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George Church on Singularity 1 on 1: Inactivity and Complacency Are The Most Dangerous Ideas
http://www.singularityweblog.com Dr. "George Church is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world," says Steven Pinker on the front cover of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Regenesis is the recent book that Church wrote together with Ed Regis, where the authors "imagine a future in which human beings have become immune to all viruses, in which bacteria can custom-produce everyday items, like a drinking cup, or generate enough electricity or biofuel to end oil dependency. Building a house would entail no more work than planting a seed in the ground..." These are just few low-hanging fruits that the tree of synthetic biology may provide for us. So why is it that some scared pundits are calling it "the most dangerous idea"?!... During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with George Church we discuss the above plus a variety of other topics such as: how he got interested in genetics and why he considers himself more of a technologist and inter-disciplinarian; the synthetic biology revolution of the past few years (beating Moore #39;s Law by a factor of 6); his views on religion; his dyslexia, high cholesterol and other mutations; 23andMe and DNA testing in general; the difference between genetics and synthetic biology; transhumanism, faith, mirror organisms and mirror humans; intellectual property rights and patenting living organisms; genomics and longevity... My two favorite quotes from Dr. Church are: "Inactivity and complacency are the most ...

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