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TechnologyOrganization2014Topic8:
CrossingtheFourthDiscontinuity
(GeneticMedicineBioprinting)
Topic8ReadingViewing25Things:chapters2122.Barnatt(2011)“CrossingtheFourthDiscontinuity”OR(ideally!)Mazlish(1993)“TheFourthDiscontinuity”(chapter1–andonwards!)Mironov(2011)“FutureofMedicine”Oblate(2013)“ManufacturingLivingThings”Swedin,E.G.(2006)“DesigningBabiesChallengingReality“PlayingatGod”–TVShowand/ortranscriptthereof.PLUSseelinksfrom:
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AQuestion...?
CrossingtheFourthDiscontinuity...AccordingtoBruceMazlish(1993),thefourthdiscontinuityiscrossed(ieabinarydividebetweenhumanbeingsandmachinesceasestoexist)when:
Itisnolongerreasonabletothinkofhumanbeingswithoutmachines,and
Thesameparadigmsexplainandgoverntheworkingofhumanbeingsandmany“artificial”mechanisms.
SynergyandInterdependence...Alreadywecannotalwaysseparate“humanity”and“technology”onthebasisof:
biologicalv.non-biological“natural”v.“artificial”,orevendesignedandmanufacturedv.evolvedInthecomingdecadesorganizationsarelikelytostartplayingagreaterandgreaterroleinproactivehumanevolution.Whattheirstakeholdersdeemacceptablewillthereforeeamajorbusinessissue...
GeneticMedicineForthousandsofyearsmedicinewasbasedonphysicalrepairtechniquesandtheingestionorinjectionofstandardized,genericchemicals.Buttoday,a“post-genomic”ageofmedicineisstartingtoarrive.TheHumanGenomeProjectbeganworkin1990andcompleteditstaskin2003.Alreadythereareover1,000genetictests.ManyareusedforIVFpre-implantationgeneticdiagnosis(PGD).Othersalreadyallow“point,clickandspit”!
ThePharmacogeneticRevolutionTheHGProjectcost$3bnandtook13years.Launchedin2012,aProtonIonSequencercannowreadahumangenomein1dayfor$1,000.PacificBiosciencesarepredictinga15minute,$1,000serviceby
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