[ExI] non-physician heal thyself

Henry Rivera hrivera at alumni.virginia.edu
Sat Apr 1 00:22:12 UTC 2017


> On Mar 31, 2017, at 2:10 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 9:15 AM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com>wrote:
>> Mike Dougherty wrote:  Right.  I expect our civilization will be very different by the time molecular assembly is something we can do at home.
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>> I will be very interested to hear what is going to cause big changes in our society, in your opinion, and what they will be.  (Or maybe you meant that such a change would be very far in our future?).
>> 
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> I was thinking the technology for average joe & jane (aka 'proles') to have a magical countertop maker that's able to produce any molecules you want by pushing a button is far off.  

This is what I had in mind:

https://www.ted.com/talks/lee_cronin_print_your_own_medicine?language=en

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2015/08/11/why-it-matters-that-the-fda-just-approved-the-first-3d-printed-drug/

-Henry
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