Is Moore's Law truly the primary informational context or just a convenient comparison point?
The actual operational efficiencies in genome sequencing came from concrete lab improvements, perhaps a 90th percentile impact, not from reading a paper that scored a 10th percentile on direct influence for a lab technician.
For example, when the cost of sequencing dropped from millions to under \100,000 for one full genome, it was due to things like better chemical reagents and faster robotic pipetting, which are practical gains, not abstract principles.
That informational context might be a 6 out of 10 for historical perspective, but it had a near-zero impact on the daily choices that reduced costs in labs like the one Carmen used.