[ExI] The coming meme wars

[Charlie Stross]

On 29 Sep 2012, at 14:42, David Lubkin <lubkin at unreasonable.com> wrote:

> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120928103802.htm
> Bioengineers Introduce 'Bi-Fi' -- The Biological 'Internet'
> 
>> Using the virus, Ortiz and Endy have created a biological mechanism to send genetic messages from cell to cell. The system greatly increases the complexity and amount of data that can be communicated between cells and could lead to greater control of biological functions within cell communities. The advance could prove a boon to bioengineers looking to create complex, multicellular communities that work in concert to accomplish important biological functions.
> 
> I see how this could be very useful, but I keep flashing to Stephen
> Baxter's One True.

John Barnes, surely?


-- Charlie