{"product_id":"on-the-future-of-species-by-adrian-woolfson-9781526670977","title":"On the Future of Species","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The book we need right now ... Essential reading' \u003cb\u003eProfessor Tom Ellis, Imperial College London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Visionary and exhilarating ... A work of astonishing scope and imagination' \u003cb\u003eTim Coulson, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Little History of Everything: From the Big Bang to You\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fascinating read ... I thoroughly recommend for all audiences' \u003cb\u003eProfessor Mumtaz Patel, President of the Royal College of Physicians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImagine a future where we grow houses rather than build them. Where smartphones are living, clothing has opinions, and all human knowledge fits into a speck of DNA. A world where disease is a thing of the past, and the human lifespan is dramatically extended.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo achieve this, says Adrian Woolfson – founder of the genome writing company Genyro – we must transform biology into a predictive, programmable engineering material. That means decoding the generative grammar of DNA: the language of life itself. \u003cb\u003eIt may then be possible to author genomes\u003c\/b\u003e – and, if we choose, even rewrite our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are at the cusp of a technological revolution, driven by the convergence of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. Currently at the scribbling phase – writing the genomes of viruses, bacteria and yeast – we will eventually author the genomes of extinct and never-before-realised species. \u003cb\u003eLife will become computable, detached from its past, and no longer bound by Darwinian evolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile offering extraordinary opportunities, this power also carries great risk and \u003cb\u003eit is vital for everyone to understand what the future might hold\u003c\/b\u003e. Genome writing can help preserve the planet, but may also undermine human nature and disrupt ecosystems. Bold, visionary and deeply original, \u003ci\u003eOn the Future of Species\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean essential guide to how we should navigate this astonishing new world\u003c\/b\u003e, offering a moral compass to help us do so safely, wisely and ethically.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Explores the profound opportunities and challenges that arise when we turn evolution upside-down' \u003cb\u003eJohn-Arne Rottingen, CEO of The Wellcome Trust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An intriguing and disturbing analysis of a biological revolution' \u003cb\u003eRobin McKie, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47548199764204,"sku":"9781526670977","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/de4387fffbbce2ed7c77820eb58eadfb.jpg?v=1776908533","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/on-the-future-of-species-by-adrian-woolfson-9781526670977","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}