It’s a dark thought, and the sort of thing only a futurist would think of. Which is why I’m not surprised that Bre Pettis, founder and CEO of the 3D printing company Makerbot, brought it up. When I asked him about 3D-printed organs earlier this summer at the Northside Festival, a conference in Brooklyn, he told me that 3D-printed body parts won’t become a reality until autonomous vehicles arrive to market. It makes for a surprising connection between two futuristic technologies.

这是一个阴暗的想法，只有未来主义者才会产生这样的联想。因此当3D打印公司Makerbot创始人兼首席执行官布利o佩蒂斯抛出这个问题时，我并不感到意外。今年夏初，在布鲁克林的北边艺术节（Northside Festival）上，我询问他关于3D打印器官的问题，他回答说，直到自动驾驶汽车上市，3D打印人体器官才会成为现实。两项富于未来气息的技术就这样意外地联系在了一起。

“The self-driving car is coming, and right now, our best supply of organs comes from car accidents,” he said. “So, if you need an organ you just wait for somebody to have an accident, and then you get their organ and you’re better.” I suggested that was a dark way of looking at it.

佩蒂斯说：“自动驾驶汽车就要来了，而目前，人体器官的最佳来源是车祸。也就是说，如果你需要进行器官移植，你必须得等待有人出车祸。获得遇难者的器官后你就会好起来。”我说，这种看法可够阴暗的。

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