80k After Hours Highlights: #164 – Kevin Esvelt on cults that want to kill everyone, stealth vs wildfire pandemics, and how he felt inventing gene drives
Oct 30, 2023
Kevin Esvelt, researcher on gene drives and pandemic prevention, discusses the risks of biological weapons, motives behind people wanting to kill everyone, predictions of biotechnology misuse, evolutionary tradeoff in pandemics, and the need for reliable monitoring to detect genetic engineering threats.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
Exploring the Motives Behind People Wanting to Kill Everyone
03:31 • 3min
Predictions of Biotechnology Misuse and Controversial Virology Research
06:57 • 6min
Evolutionary tradeoff in pandemics
13:05 • 8min
Detecting Genetic Engineering and the Need for Reliable Monitoring
21:02 • 6min