Juan Enriquez on Genomics, the Wealth Gap and our Future
March 4th, 2008 by MarkJuan Enriquez is the founding director of the Harvard Business School Life Sciences Project, a widely published expert on topics from the technical (global nucleotide data flow) to the sociological (gene research and national competitiveness), a former member of Celera Genomics founder Craig Venter’s marine-based genetic data collection team, and former CEO of Mexico City’s Urban Development Corporation and chief of staff for Mexico’s secretary of state. In the past, he played a role in reforming Mexico’s domestic policy and helped negotiate a cease-fire with Zapatista rebels. Here’s his TED talk on genomics. I enjoyed it.
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March 4th, 2008 at 6:35 am
Actually he is right about small China’s GDP percentage wise. Now there is a big fuss that China will go from fourth place in absolute numbers (after US, Japan and Germany) to third place. But GDP per capita wise they still be very low for a long time to come.