TED Talks

Harvey Fineberg: Are we ready for neo-evolution? (2011x29)

Air date: Apr 25, 2011

Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally -- or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smarter, faster, better. Neo-evolution is within our grasp. What will we do with it?