The Cost of Generating a Human Genum in Two Thousand Seven

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In two thousand seven, three design students in san francisco started a company called air b and b. In two thousand six, the internect crossd a billion user. The cost of sequencing a human genum falls to ten million dollars before going over cliff like an e k g heading for a hard attack. Right when our physical technologies took off, we entered the deepest recession since 19 29.

Earlier this month we were joined by Thomas Friedman as he brought his wisdom and insight to the world’s current predicaments: How should the West respond to an emboldened China? How do we rebuild the global economy so that it creates prosperity for everyone, not just the few? And how, above all, should we handle the tectonic shifts – technological, demographic and political – that are reshaping our world today?

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