From b4e8cf0b252c2c5c54011504119180dc6b19ac4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wellspringcp <69349872+wellspringcp@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 16:46:09 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Create 10-03-genetic-engineering.md --- 10-miscellaneous/10-03-genetic-engineering.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 10-miscellaneous/10-03-genetic-engineering.md diff --git a/10-miscellaneous/10-03-genetic-engineering.md b/10-miscellaneous/10-03-genetic-engineering.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aea95ec --- /dev/null +++ b/10-miscellaneous/10-03-genetic-engineering.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Wellspring: Genetic engineering: + +Fully privatize it: don't allow people to modify species which they cannot fully privatize and control and keep restricted to their own private property. For example, you can modify your dog, but not mosquitoes. Place the burden of proof on the modifier and owner to prove that they can in fact, contain the modified creature and its progeny, and also ban germ line editing in those creatures. +The same for crops/plants: no germ line editing which you cannot prove you can contain to your own farm/greenhouse (vertical farming is a boon here). +