quit Reddit (2023) & Xitter (2025).
Now I have only books (lots of audiobooks), Google Keep (own thoughts and pics), Lemmy (random thoughts), and Bluesky (microblog).
My input and output are much healthier, the people I interact with (when actually people) are nicer, and I generally don’t feel doomed.
Well, yes, I realize the world is fucked, fucked up, and fucking crazy. I’ve reduced by orders of magnitude how toxic it is to my headspace because I’m cutting out the worst of the dreck and engaging with more objectively real information. I’m not in screaming echo chambers populated in the millions. I’m happy if I get 10 responses to a post. Updoots are incidental.
Its like leaving L.A. to settle down in Schitt’s Creek.