I'm not saying that people should be stopped from doing what they want. I'm just saying that thinking about what standards you should hold yourself to is not a bad idea. Just because you can drink a ton of alcohol doesn't mean its a good idea. The problem is that with advanced technologies the things you can do but probably will have consequences you won't like are far more complex and numerous than they are now. At least trying to come up with a framework to deal with these issues is something futurists ought to do.

Let me ask you. Would you really want to spend a century pursuing nothing but hyper-depraved hedonism just because you can and would you personally respect someone who did that?