Yeah I'm having some complicated feelings about the argument of this book so far

Like yes I agree that technological progress is often done by private entities in an undemocratic way

Yes I agree that regulatory agencies often take too narrow a view of risk and harm

But, I don't know, it feels like she's kind of arguing that to even develop technology we need a kind of consensus first that has looked at all possible potential harms and

I don't know

that doesn't really sit right with me. Maybe this is because of how trans I am but like I very easily see how this argument can, and in some ways has, been used to try and take away our healthcare as "harmful experiments"

and it doesn't help that she already has characterized nuclear plants as unequivocally dangerous

so I don't know, I'm going to see where she's going with these points