Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2017-06-15
Books mentioned on 291. Evolution, Accelerated
A breakthrough in genetic technology has given humans more power than ever to change nature. It could help eliminate hunger and disease; it could also lead to the sort of dystopia we used to only read about in sci-fi novels.
Stephen Dubner discussed A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A. Doudna and others and The Genome Factor by Dalton Conley and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Crack in Creation
A Crack in Creation by Jennifer A.
Discussed“She wrestles with all this in a book she co-wrote with another CRISPR researcher, Samuel Sternberg. It's called A Crack in Creation. Why the title?”
Where to get it
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The Genome Factor
Discussed“So Dalton, the subtitle of your book is What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals About Ourselves, Our History, and the Future. Just begin by telling me, what do you mean by the social genomics revolution?”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Genome Factor
“Dalton Conley teaches sociology and population studies at Princeton. And I'm the co-author of The Genome Factor.”
Passing The Genome Factor
“That's Jason Fletcher. He's an economist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and he's Conley's co-author on The Genome Factor.”