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Fireside Chat: A Plan for Humanity with Bryan Johnson
youtube.comUnknown Mexico: A Record of Five Years’ Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre.
Christopher McDougall • Born to Run
forensic investigator of small data, or emotional DNA—a hunter, almost, of desire—a
Martin Lindstrom • Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends
The metaphor of DNA as a blueprint or instruction manual is not correct given the prevalence of transposons; rather it is “part library and part zoo, with the unruly creatures of the menagerie constantly tearing into the pages, creating mutation and mayhem” (p. 177).
Book review – Selfish Genes to Social Beings: A Cooperative History of Life, writte
... See moreIt 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.
Michael Crichton • Jurassic Park: A Novel
Archaeologists can excavate a sunken ship in Denmark and determine that it was built in Ireland. Analysis of ancient DNA can make reliable sex determinations of the dead, tease out their family relationships, and even reveal the colour of their eyes and hair; it also makes possible the wider tracking of migrations and larger demographic change.