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Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth Audiobook
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A sweeping, paradigm-shifting account of how evolution is no longer driven just by nature but also by human choices Why are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin was alive today, how would he explain this new world? Today’s humans have developed such profound capabilities for redesigning bacteria, plants, animals, and ourselves that random mutation and natural selection are no longer the primary determinants of which species survive and how they change over time. Evolution is now increasingly driven by two forces: Unnatural Selection (what lives and dies has to do with human desires and choices, not the natural ability to reproduce and thrive) and Nonrandom Mutation (our techniques have gotten so precise that we can drastically alter the genetics of any life form). Evolving Ourselves is a chronicle of how life is evolving to meet our specs and choices, of how we can change our own biology, and of the unintended consequences for future generations. It proves that how we use our enormous power over life forms and our ability to engineer new environments will determine nothing less than the survival of humanity.
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About the Authors
Juan Enriquez, bestselling author, businessman, and academic, is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the economic and political impacts of life sciences. He is currently Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy LLC, a life sciences research and investment firm. He was the Founding Director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project, and author of the global bestseller As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth. He earned a BA and an MBA from Harvard, with honors.
Dr. Steven R. Gullans, serves as a Managing Director of Excel Venture Management and Excel Medical Fund, LP At Excel, Dr. Gullans focuses on life science technology companies with particular interest in broadly applicable disruptive platforms. He has over twenty-five years of experience as a scientist and an entrepreneur in both the academic and corporate sectors. He is an experienced investor, entrepreneur and scientist. He was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital for nearly twenty years, where he pioneered the application of microarrays and bioinformatics to the discovery of novel drug targets, disease biomarkers, and therapeutics.
About Rob Shapiro
Rob Shapiro is a musician, writer, voice actor, and Earphones Award–winning narrator. He performed several seasons of radio comedy on Minneapolis Public Radio and voiced the titular lion in Leo the Lion. He is a musician and composer with his critically acclaimed band Populuxe. He is also a business consultant and software system designer.