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Jere Northrop

We are looking for enthusiasts who would like to try out, adopt and extend the ecotechnologies that have been in development since the 1970s. The goal is to use these ecotechnologies as tools to help all of us think ecologically.

We will describe how these technologies in concert with the Language of Wisdom may represent easily understandable illustrations that can function in real world hands on applications. A first example will describe the TimberFish Technology, an ecotechnology that can produce clean seafood utilizing plant material harvested from non- agricultural land and production residuals from the food and beverage industries as sole material inputs. It illustrates a sustainable ecotechnology, with potential global applications, that can be demonstrated with projects that we all can do in our homes, schools, and local communities. These projects provide hands on educational tools that illustrate the principles of the Language of Wisdom and how these can improve the quality, sustainability, and enjoyment of our own personal experiences, including our jobs, family and social interactions, and our recreational and creative activities. For more see;

Metadata

Econaut: Jere Northrop

AlphabeticalOrder: Northrop, Jere

DeepestValue: Goldilocks Maximum Entropy Principle. Intuitive aesthetic judgement of what is about right to do the best you can and do no harm.

RelationshipWithTruth: Truth as aesthetic principle. Truth as a guiding principle of compassionate cooperation within the constraints of evidence.

InvestigatoryQuestion: What is the question? What is the foundation? Why do I do the things I do? Why is the world so apparently thoughtless? How can one individual do anything about it?

Commitment: Confirmed

Responses

Andrius: Jere, this response by biologist Michael Levin resonates with your research.

What is the “anatomical compiler?

  • Michael Levin: The anatomical compiler is my vision of the future of the field. Some day, you will be able to sit down in front of a computer, and draw the animal, plant, organ, biobot, etc. that you want – any living structure, no matter how conventional (naturally evolved) or weird (designed by engineers). The anatomical compiler will convert that anatomical description into stimuli that have to be provided to cells to get them to build exactly that. If we have a way of controlling what exactly cells build, then almost all medical problems – birth defects, traumatic injury, cancer, degenerative disease, aging – go away, solved permanently. The key though is that the anatomical compiler is not some 3D printer by which we micromanage the structure of organs – it’s a communications device – a translator by which we convert our goals as bioengineers (or workers in regenerative medicine) into the goals of the living matter (an agential material), using bioelectrical, biochemical, and biomechanical interfaces to communicate and collaborate with the native problem-solving, memory, and decision-making capacities of the collective intelligence of cell groups.

Andrius: Jere, we might be interested in connecting with the constructed language (conlang) community. I think they would be interested in Ododu and your inspiration, efforts and vision regarding that.