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I am close with a few folks in medical research and the broken nature of the system and sheer amount of red tape has broken their dreams. It is impossible to get anything done.

There is a difference between "reasonable guardrails" and suffocating progress until it's nearly impossible barring Herculean efforts by multibillion dollar entities. It cannot be understated how badly the current bureaucracy has destroyed medical progress.

We are seeing the same problem with nuclear overregulation result in worse outcomes and more deaths for people globally.

There is real suffering and a human cost, measurable in lives, to slowing down progress - just as there is one for reckless progress.



I don’t disagree but the guy below you wants to grow human shells and try head transplants.


This is why we can't have nice things. I don't (mostly) doubt that poster's good intentions, but it takes only a few people with undirected ideas and flexible morals or empathy to necessitate strict rules around medical research.


good! old, dinosaur like systems need to be forgotten already.


Transplant a few heads and suddenly you never get invited to another Christmas party



I maybe wouldn’t put this on my LinkedIn




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