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...openness? In 1975, prominent molecular biologists did just that by proposing a moratorium on what were then novel types of gene splicing experiments. This moratorium soon came to seem unduly cautious, but that doesn't mean that it was unwise at the time, since the risk was then genuinely uncertain. But it would be far harder to achieve anything similar today. The research community is much larger, and competition - enhanced by commercial pressures - is more intense. To put effective brakes on a field of research would require international consensus. If one country alone imposed regulations, the most dynamic researchers...
Hafrey said he was uncertain how closely related social spaces were to alcohol consumption. He said, however, that he would back Gross’ initiative...
...important consideration in evaluating a threat is whether it is more likely to do its damage through uncertainty or by bringing about instability. Uncertainty is bad for an economy, but instability is a killer. In uncertain times people worry about whether to postpone a vacation, while businesses put off hiring decisions and reduce spending. In unstable times, people stockpile food or hit the road as refugees, while businesses shutter. Uncertainty focuses on worries about what the future might bring, while instability has to do with upheavals in the here...
...find out. As recently as the 1980s, a cold winter was a curiosity, an outbreak of a new disease, a problem for the third world, and, while the Soviets had many nuclear weapons, they knew better than to use them. Today's tightly connected globe means that uncertain times create a petri dish in which destabilizing fears multiply. Worse, if climate change does come about and those fears become real, the damage will be far greater if we're not prepared...
...uncertainties will be with us for the foreseeable future, dampening spending and investment, and leaving regions prone to sporadic panics. The last thing the public needs right now is another threat on people's minds, but a little more attention to rapid climate change is in order. In an uncertain world, the first order of business is to know what to worry about...