Or, towards positive, humanistic, speculative bio-design

TLDR: I discuss how I think about biodesign and differentiate my view form others. I begin to outline what’s entailed in a human oriented approach t… I note favorite works and what I like about them.

• Biodesign, life design, ecocentric design, are areas of creative work. The work is conducted with a mixture of implicit value-basis, including non-impact
• I begin to scope / outline a humanistic approach to this sphere of creative work
• I hold human flourishing as the ultimate basis of value
• Speculative work includes: futures with flourishing humans, cost/benefit/likelihoods analysis with respect to human flourishing
• Look at the larger history and possible future of human augmentation of our biological environment
• Endorses thoughtful augmentation of biological and non-biological elements of the human environment - including past and future agricultural technology, useful genetic modification of food, increasing popularity of edible animals and containment or segmentation of predatory species as healthy choices
• Pulls from commonplace examples such as landscape architecture, pets, gardening

Endorses the health of other

Also note important outstanding questions

Attempt to scope this as consistent with Jason Crawford, Epstein, Rand, frameworks

Notes the immense usefulness of bio-inspired design, awareness of other organisms and systems in or relating to our surroundings and during any design process, the utility of biological analogy in analysis and design of varied systems (social, mechanical, digital), the utility of studying the sensorial perspectives of other animals as A) inspiration for novel human sensory experiences (e.g. sensory augmentation or enhancement via wearable equipment, or immersive spatial experiences that focus on

Opens up the entire array of non-human organisms to the application of human agency for the enrichment of the human experience