The premise of GenerativeGenomics.com is that we are moving into a new kind of fabrication. Since there have been only three in all of human history – organic, craft, and industrial mass production, this is important.  And the new fabrication, rule driven self-assembly, will be highly efficient, it will usher in a new era of material plenty.It appears the military is catching on. This from MIT’s Technology Review:Wednesday, August 25, 2010How DARPA Plans to Reinvent U.S. Manufacturing

by John Lobell

Artificial life (AL) is a concept pioneered by Christopher Langton. Langton starts with the cellular automata (CA) that were originated by John von Neumann and Stanis?aw Ulam, developed by John Conway in his Game of Life, and recently widely promoted by Stephen Wolfram in A New Kind of Science.

The premise of generative genomics is that we will soon be able to manufacture things with the same processes nature uses for the replication and building of living organisms.This will entail some form of synthetic DNA. The processes by which DNA builds proteins is fairly well understood, although we are only beginning to understand morphogenesis, that is how we get from DNA to specific forms, such as five fingers.

The technologies addressed on this site have implications for our humanity that some find disturbing. I contribute to a site called CinemaDiscourse.com on which, in the context of some recent movies. Following are some posts. For more, visit the site. Contributions welcome.

The rise of the machines: A contrarian view, by John Lobell

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