Biologically Engineered DNA Data Storage will be a Layer of the Convergent Exponential Tech Stack

Interesting discussion of DNA storage [via OODA] – Science fiction has probably done a huge disservice to the emerging bioeconomy, depicting any engagement with biology-based entities or systems with what always seems to include the prerequisite unseemly, fear-inducing, salivary-esque, sometimes lugubrious blob-like, purple or green, mucousy, gelatin substance. Or Tom Cruise crawling around on all fours to put his eyeball ball in his socket as Pre-crime agent John Anderton in the seminal Minority Report. We argue that the bioeconomy will lead all industry sectors into a fascinating (and anything but fear-inducing) future filled with abundance and promise – including DNA-based data storage capabilities. DNA Data Storage? Yes. Let’s start there.