Instead, Silver envisions a new generation of creative thinkers who cut and paste disparate materials to make something new that holds personal meaning for them -- like what artists and writers have been doing for centuries but on a broader scale.
After graduating from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Thanedar founded his own lab, working with clients to remove carcinogenic chemicals from their products and to formulate new ones, such as the black paste football players smear under their eyes.