Makes sense. I think that advancing knowledge and teaching/sparking interest in the next generation are equally important. On one hand, advancing knowledge benefits everyone, and ultimately leads to improving life. On the other hand, without the interest and participation of the next generation, who is there to carry on plans, projects, and big, untested ideas? That being said, I think there will always be people who are passionate about DIY Bio, so I guess we shouldn't be too worried about whether or not future generations will pick up where we leave off. That's the beauty of DIY Bio -- the world is changing and advancing moreso now than ever before, and biology/technology/engineering will only become increasingly important in the future.
On Sunday, February 3, 2013 10:36:53 AM UTC-5, John Griessen wrote:
On 02/02/2013 02:48 PM, Taylor R. wrote:--
> reach out to the uninformed public and spark in interest in DIY Bio, especially with kids. I think this is perhaps the most
> admirable aspect of the whole movement -- thoughts?
I'm more interested in advancing knowledge than teaching young ones what is already known.
Bio knowledge has the greatest potential for improving life -- more than machinery, even
though machinery is what I do...
So, why non-academic bio? That's just where I can do the most -- I like working on small
scale low cost machines for lab work rather than being a team member working on a $60K
system marketed by a sales force... And it will be great fun one day when a collection of little
networked lab machines can snap together to do the equal of one of those $60K systems
in analysis or automated production.
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