tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post5373289578659512731..comments2020-08-01T22:28:50.016-06:00Comments on Proactive Progressive Populism: Rifkin's new book continuedEdward Bergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7621529782651296685.post-69293607115450637202014-05-23T20:56:57.506-06:002014-05-23T20:56:57.506-06:00Addendum to the last chapter. There was a section ...Addendum to the last chapter. There was a section on how the Commons is affecting medicine that I skipped for brevity. The one aspect of that I did want to mention is 3-D printing's ability to 'grow' human tissue using one's own living cells to prevent rejection. So far they've achieved the creation of some liver tissue and a human kidney. They expect that growing organs and specialized tissues will be commonplace within 10 years.<br /><br />Which reminds me of the movie Transcendence. Recall that was one of the AI's projects, at first making plants, then human tissues, then organs, then people. That part of the movie at least is barely science fiction. (Well, human cloning production is a bit further off.) Also the people who were connected to, and enhanced by, the AI still maintained their individuality but were all connected to each other like the Commons. The movie may very well be a metaphor for the Commons and the emerging IoT smart grid.<br /><br />See this IPS thread for the movie discussion: http://integralpostmetaphysics.ning.com/forum/topics/transdendence-the-filmEdward Bergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864657929019204993noreply@blogger.com