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Making new lifeforms is about

the coolest job ever. Seriously, I am awed by the way people still get offended by the theory of evolution, cloning, and stem cell research, while the biotechnologists could now easily make new species with some funky lego-like biological blocks. No, seriously.

Yes, I’ll come up with a posthuman Lacanian critical theory analysis or some other funky stuff sooner or later, but right now I’m just awed by the sheer imbalance of technological literacy in the world we live in.