As you pointed out, the genie IS about of the bottle... and an almost infinite capacity to *"explore possibilities"* seems to be part of human nature. At one time, the *intent* behind the efforts of an evil empire like Monsanto was *to end world hunger* which is (to my way of thinking) a noble enough goal... but then the intent gets misappropriated. 

So that leaves us trying to....? What? *Control* the fruits of our natural curiosity? Somehow teach a better *value set?* Making the notion of *controlling the world* socially and tangibly unattractive? 

Don't really have any answers, just more fuel for the fires of discussion....