Sat October 15, 2016
The Science (Fiction) of Genetic Engineering and Life Extention
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In author Jamie Metzl’s new sci-fi novel Eternal Sonata, immortality is in the hands of a few rogue scientists – and the future of human life extension is closer than we think. Futurist Ray Kurzweil calls Eternal Sonata “brilliant,” and New York Times bestseller Deborah Spar calls it “a meditation on being human in an age when technology promises to change everything.” Join JCC East Bay in conversation with the author on the science of hacking immortality.
Jamie Metzl is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, novelist, blogger, syndicated columnist, media commentator, and expert in Asian affairs and biotechnology policy. He appears regularly on national and international media discussing Asian economic and political issues. His syndicated columns and other writing on Asian affairs, genetics, virtual reality, and other topics are featured regularly in publications around the world.
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Jamie Metzl is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, novelist, blogger, syndicated columnist, media commentator, and expert in Asian affairs and biotechnology policy. He appears regularly on national and international media discussing Asian economic and political issues. His syndicated columns and other writing on Asian affairs, genetics, virtual reality, and other topics are featured regularly in publications around the world.
In author Jamie Metzl’s new sci-fi novel Eternal Sonata, immortality is in the hands of a few rogue scientists – and the future of human life extension is closer than we think. Futurist Ray Kurzweil calls Eternal Sonata “brilliant,” and New York Times bestseller Deborah Spar calls it “a meditation on being human in an age when technology promises to change everything.” Join JCC East Bay in conversation with the author on the science of hacking immortality.
Jamie Metzl is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, novelist, blogger, syndicated columnist, media commentator, and expert in Asian affairs and biotechnology policy. He appears regularly on national and international media discussing Asian economic and political issues. His syndicated columns and other writing on Asian affairs, genetics, virtual reality, and other topics are featured regularly in publications around the world.
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Jamie Metzl is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, novelist, blogger, syndicated columnist, media commentator, and expert in Asian affairs and biotechnology policy. He appears regularly on national and international media discussing Asian economic and political issues. His syndicated columns and other writing on Asian affairs, genetics, virtual reality, and other topics are featured regularly in publications around the world.
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