Technofetishist

“ [...] Not that there will be much difference left between biology and engineering at this point. Beyond the fascinating (and contentious) history of the philosophical and religious debate over the definition of life, viewed purely phenomenologically a computing machine that can duplicate, program, and recycle itself has the essencial attributes of a living system. Von Neumann studied self-reproducing automata in order to understand life; progress in that understanding is now leading up to the creation of something very much like life. Once a machine becomes capable of reproducing itself, there's not much difference left between personal fabrication and the fabrication of a person. ”

— FAB - Neil Gershenfeld