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Welcome to the Exponential View Podcast. I'm a Cemazar, curator of Exponential View.

In Podcast Number 2, join me in conversation with Jason Pontin.

Jason has been commentating on technology for more than 20 years.

He's been the editor-in-chief of Red Herring, a technology magazine,

and of Acumen a life sciences journal.

For the past decade, he has been editor and publisher of MIT's technology review.

Jason and I take a broad sweep at what is happening in the world of technology.

We cover CRISPR, gene editing and designer babies.

We talk about climate change, the Facebook news feed, technological unemployment and much,

much more. I hope you enjoy the next 30 minutes or so.

It's very exciting to be here with Jason Pontin, who's an old friend of mine and now runs a fantastic tech publication,

the MIT Technology Review.

Jason, good morning to you.

Good morning, is it?

It's good. It's been a long time since we last saw each other how long has it been it has apparently

in 10 years you say apparently I I feel it has been a lesser scene because one of the sole advantages of social media is

allows you to feel a illusory connection with old friends because you see their

children and their companies rise and fall and rise. You feel a connection as

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