Geneticist
George Church spoke about directed evolution as well as the possibilities of a Human Genome Project 2.0.
Instead of reading or writing DNA, envision a scenario for a "Human Genome Project 2.0"
If humanity were to undertake such a project, what would be the benefits?
What types of new science and engineering would be enabled if we had such a synthetic human genome? Please provide specific examples.
Conversely, why might we not want to proceed with such an endeavor? What are the risks?
Map out a technical strategy for synthesizing a human genome.
What technologies would be required?
What are existing tools we could leverage?
For certain tools that do not exist, what should their capabilities be?