[ExI] Why space tech isn't cutting edge

[spike]

From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Brent Allsop
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 9:08 AM
To: Dan; ExI chat list
Subject: Re: [ExI] Why space tech isn't cutting edge

 

 >.What troubles me, is why is medical technology even worse?  For example,
I have an insulin pump (artificial pancreas) because I'm a type 1 diabetic.
So, their basically happy to let me make mistakes and destroy my life, as
long as they aren't providing anything that would expose them to any risk.
Brent Allsop

Clearly, we need some work on that legal system.  We should have a subset of
insulin pumps in which the users are declared experimental pilots, who
assume the risks themselves, indemnifying the manufacturer, who will do the
best they can to save your life.

 

Our liability system is holding us back in so many ways Brent, not only in
your specific case.  If cars were just being invented today rather than in
the late 1800s, they would be functionally illegal.

 

spike

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