The Times Tech Podcast

Genomic Prediction’s Stephen Hsu: “Making superhumans will be possible”

Mar 11, 2022

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We're Not Touching It at All, Right?

02:27

Is There Anything in Genetic Predictors That Will Stop That Era of Genetic Engineering?

02:31

IVF Screening

03:52

Introduction

5min

What Is Genome Prediction?

2min

Genetics and Human Genotypes - What's the Problem?

2min

Genetics

2min

Is There a Risk of Breast Cancer?

3min

Genealogy - Is Your Data From 23?

4min

Genome Prediction

4min

IVF Screening

4min

Are You All Over the World?

2min

10.

Genetic Screening

2min

11.

Do We Have a Moral Obligation to Tell the Family?

2min

12.

We're Not Touching It at All, Right?

2min

13.

We Need to Beat China, We Need to Make Better Humans

3min

14.

Is It Racism or Eugenicis?

4min

15.

Are You Obsessed With Notsy Germany?

2min

16.

How Much Did You Reduce Your Skitzophrenia Risk?

3min

17.

The Scale Tip for a Fertility Clinic?

3min

18.

Is There a Future for Downs?

3min

19.

Is There Going to Be a Society Wide Discussion of Genomic Prediction?

3min

20.

Is There Anything in Genetic Predictors That Will Stop That Era of Genetic Engineering?

3min

21.

The Science of Pliotropy, Is It Possible?

2min

22.

Is Denmark the Future of Pregnancy?

4min

The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Stephen Hsu, co-founder of Genomic Prediction, to talk about the plummeting price of genomic sequencing (5:00), predicting height and cancer (9:10), mining biobanks (14:25), scoring embryos (19:00), why investors are staying anonymous (28:00), the need for a society-wide discussion (32:30), when he was accused of being a eugenicist (37:25), how powerful genetic prediction can be (43:15), genetic engineering (49:45), and why Denmark is the future (59:30).

See Stephen Hsu's podcast here: https://www.manifold1.com/

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The Times Tech Podcast

Genomic Prediction’s Stephen Hsu: “Making superhumans will be possible”

We're Not Touching It at All, Right?

Is There Anything in Genetic Predictors That Will Stop That Era of Genetic Engineering?

IVF Screening

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