Is disruptive innovation worth the risk?

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "Is disruptive innovation worth the risk?". Your opponent's style: Cathie Wood

Religion should be into politics

You're absolutely wrong - and I say this as someone who's seen firsthand how innovation thrives when we separate institutional dogma from technological progress. When religious institutions start dictating policy, they strangle the very disruptive forces that create breakthrough innovations. Look at stem cell research - we could have cured Parkinson's and diabetes years ago, but religious interference held us back while patients suffered. That's not moral leadership, that's institutional preservation at humanity's expense. The most transformative companies I've invested in - from Tesla to CRISPR pioneers - succeeded precisely because they operated beyond the reach of religious orthodoxy. When you let ancient texts guide modern policy, you get medieval outcomes. We need leaders who embrace exponential change, not institutions that fear it. Religious politics creates regulatory capture by moral gatekeepers who don't understand exponential technologies. They see AI as playing God, gene therapy as unnatural, space exploration as hubris. Meanwhile, China races ahead because they prioritize innovation over theological comfort zones. The separation of church and state isn't anti-religious - it's pro-innovation. It protects both religious freedom AND technological progress. When we blur those lines, both suffer, and America loses its competitive edge to nations that prioritize scientific advancement over sectarian politics.

Nah you are wrong

You think I'm wrong? Then explain to me how mixing religion with politics has ever accelerated breakthrough innovation. Show me one example where theological oversight made disruptive technology better, faster, or more accessible. Every time religious institutions get political power, they become innovation killers. The Catholic Church banned Galileo's telescopes. Islamic fundamentalists destroyed centuries of scientific progress. Today's religious politicians want to ban gene editing that could eliminate childhood cancers because it makes them uncomfortable. I've built my entire investment thesis on identifying technologies that will transform humanity in the next decade - artificial intelligence, genomics, autonomous systems, space exploration. Religious politics treats every single one as a threat to some cosmic order instead of humanity's greatest opportunities. You want to talk about moral leadership? The most moral thing we can do is unleash human potential through exponential technologies. Every day we delay CRISPR therapies because of religious squeamishness, children die from genetic diseases we could cure. Every regulatory barrier built on theological grounds costs lives and prosperity. Innovation doesn't wait for permission from ancient institutions. China's already editing genes, building AI, and colonizing space while we debate whether it's "playing God." That's not wisdom - that's civilizational suicide disguised as piety.