29: Jamie Metzl - The Bio-Hacker will see you now, Ready or Not
Get every episode summarized
Each time The Portal publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
About this episode
Former National Security analyst turned author Jamie Metzel has written a book called Hacking Darwin. The book attempts to use storytelling to explore where we are as the new era of rewriting our cells and ourselves gets into full swing. Here he sits down with Eric to explore the negatives and positives of our seemingly ineluctable future of God-like power to rewrite biology. Together they discuss the role of story telling and fiction in understanding cutting edge science, the limits of bio-hacking regulation and the rise of mainland China as the outlying superpower of state sponsored experimentation.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Personna Razors: Amazon.com/personna Code RAZORS25
Express VPN: Expressvpn.com/PORTAL
Boll and Branch: BollAndBranch.com and use code PORTAL
Lamps Plus: lampsplus.com/PORTAL
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Get every episode summarized
Each time The Portal publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from The Portal
42: Cashing Out My Trump & IDW Positions
The Portal
41: Douglas Murray - Heroism 2020: Defense of Our Own Civilization
The Portal
40: Introducing The Portal Essay Club - What if everyone is simply insane?
The Portal
39: Admission To Sugar Baby U.
The Portal