On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:47:07 +0000 Simon Mclennan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unfortunately BBC iPlayer link to the Horizon programme "Playing > God" was only up for a short time and apparently not available > outside the UK. It's available until 10:29PM Tue, 24 Jan 2012. If you use Linux, you can install get_iplayer to 'record' the show for viewing at your convenience. James. > > What shocked me, and I think the programme makers, was the advanced > stage bio-hacking has reached. I for one find it worrisom that > people are sharing genetic code in digital form in a network online - > making it possible to basically start monkeying with genetic code, > splicing together bits of code, and using animals to make their > experiments. > > Is it just me, or does anybody else think it's way past time that > this whole deal be properly debated. Goats with spider genes to make > silk from their milk to make new stronger than kevlar materials > (think military - think money). And this is just the start. > > They also re-booted some dead bacteria - by inserting a new code > - !!!??? > > Science and ethics!!!???!!! > > I challenge all netbehavours to make art about this!! > > Simon > > PS Gandhi said that India should remain rural - locally self > sufficient for basic needs - While the British (I am one of them) > built the railways and exploited the whole place for mineral wealth. > And now with technology running rampant in our lives, scientists > blandly start messing with life like good old Dr Moreau and his > leopard people. > > Hakim Bey is still good listening on the subject http:// > www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3HyRtdu1o0 > > -- http://jwm-art.net/ image/audio/text/code/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
