I think it's interesting that many believe the next wave of innovation and value creation will come from BioTech, and the potential implications that will have for hackers like us.<p>I don't know about anyone else, but frankly it worries me. The beauty of the internet revolution + Moore's law has been that barriers to innovation have become virtually non-existent. It's possible to dream up and build the first iteration of the next world-beating website with no capital or specific education.<p>It seems like the barriers to entry for BioTech innovation, however, will be multiple. To even participate in that world you need a PhD. I don't know what this means about the future for hackers like you or I, perhaps nothing. But I wonder whether this wave of startup innovation will look like a blip on the radar of normalcy in 50 years' time.