TED Talks
Rob Reid: How synthetic biology could wipe out humanity -- and how we can stop it
TV-PG
2019 • E143 Jun 18, 2019 17mThe world-changing promise of synthetic biology and gene editing has a dark side. In this far-seeing talk, author and entrepreneur Rob Reid reviews the risks of a world where more and more people have access to the tools and tech needed to create a doomsday bug that could wipe out humanity — and suggests that it's time to take this danger seriously.
