Interview with Natalie Jeremijenko 87
cynical writes "From releasing packs of Feral Robot Dogs that sniff out chemical contamination, to teaching Yale engineering students socially responsible design, to co-authoring Biotech Hobbyist Magazine, Natalie Jeremijenko's work merges engineering, biology, politics and art. Enviro-tech blog WorldChanging has an exclusive interview with Jeremijenko where she discusses how art and technology mix, garage biotech, and being the "Q" (from James Bond) of the activist community."
Re:i'm so glad i caught THIS article (Score:1, Insightful)
I mean, is this worldchanging biotechnohobbyist a really a renaissance genius, or just a jack of all trades and master of none (well, perhaps masteroftechnobullshit). Look at the publication list on her c.v. - hardly anything technically deep, with rather random unconnected topics. Things like growing walnut tree clones for the next 50 years, the innovation being that there's going to be a website to keep track of it. It sounds like she's someone who can't maintain focus, who gets bored with one thing and moves to the next. Aargh! I'm sorry, there's just something about it that rubs me the wrong way. In fact it makes me want to scream and pull my hair out, and I just can't pin down the reason why.
Am I the only one who has this reaction to her?
Re:i'm so glad i caught THIS article (Score:1, Insightful)
That's a really mature answer. The fact that a criticism is delivered by someone who may not have "done" anything, is still a valid criticism if it contains good solid facts. Maybe you're not old enough or have enough experience with academia yet, but her CV is weak and shows no depth in any subject.
It's precisely people like you who cannot see through this person's self-promotion that make any activist initiative easily disregarded by the Establishment.