Episode 1607: What Happens When Both Life and the Planet is Programmable?


Author: Andrew Keen July 20, 2023 Duration: 30:52
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Episode 1607: What Happens When Both Life and the Planet is Programmable?

Episode 1607: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to Ted Anton, author of PROGRAMMABLE PLANET, about the brave new world of synthetic biology 

Ted Anton is professor of English at DePaul University. He is the author of several books and has written for Chicago magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and Publishers Weekly. His latest book is PROGRAMMABLE PLANET (2023)

Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.


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