A lot of parents, they just want kids who are 15 % better than they are. And i don't think we've thought through that in the least. But won't parents discriminate against having strange or weird or unusual children? So maybe a stranger person has a higher chance of being a genius. The crisper capability is just another, a, a bullet in the holster that can be fired.
The surgeon, researcher, and celebrated writer joined Tyler for a conversation on why Watson will never diagnose your illness, what George Church’s narcolepsy teaches us about CRISPR, what’s missing in medical education, Michael Crichton’s cultural influence, Knausgård versus Ferrante, indie music, and the thing that makes Gawande “bawl like a baby.”
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Recorded June 12th, 2017 Other ways to connect