SimpleThings: What If You Could Program Your Body Like a Computer?

Imagine waking up one morning and your body has just installed a software update—your immune system is stronger, a genetic bug was quietly patched, and you're now resistant to a new virus that didn’t even exist last year. Sounds like sci-fi? It's not. That’s the direction we're heading with technologies like **mRNA vaccines** and **gene editing**. They work like biological code—tiny sequences that tell your cells what to do. Heal this. Block that. Build this protein. It’s not magic. It’s instruction. But here’s the twist: while this biological coding is getting more powerful, **public understanding is getting murkier**. A recent example? The U.S. government released a quiet statement acknowledging that mRNA isn’t just a vaccine—it’s a **platform technology**. In plain terms: it’s a **biological operating system**. Yet most people still think of it as just a medical shot. Not the beginning of programmable life. The problem isn’t the science. The problem is the **storytelling**. Confusion spreads faster than viruses. And if people don’t understand the tools, they won’t trust them—even if those tools could save lives or extend them. We’re not just vaccinating anymore. We’re coding biology. But first, we need to debug the narrative. _This is part of our SimpleThings series. Full article here →_ [Muddying the Waters: Vaccines, Science, and the New Biopolitics](https://bryantmcgill.blogspot.com/2025/04/muddying-waters-vaccines-science-and.html)

Bryant McGill · SimpleThings: What If You Could Program Your Body Like a Computer?