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Advanced biotech (CRISPR gene editing, gene drives, personalized medicine) could be the most Disordering technology ever invented. Techniques like gene drives could help us eradicate malaria by sterilising mosquitoes, but could they also spell the end of humanity (by unleashing unintended consequences)? Or release a new pandemic \u2013 think COVID-19 which was likely caused by a lab lead of a manmade super virus \u2013 into the population?\xa0\n\xa0\nWhile biotech offers the potential to revolutionise everything, no one has yet proposed any coherent regulations over this domain. Seeking to learn more about advances in Biotech and how they interact with AI, globalization, and climate change we are joined by Jamie Metzl. Jamie is the author of Superconvergence, and Founder and Chair of the global social movement, OneShared.World. He and Jason discuss the vast opportunities and profound threats that emanate from biotech. Jason puts forth a more socially conservative vision that we need to learn from our collective past, what Jason calls the \u2018French-peasant\u2019 approach, while Jaime poopoos that approach advancing more boldly futuristic solutions.\xa0\n\xa0\nTo Order the Disorder, Jason and Alex discuss whether top-down or bottom-up governance solutions could help solve this issue, and what we need to do to regain the public\u2019s trust in experts.\xa0\n\xa0\nTwitter: @DisorderShow\xa0\n\xa0\nSubscribe to our Substack: https://natoandtheged.substack.com/\xa0\xa0\n\xa0\n\xa0\nProducer: George McDonagh\xa0\nExec Producer: Neil Fearn\xa0\n\xa0\nShow Notes Links\xa0\n\nMega-order Jamie\u2019s book, Superconvergence, at https://superconvergencebook.com/\xa0\xa0\n\nFor more on Jamie\u2019s unbelievable career: https://jamiemetzl.com/\xa0\xa0\n\nAnd his novel \u2018Eternal Sonata\u2019: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28695898-eternal-sonata\xa0\xa0\n\nAnd his theories and extensive public engagement about the origins of COVID-19: https://jamiemetzl.com/origins-of-sars-cov-2/\xa0\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices