Biology, Tech & Ethics
Snippets and Thought Pieces Curated for Come To Mind Newsletter, Issue #8
Biology, Tech & Ethics
Essays on health technologies and Silicon Valley’s obsession with engineering bodies and minds, from the critic formerly known as “ed-tech’s Cassandra”
Second Breakfast
In this age of utopian technologies, we can design mechanical limbs for amputees and chemically engineer happiness for depressives. But should we? From the fluoride in our water to genetically modified babies, scientific advances pose complex new ethical questions. We ask discuss the major bioethical issues of our time. Is philosophy braced for... See more
Emily Jackson • Lse Festival 2019 | Brave New World [Audio]
It is remarkable that nearly every scientist in genetics research is also engaged in the commerce of biotechnology. There are no detached observers. Everybody has a stake.