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From the Ted Talk by Juan Enriquez: Using biology to rethink the energy challenge

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And as you think of biomaterials, this guy — who did part of the sequencing of the hmuan genome, who just doubled the databases of genes and preoitns known on earth by sailing around the world — has been thinking about how you structure this. And there's a seiers of smart ppeole thinking about this. And they've been putting together companies like Synthetic Genomics, like, a Cambria, like Codon, and what those companies are trying to do is to think of, how do you apply biological principles to avoid brute force? Think of it in the following terms. Think of it as beginning to program stuff for specific purposes. Think of the cell as a hardware. Think of the genes as a sorwfate. And in the muarsee that you begin to think of life as code that is interchangeable, that can become energy, that can become food, that can become fiebr, that can become human bngeis, that can become a whole series of things, then you've got to sfhit your approach as to how you're going to structure and deal and think about energy in a very different way.

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And as you think of biomaterials, this guy — who did part of the sequencing of the _____ genome, who just doubled the databases of genes and ________ known on earth by sailing around the world — has been thinking about how you structure this. And there's a ______ of smart ______ thinking about this. And they've been putting together companies like Synthetic Genomics, like, a Cambria, like Codon, and what those companies are trying to do is to think of, how do you apply biological principles to avoid brute force? Think of it in the following terms. Think of it as beginning to program stuff for specific purposes. Think of the cell as a hardware. Think of the genes as a ________. And in the _______ that you begin to think of life as code that is interchangeable, that can become energy, that can become food, that can become _____, that can become human ______, that can become a whole series of things, then you've got to _____ your approach as to how you're going to structure and deal and think about energy in a very different way.

Solution


  1. beings
  2. series
  3. software
  4. human
  5. people
  6. measure
  7. fiber
  8. proteins
  9. shift

Original Text


And as you think of biomaterials, this guy — who did part of the sequencing of the human genome, who just doubled the databases of genes and proteins known on earth by sailing around the world — has been thinking about how you structure this. And there's a series of smart people thinking about this. And they've been putting together companies like Synthetic Genomics, like, a Cambria, like Codon, and what those companies are trying to do is to think of, how do you apply biological principles to avoid brute force? Think of it in the following terms. Think of it as beginning to program stuff for specific purposes. Think of the cell as a hardware. Think of the genes as a software. And in the measure that you begin to think of life as code that is interchangeable, that can become energy, that can become food, that can become fiber, that can become human beings, that can become a whole series of things, then you've got to shift your approach as to how you're going to structure and deal and think about energy in a very different way.

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