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Jamie Metzl Presented By University Book Store
THIS EVENT IS NOW FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND WILL BE HELD AT UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE, SEATTLE, at 7 PM on 5/10.
From leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist Jamie Metzl comes a groundbreaking exploration of the many ways genetic-engineering is shaking the core foundations of our lives sex, war, love, and death.
At the dawn of the genetics revolution, our DNA is becoming as readable, writable, and hackable as our information technology. But as humanity starts retooling our own genetic code, the choices we make today will be the difference between realizing breathtaking advances in human well-being and descending into a dangerous and potentially deadly genetic arms race.
Enter the laboratories where scientists are turning science fiction into reality. Look towards a future where our deepest beliefs, morals, religions, and politics are challenged like never before and the very essence of what it means to be human is at play. When we can engineer our future children, massively extend our lifespans, build life from scratch, and recreate the plant and animal world, should we?
Passionate, provocative, and highly illuminating, Hacking Darwin is the must read book about the future of our species for fans of Homo Deus and The Gene.
About the Author:
Jamie Metzl is a leading technology futurist and geopolitical expert, media commentator, and senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. He previously served in the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as a human rights officer for the United Nations in Cambodia, as executive vice president of the Asia Society, and as chief strategy officer for a biotechnology company.
Jamie appears regularly on national and international media, and his syndicated columns and other articles on international affairs, genetics, virtual reality, and other topics are featured regularly in publications around the world.
A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former White House fellow and Aspen Institute Cown fellow, Jamie holds a PhD from Oxford, a JD from Harvard Law School, and is a magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brown University.
He lives in New York City. Visit him online at jamiemetzl.com.
This event will be held at University Temple Methodist Church and there is free parking across the street in the University Book Store's parking lot - on a first come, first served basis.
Doors will open at 6 PM. Your ticket price includes one copy of the book plus entry for two people.
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LocationUniversity Temple United Methodist Church The Sanctuary (View)
1415 NE 43rd Street
Seattle, WA 98105
United States
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