I don’t particularly disagree with the piece, but it’s striking how little effort is put in to make this resemble a news piece or a typical Vox explainer. It’s just blatant editorializing (“Please do this thing I want”) and very blatantly carrying water for the–some how non-discredited–EA movement priorities.

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    1 year ago

    “If there’s an order for Ebola that’s being ordered by the CDC in Atlanta, that’s great,”

    said no one sane, ever.

    How about: “We have an installation in the CDC’s BSL-4 laboratory where we print dangerous DNA on demand, and a second installation in their BSL-2 space where we print less-dangerous material. Nothing ever has to leave the building.”

    That would be something close to rational policy.