As always, I appreciate Lee's challenges to innovation mythologies, and I very much agree with his point that we overlook attending to problems associated with established technologies (e.g., septic tanks and mobile homes) in favor of anticipating problems that more glamorous new kids on the block may or may not produce. Nonethelss I do think that paying independent researchers to anticipate the dangers of powerful new technologies is better than letting those new technologies be deployed without consideration of their potential risks, especially considering that the amounts of those grants generally pale in comparison to the millions the government pays to encourage the development of powerful new technologies, in fear of "falling behind" other nations in the race to profit from their development. I realize Lee is not arguing against reasonable precaution, only about over-hyped dangers of technologies that may or may not be deployed. Nonetheless I believe that deployment for gain without due recognition of risk remains the rule. My biggest concern regarding this essay is a personal one: Lee, if you were serious about hammering down shots of bourbon to wash down handfuls of antidepressants and benzodiazepines, please, be careful!