open source biology
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/20370
biology is the leading natural science of the 21st century and we will see open source hacking of life pretty soon.
add some nano tech and cyberpunk for good measure.
this is a serious issue, much more so than many current themata in ICT. as with all tech it's thrilling to see the possibilities and benefits as well as the gained knowledge.
but we shall not forget the potential downsides as well, as knowing human nature the downsides will be massive. so responsible humans need to be very aware of things to come and apply 'white hat' hacker ethics before the dark side takes over.
biology is the leading natural science of the 21st century and we will see open source hacking of life pretty soon.
add some nano tech and cyberpunk for good measure.
this is a serious issue, much more so than many current themata in ICT. as with all tech it's thrilling to see the possibilities and benefits as well as the gained knowledge.
but we shall not forget the potential downsides as well, as knowing human nature the downsides will be massive. so responsible humans need to be very aware of things to come and apply 'white hat' hacker ethics before the dark side takes over.