Synthetic Biology's Worst Case Scenario
Rob Reid warns that synthetic biology is an amoral technology that has the potential to be wielded by lone individuals and cause destruction beyond our imagination. He urges us to think about worst-case scenarios that could plausibly happen in the next 10-20 years and protect ourselves against them.In this clip
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