# The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2013
- Speaker: Stewart Brand
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_the_dawn_of_de_extinction_are_you_ready)
- 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)

Throughout humankind's history, we've driven species after species extinct: the passenger pigeon, the Eastern cougar, the dodo ... But now, says Stewart Brand, we have the technology (and the biology) to bring back species that humanity wiped out. So -- should we? Which ones? He asks a big question whose answer is closer than you may think.

## Lectures

1. [The dawn of de-extinction. Are you ready?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/stewart_brand_the_dawn_of_de_extinction_are_you_ready/a6d1fc0cd92f), 19 min (TED's player)