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Eben Kirksey: The Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans
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Eben Kirksey: The Global Race to Genetically Modify Humans

On today's episode, Eben Kirksey, author of The Mutant Project, discusses what this new era of scientific inquiry mean for the future of the human species.

EBEN KIRKSEY is an American anthropologist and Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He has been published in Wired, The Atlantic, The Guardian and The Sunday Times. He is sought out as an expert on science in society by the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Democracy Now, Time and the BBC, among other media outlets. He speaks widely at the world's leading academic institutions including Oxford, Yale, Columbia, UCLA, and the International Summit of Human Genome Editing, plus music festivals, art exhibits, and community events. Professor Kirksey holds a long-term position at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia.

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