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by zepto 3678 days ago
Sure but my point is that technology that empowers a small group of powerful people to reduce their suffering may end up increasing suffering overall.
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Kalium 3678 days ago
Yes. This is possible. You are completely correct.

Of course, this is in fact true for all values of $TOOL in "Given $TOOL, a bad thing may happen".

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zepto 3678 days ago
Sure - but the risks vary from tool.

Rich people editing their babies seems like it's more risky for society than most tools.

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Kalium 3677 days ago
It's also a tool that can literally save real, countable lives otherwise factually known to be doomed to horrific suffering and very early death.

If I understand it correctly, your objection is that it may be possible for some group of people to use this to increase suffering in an abstract way.

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zepto 3676 days ago
"If I understand it correctly, your objection is that it may be possible for some group of people to use this to increase suffering in an abstract way"

This is true of most objections to things that have a social impact.

Reserving health to the wealthy in a feedback loop of relative advantage does not seem very abstract - it seems dystopian.

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