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As you note, this level of self-awareness may not be sufficient, but is probably at least necessary for information sources to provide the kind of value we expect from them.

It's still encouraging to see, though.

The tradeoffs of homeogeneity and diversity in democracy strikes me as an extremely important topic now, and I was looking forward to the article addressing the most comprehensive study on the issue (that I know of) by Robert Putnam [0].

Unfortunately it seems the author simply acknowledges this as the predominant view, takes a single study on immigration to "prove(!)" the idea wrong, and then credits Nordic success to the "Class struggle" as a mere assertion. But perhaps I missed something.

[0]- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2007....

Many seem to hold as an axiom that action of any sort is the primary measure for success, and the greatest condemnation should be held for those who wish to prevent it. I've wondered how much of this is genuine and how much is a way of championing their party's political goals when in power, while attempting to sound neutral and devoted only to Democracy.

I'm eager to see how well this holds up when the other team holds power.

It's always politically easier to tax foreigners or outsiders more generally.

Having society dependent so heavily on such a tiny fraction of the population makes it particularly vulnerable to events that affect that tiny slice.

Especially for governments that are bad at long term planning for tougher times.

This does highlight the effort to maintain the historic paradigm of health professionals as gatekeepers in the face of wider and easier access to health information.

Fortunately sources like snpedia.com still exist for those wanting to use their 23andme data to do their own exploring without an intermediary, should they choose.

I think it went beyond a marketing ban, unless 'marketing' extends to selling and displaying health related information.

Boy is he gonna feel silly when he discovers that the climate exists

not to mention those who get offended by a comment on HN

This is the most original and convincing argument against libertarianism that I've heard.

It's surprising how prone we are to forget that people act on incentives.

Yes, more identifying data for anyone supporting politically incorrect views, please.

[0]: http://imgur.com/MqxipLU

The HN patriarchy killed the links off pretty quickly

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6903584

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6899946

> However, I worry you want 23andMe to independently validate each of these results before informing customers about them. Worse still would be a demand that the company validate the results with its specific testing kit. It would be cost-prohibitive even for a single company like 23andMe. It would destroy any possibility of competition; even if one company did it, new startups would not be able to.

Looks like a case of the FDA doing what it does best--ensuring the task of medical innovation remains with big pharma, and leaving Americans stunned at the results.