Hacking Darwin
by Jamie Metzl · first published 2019
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"When we can engineer our future children, massively extend our lifespans, build life from scratch, and recreate the plant and animal world, should we?... 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
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In order to understand my position on "IQ", you should read the book "Hacking Darwin", which actually covers the question of what IQ is at length. I hope that it alters your position on IQ a little bit, what aspects of it are hereditary, and how the nature of life can alter it.
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