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our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016936 Alex “Sandy” Pentland, an expo

ish “analog” versus “digital.” Digital signal encoding was entirely compatible with cybernetic thinking—in 33 The Human Use of Human Beings (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954), p. 17-18. 125 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016928 fact, enabling to it. What was constraining to cybernetics was the presumption of an analogy of struc

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016353 Alex “Sandy” Pentland, an expo

ish “analog” versus “digital.” Digital signal encoding was entirely compatible with cybernetic thinking—in 33 The Human Use of Human Beings (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954), p. 17-18. 125 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016345 fact, enabling to it. What was constraining to cybernetics was the presumption of an analogy of struc

ion, brains, and human culture. Part philosophical whodunit, part bold scientific conjecture, this landmark work enlarges themes that have sustained Dennett’s legendary career at the forefront of philosophical thought. In his mimitable style—laced Brockman, Inc. Frankfurt 2016 Hotlist -4 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT

iversity. -o A CRACK IN CREATION Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution By Jennifer A. Doudna and Samuel H. Sternberg [US — Houghton Mifflin, UK — Bodley Head, China — Hunan Science, Audio — Audible; Manuscript; Pub Date: June 2017; 320 pages] In the tradition of The Double Helix, A Crack