Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity
Our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. The resulting genetic revolution is poised to transform our healthcare, our choices for the characteristics of the next generation, and our evolution as a species. The future could bring breathtaking advances in human well-being, but it could also descend into a dangerous genetic arms race.
These claims are made in the recent book "Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity", https://hackingdarwin.com/ by Technology Futurist Jamie Metzl, https://jamiemetzl.com/
Jamie's view is that society isn't at all ready for the fast-approaching future of widespread genetic hacking.
Here is some feedback for his book:
*) “An outstanding guide to the most important conversation of our lives” — Ray Kurzweil
*) "A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD
This 90 minute live London Futurists webinar also featured, in addition to Jamie Metzl, two other distinguished panellists:
*) Nessa Carey, http://www.nessacarey.co.uk/ is a virologist, researcher, and Visiting Professor in Molecular Biology at Imperial College London. Nessa is the author of "The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance", "Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome", and, most recently, "Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures", https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hacking-Code-Life-editing-rewrite/dp/1785784978/
*) Joyce Harper, http://joyceharper.com/ is Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London. She is Director of Education at the IfWH, Head of the Department of Reproductive Health, and Director of the Centre for Human Reproduction. Joyce started working on preimplantation genetic testing in 1992 and was one of the founders of the PGT Consortium. She was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics working group on genome editing, https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/genome-editing-an-ethical-review and spoke in an Oxford Union debate in 2019 in favour of the motion: This house believes that genetic engineering will undermine the nature of humanity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zne2gx-q_mM
The webinar took place from 4pm UK time on Saturday 16th May. There were a number of small audio and video glitches during the webinar, but hopefully they won't detract from the quality of the conversation.
For more information about this event, see https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists/events/270343432/
Join London Futurists on Meetup at https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists
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These claims are made in the recent book "Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity", https://hackingdarwin.com/ by Technology Futurist Jamie Metzl, https://jamiemetzl.com/
Jamie's view is that society isn't at all ready for the fast-approaching future of widespread genetic hacking.
Here is some feedback for his book:
*) “An outstanding guide to the most important conversation of our lives” — Ray Kurzweil
*) "A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD
This 90 minute live London Futurists webinar also featured, in addition to Jamie Metzl, two other distinguished panellists:
*) Nessa Carey, http://www.nessacarey.co.uk/ is a virologist, researcher, and Visiting Professor in Molecular Biology at Imperial College London. Nessa is the author of "The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance", "Junk DNA: A Journey Through the Dark Matter of the Genome", and, most recently, "Hacking the Code of Life: How gene editing will rewrite our futures", https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hacking-Code-Life-editing-rewrite/dp/1785784978/
*) Joyce Harper, http://joyceharper.com/ is Professor of Reproductive Science at the Institute for Women’s Health, University College London. She is Director of Education at the IfWH, Head of the Department of Reproductive Health, and Director of the Centre for Human Reproduction. Joyce started working on preimplantation genetic testing in 1992 and was one of the founders of the PGT Consortium. She was a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics working group on genome editing, https://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/publications/genome-editing-an-ethical-review and spoke in an Oxford Union debate in 2019 in favour of the motion: This house believes that genetic engineering will undermine the nature of humanity, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zne2gx-q_mM
The webinar took place from 4pm UK time on Saturday 16th May. There were a number of small audio and video glitches during the webinar, but hopefully they won't detract from the quality of the conversation.
For more information about this event, see https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists/events/270343432/
Join London Futurists on Meetup at https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists
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