Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The World of Yesterday: Steve Hsu on polygenic scores, gene editing, human flourishing

 

I really enjoyed this long conversation with Dan Schulz, an MSU engineering grad who works in tech. Dan did his homework and we covered a lot of important topics.

Transcript: https://www.danschulz.co/p/3-steve-hsu 
Apple: https://apple.co/44eTSrJ 
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3P03SzN 

Timestamps
 
(0:00:00) - Intro 
(0:00:33) -  Genomic Prediction 
(0:05:54) - IVF 
(0:12:34) - Phenotypic data 
(0:15:42) - Predicting height 
(0:28:27) - Pleiotropy 
(0:39:14) - Optimism 
(0:45:03) - Gene editing 
(0:48:27) - Super intelligent humans 
(1:01:27) - Regulation 
(1:06:36) - Human values 
(1:17:38) - Should you do IVF? 
(1:26:06) - 23andMe 
(1:29:03) - Jeff Bezos 
(1:34:29) - Richard Feynman 
(1:43:43) - Where are the superstar physicists? 
(1:45:37) - Is physics a good field to get into?

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