My occasional newsletter “Technopotheosis” (a portmanteau of ‘technology’ & ‘apotheosis’) is about “Art, ethics, synthetic biology and my glamorous life as construction laborer and unsung literary genius”.
This year synthetic biology in general, and CRISPR in particular have been the main focus. The next issue will be coming out later this week. You may have read about this incident, which has been getting a lot of discussion in various publications and forums, including Fast Company: Modifying Your Own Genes Is Just An Injection Away–If You’re Feeling Lucky <https://www.fastcompany.com/40477808/genetic-modification-is-just-an-injection-away-if-youre-feeling-lucky> Biohacker Josiah Zayner wants to create a world where anyone is free and able to experiment on their own DNA. https://www.fastcompany.com/40477808/genetic-modification-is-just-an-injection-away-if-youre-feeling-lucky <https://www.fastcompany.com/40477808/genetic-modification-is-just-an-injection-away-if-youre-feeling-lucky> This article describes the performance by Zayner in a small conference room at a synthetic biology conference in San Francisco. As described, it plays out like a scene from one of my novels, only transposed to a really second rate movie. Which I can attest to, since I was one of the 30 or so people in the room when Zayner injected himself with DNA & the CRISPR enzyme. I’ll be writing about that in the next issue of Technopotheosis, so that should give you a feel for the kind of topics it addresses. The very ugly and uninformative Technopotheosis signup page is here: http://johnsundman.com/mail-list-sign-up/ <http://johnsundman.com/mail-list-sign-up/> When you join the list you get a free (ebook) copy of my novel Biodigital. Regards, jrs > On Oct 24, 2017, at 4:24 AM, WordPsmith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Folks: > > Do you subscribe to any interesting email newsletters that hold interesting > news / updates / links to things happening within particular disciplines? > Things that interest the practitioners in those fields and have not yet made > it into the realm of the general media? > > If so, please send your recommendations. I’m interested in every field — the > arts, law, history, architecture, bioethics, the sciences — anything. The > only thing there seems to be an excess of out there is tech and VC > newsletters: I’m well stocked with those. But any other field at all — I’d be > grateful for your suggestions. > > (It’s possible someone on the list has broached this topic before, I realise.) > > S
