[wddkcs]

It couldn't exist otherwise. The privileged will always be the ones to push the boundaries of any endeavor, medicine included. Have hope that those rewards continue to work their way down, even though the process is long and arduous.

[KingMob]

> It couldn't exist otherwise

That's just a failure of imagination, no? Endless sci-fi stories tell us a better world is possible, including wild genetic treatments curing deafness. Why should that apply to tech, but not society?

[wddkcs]

Name one story where privilege doesn't flow from the top down. That's not a story, that's a fever dream.