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Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee

Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee

FromGZERO World with Ian Bremmer


Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee

FromGZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Dec 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the past decade, we’ve seen an explosion in medical and biotechnologies like gene editing with CRISPR, synthetic organs, cloning, and AI-powered prosthetics that are helping to eradicate disease, improve the human condition, and enhance our brain power. These developments have radically transformed our understanding of the human body and what we thought was possible. But like most new tech, there’s also potential for misuse, privacy concerns, and ethical implications. Gene editing can cure debilitating diseases but also lead to designer babies. AI learning algorithms can power neural implants but also potentially create new chemical weapons.    Ian Bremmer delves into that tension on the GZERO World Podcast with Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician and biologist whose new book, “The Song of the Cell,” explores the science, history, and technology behind what he calls “the new humans.”  
Released:
Dec 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The United States will no longer play global policeman, and no one else wants the job. This is not a G-7 or a G-20 world. Welcome to the GZERO, a world made volatile by an intensifying international battle for power and influence. Every week on this podcast, Ian Bremmer will interview the world leaders and the thought leaders shaping our GZERO World.