This thread tells me none of you understand at all how this biometric tech works.

1st the health concerns:

Palm reading systems are most likely vein pattern readers. They do not need a surface to be touched and can read from about 6 inches away. Making them touch less.

Second the way these systems work, they scan a pattern assign a number to it and then when checking again they only verify the number. At no point do they store what your hand looks like. The storage for that would be massive and worthless. It makes no sense at all from a technical point.

And even less sense to sell as data. What they could make more money on is selling your account payment information in correlation to the where, when, and what you got. Which they can and most certainly already do. Because there are no laws saying they can't.

I understand that some people may prefer certain traditional technologies or practices, such as using a coal stove or a record player. However, there are many benefits to living with modern technology that can improve our quality of life and make everyday tasks easier and more efficient.

For example, modern heating systems, such as electric heaters, can provide more consistent and efficient heat compared to coal stoves. Modern infrastructure, while it may include some older components, has also been designed and built with safety and efficiency in mind. In addition, advances in automation and robotics have made it possible to perform many tasks more accurately and efficiently than humans, freeing up time and resources for other activities.

While it is true that some tasks may be better suited for human handling, such as driving in certain conditions, it is also important to consider the potential benefits of technology and how it can help us to achieve our goals more effectively. Ultimately, the decision to use modern technology or traditional practices is a personal one, and it is important to find a balance that works best for each individual.

The racehard is cause I had a sticker from 2004 that said race hard on it. I see cars as machines to take us from point A to point B. Hell if they could do it with zero input from us even better. That will eventually be the world we live in.

Should we also save the mules and give them a dedicated lane on the highway?

A few years ago my computer science professor went on a tangent about a colleague of his working on scaffolding apparently they were working on trying to create an agnostic cartilage material that would be in theory treated with indifference by the immune system. And that onto that material the cells of an organ could be sprayed on. The idea, (and I admit that it was explained in a high concept without details.) was that you would use the healthy liver cells of the subject to in practice grow a new liver. Thereby bypassing Immuno suppressors

That was back in 2016, I am not sure how far along that research currently is. But when we were told about it the outcome was not optimistic until 2030's.

One day that will no longer be the case, once 3d printing technology reaches into bioprinting we may yet see true freedom in medical synthesis. Sure it will likely be outlawed but it will also be impossible to regulate much how it is now possible to fully 3d print guns at home. 10 years ago they looked like a joke, nowadays you can barely tell them apart at a glance. In another decade even an expert will have a hard time to know without handling them. Who knows how far the technology will take us.

For those that can afford it.