Synthetic Biology: Synthetic Biology in a Societal Context - Emma Frow

[@JuliaHelen777]

Just a non-expert here: Intuitively/driven by common-sens, I confirm to have arrived at the same findings yet, I'm not as articulate as you summerize it in this presentation. Thank you therefor! I know is a 2016-presentation as set on KZbin yet, "Never too Late", right? As matter of fact, I see these conversations still ongoing, which is a good thing, in my humble opinion.

[@torealityAN]

It was mentioned that the discussion should be reframed around new considerations however, the new considerations are unable to replace or cover the worries voiced by the old ones. Public acceptance is an entirely different dimension than what synbio holds for public good, similarly regulating a technology is different than governing it. So instead of calling it a replacement, calling it a expansion or redirection might be a better idea. In other words, while arguing that we should replace the words or the ideas we talk around, one should be able to more strongly support why it is useless or harmful to talk around those words. Otherwise, it really merely becomes a word-play.

[@sadabetas]

at 26:50 she mentions laboratory skill and knowledge as a potential target for regualtion but this seems kind of hard and impractical to robustly secure knowledge about these skills both because they can be rediscovered/invented from more basic skills but also because in our globalized world more porous countries might leak "secrets" on regulation. what are the alternatives to and practical ways to implement this idea?

[@orxanibrahimov2909]

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