Super Babies and What it Means for Our Kids
So, I had the honor of teaching a workshop at Central Iowa Community College this week and had I got a lot of great questions during our Q&A. We covered everything from AI, to Fake news, Robotics to CRISPR and real-time gene editing. One question that came up (and is VERY timely I might add) was this one – “In an age when people can use tools like CRISPR to edit genes for the price of flushing the toilet, will we start seeing people editing their babies before their born to be super athletes, super smart, super-everything and if so, …
Building Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems at SXSW 2017
This week, York Exponential CEO John McElligott is at SXSW, chosen to be part of a panel on Building Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems. John is also President of York, PA non-profit The Fortress Initiative and CEO of The Fortress Academy, Central Pennsylvania’s FIRST and ONLY state-licensed computer programming bootcamp in Central Pennsylvania. Giving keynote presentations around the country, including at The White House, John has shared The York Plan to unite communities in preparation for emerging and disruptive technology. A registered 72,000 people will be in attendance at SXSW and this will be a great opportunity to to discuss inclusive innovation ecosystems and spread The …