The news of computer created DNA and thus the human creation of life
is a bit late. The chemistry has been with us for some time. So far,
all I've seen in the media has the same old form - religious idiots
and paranoid ethicists who don't give a damn about the world really,
but want to spout anti-erudition as though this is clever. My feeling
is that this stuff is as significant as the agricultural revolution
and probably more so.
The eventual stuff that interests me is the potential to change
perception through biological means and build something worthier than
humanity rather than just a life of hanging about until Rapture (my
bet is the velocoraptors will get the Xtians) or evolution's next
catastrophe appreciating art or erotica.
