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Hacking Darwin

Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity

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Hacking Darwin

By: Jamie Metzl
Narrated by: Eric Martin
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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-listen book about the future of our species for fans of Homo Deus and The Gene.

©2019 Jamie Metzl (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books Biological Sciences Evolution Evolution & Genetics Future Studies Genetics Science Social Sciences Technology Genetic Disease

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Tried so hard with this but felt I missed a lot of learning due to the narrator sounding like a more annoying version of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory. Really distracting.

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This book is a great read and provides amazing thought experiments to really delve into at home it's extremely informative and is a real eye opener not just as to what our future holds technologically but also morally and ethically along with the potential traps we could fall to, I found my mind wondering for hours after each read (which I guess isn't hard) which only makes for better reading

A must read for all those scientifically minded

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only so far in but ... this is a great, mind changing, and energy enthusing listen so far.

only so far in but,

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This is an excellent and important work and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the near future. In many ways it's the book that I hoped the disappointing Homo Deus by Harari would be.
The audio-book narration however is truly dreadful, and I had to work hard not to let it distract me from the book's content. Imagine someone whose regular day job is doing voice-overs for cheesy American commercials who think it's necessary to do an impression of a Star Trek Vulcan because he's reading a science book.
Buy the printed version!

An excellent book, shame about the narration.

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Metzl takes what is an incredibly complex topic and chops it into digestible, understandable chunks. What is genetic engineering? Where are we with the technology? What's possible? Who are the big players? What're the dangerous? The geo-politics and ethics? All soundly covered. Found it fascinating, especially in terms of what is possible, imagining what the future human could look and be like and the kinds of choices parents could potentially need to make in future. It's a brave new world and I it feels like most of us aren't prepared for it...

Accessible, broad-spectrummed and fascinating

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