“We have got to the point in human history where we simply do not have to accept what nature has given us” – Jay Keasling C.E.O. of the Department of Energy’s new Joint BioEnergy Institute (from The New Yorker Magazine article “A Life of It’s Own” by Michael Specter)
In regards to the manufacturing of biological entities in order to advance human industrial, commercial and biological ends.
Put a helmet on before he blows your mind. Read the full article (mind you it’s a tad long, but that’s why the New Yorker is great) here.