Thanks for writing up a version for the forum, and congrats on finishing your thesis!
I thought this was useful and clearly written. I particularly liked the discussion of the tension between BWC Articles IV and X, which I hadnât thought about. And very interesting re your detailed digging into IGSC companies and that many of them donât take it very seriously. Shows gov regulation is more important, perhaps. That would be wild if the companies would actually be contractually obliged to not deny dangerous orders in some case!! I know next to nothing about law, but it reminds me of something I have wondered for a while about whether shareholders could sue a company for being too moral and not ruthlessly shareholder-value-maximise-y enough (if the company eg made a donation, or moved away from fossil fuels or tobacco, more than is optimal for PR).
Have you reached out to Braden Leach? Seems well worth it if you havenât yet. I donât know him, but we have a few mutual LinkedIn connections.
Similarly for Piers Millet, could be worth contacting himâI can put you in touch if you want, though he often seems very busy.
A minor terminological quibble: you write âmost of them do not include genetic sequences in their domestic transfer control listsâ (and various other similar uses of âgenetic sequenceâ). On face value I would interpret this as being about whether you are allowed to transfer the intellectual property of a computer fine with a DNA sequence. Whereas I think what you are referring to is rules on the transfer of physical nucleic acid molecules (which are of a particular genetic sequence). I havenât looked into whether my usage is standard, but my sense is a âsequenceâ more connotes an abstract noun unlike âmoleculeâ for the physical noun.
Thanks Oscar. I appreciate your comment about genetic sequences, which I have now edited throughout to refer to âphysical genetic sequencesâ. Yes I have reached out to Braden Leach, once in the middle of my research and again once I had finished the dissertation, although I havenât heard from him since. I have been thinking about getting in contact with Piers Millet about my ideas for IBBIS for a while, so an introduction with him would probably be a good idea.
Thanks for writing up a version for the forum, and congrats on finishing your thesis!
I thought this was useful and clearly written. I particularly liked the discussion of the tension between BWC Articles IV and X, which I hadnât thought about. And very interesting re your detailed digging into IGSC companies and that many of them donât take it very seriously. Shows gov regulation is more important, perhaps. That would be wild if the companies would actually be contractually obliged to not deny dangerous orders in some case!! I know next to nothing about law, but it reminds me of something I have wondered for a while about whether shareholders could sue a company for being too moral and not ruthlessly shareholder-value-maximise-y enough (if the company eg made a donation, or moved away from fossil fuels or tobacco, more than is optimal for PR).
Have you reached out to Braden Leach? Seems well worth it if you havenât yet. I donât know him, but we have a few mutual LinkedIn connections.
Similarly for Piers Millet, could be worth contacting himâI can put you in touch if you want, though he often seems very busy.
A minor terminological quibble: you write âmost of them do not include genetic sequences in their domestic transfer control listsâ (and various other similar uses of âgenetic sequenceâ). On face value I would interpret this as being about whether you are allowed to transfer the intellectual property of a computer fine with a DNA sequence. Whereas I think what you are referring to is rules on the transfer of physical nucleic acid molecules (which are of a particular genetic sequence). I havenât looked into whether my usage is standard, but my sense is a âsequenceâ more connotes an abstract noun unlike âmoleculeâ for the physical noun.
Thanks Oscar. I appreciate your comment about genetic sequences, which I have now edited throughout to refer to âphysical genetic sequencesâ. Yes I have reached out to Braden Leach, once in the middle of my research and again once I had finished the dissertation, although I havenât heard from him since. I have been thinking about getting in contact with Piers Millet about my ideas for IBBIS for a while, so an introduction with him would probably be a good idea.