Sounds unbelievable, but supposedly it’s true. Human beings designing microbes, new life “systems” to populate the earth to gain ultimate control over … everything. What will Mother Nature do when modified and programmed microbes enter the ecosystem, and you too?
Read the full article on Substack!
The Planetary Bio-Surveillance Grid
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Smartdust
…..but the public is increasingly showing awareness of (and resistance to!) wearable IoT devices and the surveillance state. What is a future-AI-as-god-worshipping-technocrat to do?
Naturally, preferring asymmetric warfare, you change tactics and attack in an invisible way: synthetic biology. You create surveillance microbes, stage a crisis that demands their mass deployment "for your safety." You flood the zone with them, quickly replacing the natural microbiome across farms, forests, foods, guts, and wastewater. Suddenly, humanity is being monitored from within -- no wearable devices, no microchip implants. You welcome the myriad problems this disconnection from our ancestral microbiome will inevitably create, as each offers a chance to further use biotechnology and tighten your grip.
synthetic biology:
One company’s tag line is — Synthetic Biology: Designing Life From Scratch”
From MIT:
Learn how synthetic biologists design, build, and test new living systems for various applications, such as health, energy, and security. Explore the foundational technologies, tools, and challenges of this emerging field at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
