[sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition

[johanna faust]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:14 AM, mattsenate at gmail.com <mattsenate at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hey Ali,
>
> I'm skeptical given the lack of cited references that can help us
> determine if there are detrimental elements or aspects worth further
> investigation of this new vanilla. I will say I have great respect for some
> of the work of Friends of the Earth (we can also thank them for our board
> room table, wall-mounted steel cabinets and a few other items of furniture
> that Tracy, Marina, and my brother retrieved), and if Patrik's assessment
> is true, I would be very much inclined to get back in touch with them and
> help build a better pipeline for assessing the environmental threats and
> impacts of new technology developments and corporate maneuvers.
>
> This being said, I would be more inclined to engage in creative work as
> resistance of:
>
> (A) Proprietary, exclusive knowledge of the building blocks and patterns
> of life.
> (B) An exploitative practice that directly and negatively affects workers.
> (C) An unfair abuse of the commons.
> (D) The use of genetic modification to fuel industrial farming that limits
> biodiversity, maintains corporate exclusive rights regimes (enforced in the
> courts), and introduces large-scale changes in the practice of agriculture.
>
> I believe in these circumstances, private interests unjustly are held
> above that of the commons and of the people of Earth.
>
> // Matt
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "ali" <ali at riseup.net>
> To: <sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: [sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition
> Date: Mon, Jan 27, 2014 15:39
>
>
> hey everyone,
> i'm very new to the worlds of the sudo room but i thought that there might
> be interest in this design competition on this listserv.
> http://www.etcgroup.org/vanilla-competition
> unfortunately the deadline is in 5 days, but hey, grants have been won in
> less time!
> best,
> ali
>
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