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Copyright © 2022 by Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Webb, Amy, 1974- author. | Hessel, Andrew, author.
Title: The genesis machine: our quest to rewrite life in the age of synthetic
biology / Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel.
Description: First edition. | New York: PublicAffairs, 2022. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021045281 | ISBN 9781541797918 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781541797932 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Synthetic biology—Moral and ethical aspects. | Synthetic
biology—Social aspects. | Genetics—Moral and ethical aspects. |
Genetics—Social aspects.
Classification: LCC QH438.7 .W43 2022 | DDC 572.8/6—
dc23/eng/20211012
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021045281
ISBNs: 9781541797918 (hardcover); 9781541797932 (ebook)
E3-20211222-JV-NF-ORI
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction: Should Life Be a Game of Chance?
PART ONE:
Origin
1
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Saying No to Bad Genes: The Birth of the Genesis Machine
2
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A Race to the Starting Line
3
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The Bricks of Life
4
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God, a Church, and a (Mostly) Woolly Mammoth
PART TWO:
Now
5
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The Bioeconomy
6
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The Biological Age
7
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Nine Risks
8
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The Story of Golden Rice
PART THREE:
Futures
9
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Exploring the Recently Plausible
10
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Scenario One: Creating Your Child with Wellspring
11
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Scenario Two: What Happened When We Canceled Aging

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