Crossing The Fourth Discontinuity Flashcards
What does Bruce mazlish have say
The fourth discontinuity has already been crossed, a binary divide between humans and machines
When it’s
No longer reasonable to think of humans without machines
The same paradigms explain humans and technology
Synergy and interdependence
Already cannot separate humans and technology
In coming decades organisations will play provocative roles in human evolution
What shareholders deem acceptable will be a major business issue
Tell me about genetic medicine
Medicine has for years been based on consumption of standardised chemicals
What is nanobiosym gene radar
Prevent disease before symptoms are manifested
Rapid gene sequence
Carlson curve illustrates how cheap this technology can become
Genome sequencing may be possible in the 20s for a couple of cents
Could open all sorts of possibilities including luck and pay
What is pharmacogeonomics
Study of how peoples genes affect a response to a drug
Pharmacogenomic revolution?
Value of back catalouge may sky rocket
1000 deaths in US every year due to mismatches in drugs
Assured offers these tests
Genetic therapies?
Correct gene defects by inserting a healthy gene
Designer babies?
Fertility Institute in the US screen for hereditary diseases and offer sex selection with a 100% guarantee
Ethical stance of nations will effect the impact
What is bioprinting
Origins lie with professor nakamura who started development in 2002, by 2008 he could produce biotubing
Nov 2014 organovo started selling exvive bioprinted liver tissue
May 2015 partner with L’Oréal to develop human skin- skin grafts?
September 2016 they developed kidney tissue
Bioprinting horizons
Organ donor lists could disappear
Keyhole techniques could be developed to remove old cells and bioprint new ones
