March 30, 2022
A DNA database maintained by the New York Police Department (NYPD) is the target of a lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Society. Yahoo! News says the database is comprised of an ever-growing number of genetic profiles of innocent New Yorkers, including children. “The city’s decision to ignore state and federal law while secretly collecting and permanently storing the DNA profiles of thousands of people should send a chill down the spine of every New Yorker,” said Dave Pollock, a Legal Aid lawyer. The September 2018 issue of The Socionomist said crime-solving via genetic surveillance “offers the tantalizing vision of improving human behavior by deterring criminals.” However, it warned that this practice “may prove as seductive as the eugenics fantasy of improving the human gene in the late 1800s and early 1900s.” For a socionomic perspective on DNA collection, read “Serial Killers and Social Mood.”
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The Socionomist enables you to see trend-shaping waves of social mood, as reflected by the stock market — and capitalize on them. The April 2023 issue looks at negative social mood’s influence on the tumultuous history of the Mexican Revolution. Mood Riffs topics include President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects, challenges facing corporate giants, the new workplace trend known as Bare-Minimum Monday, and British Columbia’s effort to relax laws governing hard drugs. Read the April issue when you become a Socionomics Premier Member. 
