Every century is different - but the 21st may be seriously different, with our ability to understand, modify and re-create humanity having come on light years in recent decades.
Should we? So often, the warning we hear when it comes to the scientific manipulation of the human is that we shouldn't "play God". But what grounding does that actually have? What if we actually are a "playing God" species?
Kicking off a new series of Reading our Times, this one dedicated to the overall theme of Playing God, Chine McDonald talks to Nick Spencer about his new book, co-authored with Hannah Waite, Playing God: science, religion and the future of humanity
Can Animals be Persons? In conversation with Mark Rowlands
Should You Choose to Live Forever? In conversation with Stephen Cave
When will AI evolve a soul? In conversation with Eve Poole
What would it mean to discover alien life (or them us)? In conversation with Andrew Davison
Will technology liberate or enslave us? Live in conversation with Robert Skidelsky
How have we changed the world - and how has it changed us? In conversation with Peter Frankopan
Who are the new elites? In conversation with Matt Goodwin
Who is responsible for feeding us (well)? In conversation with Pen Vogler
What does the end of the world look like? In conversation with Cal Flyn
What makes a philosophical mind? In conversation with Dan Dennett
When is the next big crash? In conversation with Linda Yueh
What is a mind? In conversation with Philip Ball
What do we even mean by 'God'? In conversation with David Bentley Hart
Why are Pentecostals taking over the world? In conversation with Elle Hardy
How much does Britain cost? In conversation with Paul Johnson
What are the risks of going green? In conversation with Henry Sanderson
What's happening to journalism? In conversation with Alan Rusbridger
Can science make sense of life? In conversation with Prof. Sheila Jasanoff
What is the future of money? In conversation with Eswar Prasad
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Modern West
강유원의 책담화冊談話
The Art of Manliness
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Dear Hank & John
Alan Watts Being in the Way