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More personal.
More distributed.
More human.
This is not AI replacing doctors or farmers.
It’s AI amplifying them—bringing the power of biologics
to the edge of the map, the margins of the system, and the
heart of every community.
And that—quietly, intelligently, and organically—is how
you change everything.
7.6 – A New Hippocratic Oath: Durable, Ethical,
Local
Medicine has long been governed by a simple, ancient
principle: First, do no harm. This tenet of the Hippocratic
Oath has guided generations of clinicians through the
evolving terrain of human suffering and scientific
advancement. But it was written in an era of bloodletting
and mysticism, not billion-dollar monoclonal antibodies
and AI-optimized lettuce plants.
Today, we live in a world where the most advanced
therapies may never reach the patients who need them
most—not because they’re unsafe or ineffective, but
because they’re expensive, fragile, or gated by systems
designed for control rather than compassion.
As our tools change, so must our ethics.
In the age of edible biologics—plant-grown, AI-guided,
orally delivered therapies—"do no harm" must mean
more than avoiding side effects. It must include confronting
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