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The Farmer & Farmer Review . Modern Medicine . Medicine Men

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Some companies will not want to carry this ethical burden, so they will ignore these kinds of questions. You can see this eschewal of duty in other domains. Cigarette companies know their products cause cancer, but they sell them anyway. Fast food companies know their meals cause obesity and diabetes, but they serve them anyway. When something's very good for business, ethics often take a second seat. But there will be other companies that accept this ethical burden, and choose to use their powers wisely. We can call such companies “medicine man companies” — behaving like medicine men for the species. A medicine man company would observe a given community, society, or even a whole civilization, and try to sense what's ailing it. Then, it would create technological interventions to counteract those ailments. It would use software as a kind of medicine, traveling into the world and subtly altering the behavior of people. A medicine man company would become a new kind of healthcare provid

The Farmer & Farmer Review . Modern Medicine . Medicine Men Some companies will not want to carry this ethical burden, so they will ignore these kinds of questions. You can see this eschewal of duty in other domains. Cigarette companies know their products cause cancer, but they sell them anyway. Fast food companies know their meals cause obesity and diabetes, but they serve them anyway. When something's very good for business, ethics often take a second seat. But there will be other companies that accept this ethical burden, and choose to use their powers wisely. We can call such companies "m

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