You’re definitely challenging a key piece of my perspective here, and I’ve thought a good bit about how to respond. What I’ve come up with, is… I think all of us are involved. The labs don’t exist in a vacuum, and the opinion of the public does have an impact. So I think looking at scopes of agency larger than the individual is a helpful thing to do.
In this piece I’m describing the choice that is getting made on behalf of humanity, from the lens of humanity. Because it really does affect all of us. But that’s also why I take a hands-off kind of approach here, because it’s not necessarily my role to say or know what I think humanity should be doing. I’m just an ignorant grain of sand.
You’re definitely challenging a key piece of my perspective here, and I’ve thought a good bit about how to respond. What I’ve come up with, is… I think all of us are involved. The labs don’t exist in a vacuum, and the opinion of the public does have an impact. So I think looking at scopes of agency larger than the individual is a helpful thing to do.
In this piece I’m describing the choice that is getting made on behalf of humanity, from the lens of humanity. Because it really does affect all of us. But that’s also why I take a hands-off kind of approach here, because it’s not necessarily my role to say or know what I think humanity should be doing. I’m just an ignorant grain of sand.