As the Future Catches You: How Genomics and other Forces are Changing Your Life, Work, Health and Wealth by Juan Enriquez

Why bother to read it?

As the Future Catches You sheds light on how the digital and genomic revolutions will create the wealth of the future. The author, Juan Enriquez, predicts that the language of DNA and digital technolgy will be one of the main economic drivers of this century. None of the information in the book is entirely new. It is Enriquez’s ability to connect and explain things in a way that makes sense that has the book be an interesting and valuable read. The game has changed, get on board.

uan Enriquez is the Former Director of Harvard’s Life Science Project. He has been a presenter at the TED Conference and The UP Experience. Enriquez argues that February 2, 2001–the date that anyone with Internet access could contemplate the entire human genome–is akin to 1492 and Columbus’s discovery of America. Scientific discoveries, futurist Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies this notion to the field of genomics.

His engaging typography, graphics and writing style make it a book worth savoring. Read the book, watch his TEDtalk. Come join us for wine, soup, and conversation.

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Time: 7:00-9:00pm

Location: 2400 Yorktonw #495, Houston, TX 77056

Cost: $15

For more information call Chris Welsh 713-439-1442

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