Genetic Enhancement?

Homo Sapiens 2.0? We need a species-wide conversation about the future of human genetic enhancement

May 2, 2016

By Jamie Metzl (@JamieMetzl)

McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT | Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9

After 4 billion years of evolution by one set of rules, our species is about to begin evolving by another.

Overlapping and mutually reinforcing revolutions in genetics, information technology, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, and other fields are providing the tools that will make it possible to genetically alter our future… read more