Walter Isaacson on CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race | Brought to you by&nbsp;<a href="http://magicspoon.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Magic Spoon</a>&nbsp;delicious low-carb cereal,&nbsp;<a href="http://linkedin.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LinkedIn Jobs</a>&nbsp;recruitment platform with ~720M users, and&nbsp;<a href="http://eightsleep.com/Tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover</a>&nbsp;sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating. More on all three below.Walter Isaacson&nbsp;(<a href="https://twitter.com/WalterIsaacson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WalterIsaacson</a>) is a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of&nbsp;Time. He is the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Leonardo-Vinci-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1501139150/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Leonardo da Vinci</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Hackers-Geniuses-Created-Revolution/dp/147670869X/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Innovators</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson/dp/1451648537/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steve Jobs</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Einstein-Life-Universe-Walter-Isaacson/dp/0743264738/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Einstein: His Life and Universe</a>;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Benjamin-Franklin-American-Walter-Isaacson-dp-0684807610/dp/0684807610/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Benjamin Franklin: An American Life</a>; and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Kissinger-Biography-Walter-Isaacson/dp/0671663232/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kissinger: A Biography</a>. 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#503: Walter Isaacson on CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig