099 - Mitigating Risk in Biotechnology




Human Current show

Summary: In this episode, Haley interviews George Church, who is a professor at Harvard and MIT. Church talks with Haley at the Ninth International Conference on Complex Systems about his presentation on the evolution of modern biotechnology and the implications of existential risk within this field. He also talks about the goals and mission of the BRAIN Initiative, which he co-initiated in 2011, as well as why he believes people should have access to their own genome.