Year: 2022

A BIOLOGICAL PROBLEM = AN INFORMATION ISSUE. "What stymies the very few national security and law enforcement experts closely following this biological revolution is the realization that the key component is simply information. While virtually all current laws in this field ... restrict and track organisms of concern ... tracking information is all but impossible." http://lnkd.in/dyGvsfW View in LinkedIn

BIOLOGY IS INFORMATION. "In biology, the use of informational terms implies intentionality, in that both the form of the signal, and the response to it, have evolved by selection. Where an engineer sees design, a biologist sees natural selection." (John Maynard Smith, 1999) http://lnkd.in/dS_7Ct7 View in LinkedIn

LANDMARK IN SYNBIO. "Scientists have created the first synthetic chromosome for yeast in a landmark for biological engineering. Previously synthetic DNA has been designed and made for simpler organisms such as bacteria. The genes in the original chromosome were replaced with synthetic versions and the finished manmade chromosome was then successfully integrated into a yeast cell." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26768445 View in LinkedIn

INFORMATION IS THE KEY ISSUE. "The origin of genes, of cells ... All are concerned with the storage and transmission of information."(John Maynard Smith, 1999) http://lnkd.in/dS_7Ct7 View in LinkedIn

DNA IS HEART OF BIOINFORMATION SYSTEM. "DNA ... A genuine information system, which is composed of a coder, a transmitter, a receiver, a decoder, and an information channel in between. No such components are apparent in a chemical system." (I admit that I have taken this quote out of context). http://lnkd.in/dS_7Ct7 View in LinkedIn

THE FIFTH ESSENTIAL CURRENCY. "The established physical picture of Reality rests on four currencies: space, time, matter and energy. For a century a fifth category, information, begins to be consistently viewed as an essential component of this picture." http://lnkd.in/dgrSGJW View in LinkedIn

EASE OF 'BIOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT' through advances in synbiology, the decrease in the costs of key scientific work, and the democratization of science have definitely colluded to make the work a less secure place today. Whether it be crooks and scammers trying to steal using these techniques, or whether it be the crazy loner, or organized extremists, there is no way to unknown what we know today. View in LinkedIn

CYBER SECURITY LESSONS. "If our experience with cyberspace is any indication, these developments will unfold unpredictably, yet there are important lessons to be learned. The internet was built for redundancy, not security. As a result, we have the omnipresent spectre of cybercrime looming over us." http://lnkd.in/dkjx-Yi View in LinkedIn

PROTECTING LIFE'S OS. "Before we enter the age of programmable biology, we must contemplate what we might do differently to avoid the mistakes we made in our development of silicon-based computing ... seriously considering how we will protect the world's original operating system." http://lnkd.in/dkjx-Yi View in LinkedIn

CYBER BIOLOGY. "Thirty years ago, the future lay in programming computers. Today, it’s programming cells." http://lnkd.in/dTQVWrg View in LinkedIn