Great article and great points! Definitely helping me shape my perspective on what the future really is becoming.

Now we see a company that is seeking to aid you in getting paid for your genetic information. That is right; research laboratories will rent out your genetic data. Actually, they already do this through organizations such as 23andme and AncestryDNA. The only difference, like with Google and Facebook, you are not the one to get paid.

From what I've read, third parties are already finding loopholes or other means to acquire their own "piece" of your DNA. Taking these DNA tests from Ancestry or other similar companies might mean you're giving much more away than what you think, unless you're an expert at understanding the fine print of what they really have the rights to do and not just clicking I AGREE.

At some point, one begins to wonder if the only two choices when it comes to one's DNA (moving towards the future) is either to be completely safe on one end, and avoid DNA tests/donations that may already give out genetic (or any other personal information) out or.. cash in on it yourself before it's too late?

Over the next few years, people are going to be paid (in tokens) for a multitude of different things they do. At present, we can get paid to post, comment, and upvote, do web searches, listen to the radio, and share our computer memory. In the not too distant future, everything 14 year old boy will be paid to watch porn (so much for mowing lawns).

I'm finding out more and more that you have to capitalize on yourself, your content, and others, while contributing to/investing in the community at large, rather than getting used by Facebook/Google, thinking you're part of a community, but they're tossing your information around left and right to 3rd parties. As for the porn comment, I heard about this a month ago from a friend and thought at first it was a joke, but .. apparently Vice Industry is working on that and their tokens...

Moving forward we have to keep an eye out for other opportunities to capitalize on that we do daily.. at home sleeping studies? Maybe your Samsung smart fridge will offer you tokens to take stats of your contents? Who knows? I wouldn't be too surprised. I just hope we choose to be on the right side of "our" information.