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Hacking Darwin
Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity | Jamie Metzl
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After 3.8 billion years humankind is about to start evolving by new rules... From leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist Jamie Metzl comes a groundbreaking exploration of the many ways genetic-engineering is shaking the core foundations of our lives -- sex, war, love, and death. At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. But as humanity starts retooling our own genetic code, the choices we make today will be the difference between realizing breathtaking advances in human well-being and descending into a dangerous and potentially deadly genetic arms race. Enter the laboratories where scientists are turning science fiction into reality. Look towards a future where our deepest beliefs, morals, religions, and politics are challenged like never before and the very essence of what it means to be human is at play. When we can engineer our future children, massively extend our lifespans, build life from scratch, and recreate the plant and animal world, should we? Passionate, provocative, and highly illuminating, Hacking Darwin is the must read book about the future of our species for fans of Homo Deus and The Gene.
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RamsFan1963
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Although the author was given to moving down odd tangents, I found the book enlightening. Some fear the idea of modified human, some welcome the idea of creating an elite form of man. Of course any genetic engineering is frought with images of eugenics and the Nazis, but it's a future that's coming whether we want it or not. 3🧬🧬🧬 1/2
1st book finished for #ReadYourWay readathon. @TheSpineView

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Eventhough author goes off the track at many times it was a good read more about genetics than future. Author wants a discussion to happen among society due to this book which will definitely happen. Mainly because of some taboo topics which he broke

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Each technological revolution enables the next, and the time between each revolution becomes shorter and the impact bigger. Futurist Ray Kurzweil called this process the “Law of Accelerating Returns.” Kurzweil predicted that the entire amount of technological change achieved in the twentieth century would be achieved in only the first fourteen years of the twenty-first century

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