How Will CRISPR Affect Culture and Society?

Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "Planting the Seeds, Seeding the Plants: Can CRISPR Save the World?" on Friday, March 13th at 8pm EST.

By 2050, there will be nine billion people on the planet. CRISPR, the revolutionary gene editing technology, could help usher in the next Green Revolution, allowing us to feed our ballooning population in a hotter, more crowded world. But can CRISPR protect the future without causing chaos? Join biologists and geneticists as we explore the thorny issue of tinkering with nature to save it.

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[bkemp]

Is nice now that we’ve implemented DEI policy on intellectual conversations, now we hear both sides.

[Bryborgg]

so change is bad? change is important and it happens gradually. this will NOT "radically" change the way farmers work, or the way we eat, it will open more options.

[alphanumeric]

CRISPR is an algorithm, a tool. Like all technology ever it's up to the people how it will be used

[JuliaHelen]

"The sentiment of food on the table" - Do we still eat? 🤔

[aebniala]

I dont want pesticides or chemicals inside my foods.
Organic is that that hard to Like wanted to spray grasshopper as we can eat them...

[mrx]

I propose tinkering with humans instead of nature. We do not need more people, we need responsible ones. There must be a saturation point for human existence, exceeding that point and blaming nature for not keeping up with our rampant growth is not at all scientific, or realistic. Trying to create novel ways to feed the bloated race of humans would seem counterproductive to survival of our species actually. I say more interest in controlling birthrates is in order.

[aceofspades]

What a load of rubbish. Nothing about what she said is unique to GMOs

[erikgour]

How about there being no information at all what these GMO'd foods actually do our bodies...

[erikgour]

The government already showed us how they "save" things. How's that working out for your local water supply? And with the Autism spectrum in kids at an all time high, I as a Father of one of those kids dont want our Government messing around with the genetics of our farmed foods anymore. If anything, they should pull back. They've done enough damage as it is.