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As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth

by Juan Enríquez
$12.90
As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth
As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth

Navigating life amidst the genetic knowledge revolution.

If you're intrigued by how cutting-edge science, such as genomics, is fundamentally altering our society, "As the Future Catches You" is an enlightening read for you. Juan Enriquez's thoughtful insights will give you a front-row seat to the ethical dilemmas and economic shifts that we are starting to face. This is not just another book—it's an invitation to understand and participate in the future, rather than just being swept away by it.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth

by Juan Enríquez
$12.90
ISBN: 9780609609033
Authors: Juan Enríquez
Publisher: Crown Business
Date of Publication: 2001-10-16
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Economics, Science, Personal Development
Related Topics: Biology, Education, Genetics, Personal Development
Goodreads rating: 3.83
(rated by 350 readers)

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You will never look at the world in the same way after reading As the Future Catches You. Juan Enriquez puts you face to face with a series of unprecedented political, ethical, economic, and financial issues, dramatically demonstrating the cascading impact of the genetic, digital, and knowledge revolutions on your life. Genetics will be the dominant language of this century. Those who can “speak it” will acquire direct and deliberate control over all forms of life. But most countries and individuals remain illiterate in what is rapidly becoming the greatest single driver of the global economy. Wealth will be more concentrated and those with knowledge to sell–both countries and individuals–will be the winners. Consider what will happen when: • Your genetic code can be digitally imprinted on an ID card and your insurance company and employer see that you are genetically disposed to, say, heart disease. • Pharmaceutical products are developed so that you can eat genetically modified broccoli to protect yourself from cancer. • Cloning will be as common as in vitro fertilization and scientists can influence the genetic design not only of other species but of your own children. • Creating wealth no longer requires many hands. Lone individuals are giving birth to entire new industries that rapidly become bigger than the economies of most countries on earth, but create very few jobs. As the Future Catches You resembles no other book. A
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Navigating life amidst the genetic knowledge revolution.

If you're intrigued by how cutting-edge science, such as genomics, is fundamentally altering our society, "As the Future Catches You" is an enlightening read for you. Juan Enriquez's thoughtful insights will give you a front-row seat to the ethical dilemmas and economic shifts that we are starting to face. This is not just another book—it's an invitation to understand and participate in the future, rather than just being swept away by it.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.