One of the good things about the public Human Genome Project is that the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health spent a part of their budget on the ethical, legal, and social implications of their research. Juan Enriquez budgetdepartmentenergy share on social
We have to make sure that when we make choices as a society, people understand the choices, agree with them, and are behind them. Otherwise, the system is going to fall apart. Juan Enriquez agreechoicefall Change image and share on social
The margin for making mistakes has gotten much smaller. In a commodity economy, it's hard to kill off your business. You still have the mine. You still have oil wells. You can always rebuild. In a knowledge economy, if you make a mistake, you're in trouble. Juan Enriquez businesscommodityeconomy share on social
I think we're going to move from a Homo sapiens into a Homo evolutis:... a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over the evolution of his species, her species and other species. Juan Enriquez controldeliberatedirect Change image and share on social
It's not completely inconceivable that someday you'll be able to download your own memories. Juan Enriquez completelydownloadinconceivable Change image and share on social
If you want to compete in bioinformatics, first you need to compete for really smart people. You need really smart people who understand how to manipulate nanomolecules. Juan Enriquez bioinformaticscompetemanipulate Change image and share on social
The difference between humans and Neanderthals is .004 percent of gene code. That's how big the difference is, one species to another. Juan Enriquez 004bigcode Change image and share on social
