Industrial Economy & Society Our science, technology, economy and society is transitioning from the 19 th century industrial model underpinned by ‘Energy & Matter’ based science, production line technology, a trade dominated economy and consumer society to the - Cellular Economy & Society The 21 st century ‘Cellular Society’ is underpinned by ‘Information, Energy & Matter’ based science such as - – Constructor theory, quantum information, systems biology, epigenetics, – Post-Darwinian evolution (driven by cooperation not competition) where - - Information (communication, culture, ideas & design) is global - Energy production and use is local - Material use (100% recycled, transformed & reused) is local The Transition to a Cellular Society Computer Technology and the global Information Economy is only the first stage of the transition to the Cellular Society. The 2nd stage, which is already underway as energy becomes local & renewable and materials conserved & recycled, is the Programmable Matter Economy based on Constructor Technology. EnGen Institute’s EarthBase development program will enable local self-contained economies or ‘economic cells’ nested within national & regional economies.

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