In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Jennifer Doudna about the gene-editing technology CRISPR/cas9. They talk about the biology of gene editing, how specific tissues in the body can be targeted, the ethical implications of changing the human genome, the importance of curiosity-driven science, and other topics.
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#386 — Information & Social Order
#385 — AI Utopia
#384 — Stress Testing Our Democracy
#383 — Where Are the Grown-Ups?
#382 — The Eye of Nature
#381 — Delusions, Right and Left
#380 — The Roots of Attention
#379 — Regulating Artificial Intelligence
#378 — Digital Delusions
#377 — The Future of Psychedelic Medicine 2
#376 — How Democracies Fail
#375 — On the Attempted Assassination of President Trump
#374 — Consciousness and the Physical World
#373 — Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
#372 — Life & Work
#371 — What the Hell Is Happening?
#370 — Gender Apartheid and the Future of Iran
#369 — Escaping Death
#368 — Freedom & Censorship
#367 — Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values
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