# Are we ready for neo-evolution?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Harvey Fineberg
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/harvey_fineberg_are_we_ready_for_neo_evolution)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally -- or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smarter, faster, better. Neo-evolution is within our grasp. What will we do with it?

## Lectures

1. [Are we ready for neo-evolution?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/harvey_fineberg_are_we_ready_for_neo_evolution/aff491a39053), 17 min (TED's player)