Comments on: Craig Venter synthetic life fallout: P2P pharmaceuticals and fuels? https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/craig-venter-synthetic-life-fallout-p2p-pharmaceuticals-and-fuels/2010/05/31 Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:57:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 By: Poor Richard https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/craig-venter-synthetic-life-fallout-p2p-pharmaceuticals-and-fuels/2010/05/31/comment-page-1#comment-492202 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:57:05 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=8881#comment-492202 Robb put his finger one key problem “the race in on”. In such a race spectacular wrecks are sure to occur. And Venter is last guy I’d want behind the wheel–an imbalanced personality and a significant substance abuse problem from the look of him.

Boyle nailed another problem: “The danger isn’t that Craig Venter has become God, it is that he might become Bill Gates. We do not want a monopolist over the code of life.”

Monsanto legal team enters, accompanied by trumpets and angels, stage right….

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