Juan Enriquez: Will our kids be a different species?
Juan Enriquez: Werden unsere Kinder eine andere Spezies sein?
Juan Enriquez thinks and writes about the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will bring in business, technology, politics and society. Full bio
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[Nur ungefähr 2.000 unserer Spezies überlebten eine große Dürre in Afrika.]
[Stellen Sie sich noch ein paar Wochen ohne Regen vor ...]
[Wir hätten nie Einstein, Gates, Feinman, Bezos, Pele, Anderson, Colbert, Stein, Gaga, Giussani gesehen ...]
[Es gibt Jahrzehnte, in denen nichts passiert ...
Und es gibt Wochen, in denen Jahrzehnte passieren.]
[Andeutungen der Unsterblichkeit]
[hyper-wahrnehmungsfähig, hyper-mnemonisch, hyper-aufmerksam]
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Juan Enriquez - FuturistJuan Enriquez thinks and writes about the profound changes that genomics and other life sciences will bring in business, technology, politics and society.
Why you should listen
A broad thinker who studies the intersections of these fields, Enriquez has a talent for bridging disciplines to build a coherent look ahead. He is the managing director of Excel Venture Management, a life sciences VC firm. He recently published (with Steve Gullans) Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation Are Shaping Life on Earth. The book describes a world where humans increasingly shape their environment, themselves and other species.
Enriquez is a member of the board of Synthetic Genomics, which recently introduced the smallest synthetic living cell. Called “JCVI-syn 3.0,” it has 473 genes (about half the previous smallest cell). The organism would die if one of the genes is removed. In other words, this is the minimum genetic instruction set for a living organism.
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