Episode 111: Professor George Church on Genetics and DNA Technology

Subscribe at 1984today.substack.com for weekly dystopian news and special updates!De-ageing in dogs! Genetic scanning in dating apps! The Singularity!All this and much more came up in this fascinating conversation with Professor George Church, the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Professor Church is a founding member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, and the Director of PersonalGenomes.org, the world’s only open-access information on human genetic, environmental, and trait data.His work was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Human Genome Project, the first successful global initiative to sequence the human genome. He has co-founded around fifty biotech companies, and in various surveys and lists has been counted among “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” and “The Top 8 Famous Geneticists of All Time.”We discuss the current state of genetic research, look at how DNA innovations could help or intrude upon us, and compare dystopian ideas on where genetic science is headed.It’s a dizzying time to be alive, and the future is rich with worries and wonders!https://www.1984.today This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1984today.substack.com