[hn_throwaway_99]

I hate this argument, because all you have to do is look around the world today to see that if we have massively powerful technology that is controlled only by a few that it sure ain't leading to the "think of all the diseases we can cure!" utopia you describe.

We have many, many people around the world die all the time from easily curable and preventable diseases, we just choose not to. This is largely not a technology problem. Just look at PEPFAR, which saved tens of millions of lives from HIV/AIDS. We just decided to stop funding it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%27s_Emergency_Plan_f...