The second installment in the Contemporary Arts Center's 'Where Do We Go From Here?' speaker series featured renegade scientist-slash-communicator extraordinaire Dr. Andrew Maynard.
The go-to guy for governments and international research institutions alike, Maynard is a scientist with a self-described unhealthy interest in the dark side: "I used to be a bona fide research scientist, but a few years back I entered the alternative reality of science policy and communication. Under the delusion that 'science,' 'policy' and 'communication' are not mutually exclusive, I’ve spent the past few years trying to make sense of what happens when all three come together."
ABOUT ANDREW MAYNARD:
When not writing and talking about science and technology as the author of '2020 Science' (http://2020science.org/about), he directs the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, Risk Science Center (http://www.sph.umich.edu/riskcenter).
ABOUT THE SERIES:
Borrowing from one of this year's exhibition titles ('Where Do We Go From Here?' http://contemporaryartscenter.org/Jumex), we have invited global game-changers of all kinds to the Contemporary Arts Center to answer one question: Where do we go from here? No other rules. Each one is different and each one gets you thinking. Only one thing guaranteed: great conversation. This is what contemporary art can do. This is where the curious come out to play.
Dhani Jones - Friday, November 19, 2010
Andrew Maynard - Saturday, December 11, 2010
Femme Den - Monday, January 24, 2011
Michael Edson- Monday, March 7, 2011
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Andrew Maynard: Where Do We Go From Here?
1. Small Gods...
...and the Art of Technology Innovation
Andrew D. Maynard
Director, Risk Science Center
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, December 11 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
2. “The future's not set. There's no fate
but what we make for ourselves”
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
3. “The future's not set. There's no fate
but what we make for ourselves”
John Connor, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, 1991
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
9. Risk:
Deconstructed
Cause
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
10. Risk:
Deconstructed
Cause Effect
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
11. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
12. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
13. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Action
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
14. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Action Consequences
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
15. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
16. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Harmful
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
17. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Harmful
Decision
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
18. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Harmful
Decision Ramifications
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
19. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Harmful
Constructive
Decision Ramifications
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
20. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Harmful
Constructive
Decision Ramifications
Destructive
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
21. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
Harmful
Constructive
Decision Ramifications
Destructive
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
22. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
(Inaction)
Harmful
Constructive
Decision Ramifications
Destructive
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
23. Risk:
Deconstructed
Good
Cause Effect
Bad
Beneficial
Action Consequences
(Inaction)
Harmful
Constructive
Decision Ramifications
(Indecision)
Destructive
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
30. Felice C. Frankel and George M. Whitesides
No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
31. Felice C. Frankel and George M. Whitesides
No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale
Phantoms
…Faced with something unfamiliar, we are simultaneously curious and afraid. To remind us to be
careful, we construct things that go bump in the night—phantoms, trolls, chain-saw movies.
This field of shimmering light, with unrecognizeable shapes inside, could be anything; best to assume
it’s dangerous! (It is, in fact, a fountain playing over rocks; but no matter.) We treat new technologies
in the same way. At the beginnig, they are all dangerous: fire, the book, steam engines, genetically
engineered bacteria, nanotechnology. But with enough familiarity, we ignore even truly dangerous
ones—nuclear weapons, ubiquitous surveillance, smoking, drinking, the sports channel on TV.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
32. Last Century’s
Risk challenge:
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
33. Last Century’s
Risk challenge:
How do we prevent human instincts
causing more harm than good in a
technology-driven world?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
35. Science:
on,
cti on
pr edi ati
n, evalu
tio e-
rva d r
O bse g an
te stin
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
36. Science:
on,
cti on
pr edi ati
n, evalu
tio e-
rva d r
O bse g an
te stin
Evidence-based
decisions and action
s
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
37. Science:
on,
cti on
pr edi ati
n, evalu
tio e-
rva d r
O bse g an
te stin
Inde
p en
self d en
-cor t an
rec t d
ing
Evidence-based
decisions and action
s
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
38. Science:
on,
cti on
pr edi ati
nct
n, evalu
tio e-
in
bse g an s ti
rva d r
O
es the
stin
nce tak
te
we do Inde
S cie f w hat self
p en
-cor
d en
t an
out o rec t
ing
d
Evidence-based
decisions and action
s
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
40. Risk Science:
Science that supports evidence-
informed approaches to risk
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
41. Risk Science:
Science that supports evidence-
informed approaches to risk
A systematic ap
proach to
evaluating and ad
dressing risk
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
42. Risk Science:
Science that supports evidence-
informed approaches to risk
A systematic ap
proach to
evaluating and ad
dressing risk
A means of separating risk-related
decisions and actions from potentially
harmful instinctive responses
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
43. Risk Science:
Science that supports evidence-
informed approaches to risk
A systemanop ug h?
is eh iatineatnc a proach to
tvalu s g i
But d addressing risk
A means of separating risk-related
decisions and actions from potentially
harmful instinctive responses
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
44. Risk Science:
In the 21st Century
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
45. Risk Science:
In the 21st Century
Coupling
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
46. Risk Science:
In the 21st Century
Coupling
Communication
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
47. Risk Science:
In the 21st Century
Coupling
Communication
Control
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
51. Estimated change in sea surface acidity caused between the 1700s and the 1990s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WOA05_GLODAP_del_pH_AYool.png
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
52. Photo: Andy Gupta
The Colorado river running through Marble Canyon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/77145662@N00/5014081890/
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
53. Aitor Escauriaza
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rotia/619256949/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
61. Geoengineering
Reflected
sunlight
Al2O3
Al 50 nm
BaTiO3
10 µm
Gravitational
alignment
Photophoretic
levitation
Hypothetical material
Keith DW. 2010. Photophoretic levitation of engineered aerosols for geoengineering.
PNAS 107(38): 16429-31.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
62. Nanomedicine
Martin Philbert and Raoul Kopelman
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
63. Synthetic biology
Mycoplasma mycoides JCVI-syn1
J. Craig Venter Institute
Gibson DG, Glass JI, Lartigue C, Noskov VN, Chuang R-Y, Algire MA, et al. 2010.
Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome.
Science 329(5987): 52-56.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
65. DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Concept: Drew
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Endy
66. DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
67. DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
68. DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
69. DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
70. DIGITAL CODE DIGITAL DOMAIN
DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
71. DIGITAL CODE DIGITAL DOMAIN
Sequencing
DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
72. Re-arrange
DIGITAL CODE DIGITAL DOMAIN
Sequencing
DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
73. Re-arrange Write
DIGITAL CODE DIGITAL DOMAIN
Sequencing
DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
74. Re-arrange Write Debug
DIGITAL CODE DIGITAL DOMAIN
Sequencing
DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
75. Re-arrange Write Debug
DIGITAL CODE DIGITAL DOMAIN
Sequencing Synthesis
DNA PHYSICAL DOMAIN
Natural Selection Breeding Biotechnology
Information
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Flow Concept: Drew
Endy
76. Bayley H. 2010. Nanotechnology: Holes with an edge. Nature 467(7312): 164-165.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
79. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project
1988 - 2001
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
80. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project
1988 - 2001
13 years
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
81. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project James Watson
1988 - 2001
13 years
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
82. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project James Watson
1988 - 2001 2007
13 years
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
83. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project James Watson
1988 - 2001 2007
13 years 2 months
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
84. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project James Watson The near future?
1988 - 2001 2007
13 years 2 months
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
85. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project James Watson The near future?
1988 - 2001 2007 2013
13 years 2 months
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
86. Sequencing the Human Genome
Human Genome Project James Watson The near future?
1988 - 2001 2007 2013
13 years 2 months 3 minutes
Science 291:5507, pp. 1304-1351, Nature, 1 June 2007. Nature, 6 February 2009.
2001. doi: 10.1126/science.1058040 doi:10.1038/news070528-10 doi:10.1038/news.2009.86
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
94. Five Pressure-Point Technologies:
Synthetic biology
Digitally designing “life” an
d downloading it into real
ity
Bio-constr
Viruses pro
uction
g rammed to
build new m
aterials
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
95. Five Pressure-Point Technologies:
Synthetic biology
Digitally designing “life” an
d downloading it into real
ity
Geoengin
Planet-wid
eering
e climate
interventio
n
Bio-constr
Viruses pro
uction
g rammed to
build new m
aterials
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
96. Five Pressure-Point Technologies:
Synthetic biology
Digitally designing “life” an
d downloading it into real
ity
Geoengin
Planet-wid
eering
e climate
interventio
n
Bio-constr
Viruses pro
uction
g rammed to
build new m
aterials
Mac
hBett ine-h
er-t
han u ma
-hum
an?
n inte
r face
s
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
97. Five Pressure-Point Technologies:
Synthetic biology
Digitally designing “life” an
d downloading it into real
ity
Geoengin
Planet-wid
eering
e climate
interventio
n
Bio-constr
Viruses pro
uction
g rammed to
build new m
aterials
Mac
hBett ine-h
er-t
han u ma
-hum
an?
n inte
Cognitive enhancers r face
Designer drugs for aspiring high achievers
s
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
98. The 20th century
Risk challenge:
How do we prevent human instincts causing
more harm than good in a technologically
complex world?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
100. The 21st century
Risk challenge:
How do we ensure evidence-informed,
socially-responsive and proactive risk-
decisions in a highly complex, interconnected
and interdependent world?
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
102. Drivers of change:
Complexity: Agents of harm are increasingly
complex, and innovation cycle so fast that
established linear, reactive approaches to
addressing risk are failing
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
103. Drivers of change:
Complexity: Agents of harm are increasingly
complex, and innovation cycle so fast that
established linear, reactive approaches to
addressing risk are failing
Interconnectedness: Increasingly complex
local and global relationships between decisions
and their ramifications
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
104. Drivers of change:
Complexity: Agents of harm are increasingly
complex, and innovation cycle so fast that
established linear, reactive approaches to
addressing risk are failing
Interconnectedness: Increasingly complex
local and global relationships between decisions
and their ramifications
Distributed decision-making: Non-traditional
decision-influencers and decision-makers are
becoming increasingly influential, including
citizens
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
106. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams. BBC, 1981
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
107. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Douglas Adams. BBC, 1981
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
108. Andrew D. Maynard
Director, Risk Science Center
University of Michigan School of Public Health
1415 Washington Heights
SPH I Room 1792
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Email: maynarda@umich.edu
Contact: Hilda McDonald, Tel: 734-615-3050, Email: hildiris@umich.edu
Risk Science Center: http://umriskcenter.org
Blog: http://2020science.org
Twitter: http://twitter.com/2020science
Tuesday, December 21, 2010