Genetic Testing Kits: Unprecedented Privacy Risks

Genetic Testing Kits: Unprecedented Privacy Risks

Consumer genetic testing puts sensitive, irreplaceable data about you—and unwitting members of your family—in places you can’t control.

By Sarah Russo | August 1, 2018 | Ethics, Genetics, Health, Identity, Law, Medicine, Policing, Privacy, Society | 23andMe, Abuse, Ancestry.com, Biology, Center for Genetics and Society, China, Crime, Databases, Discrimination, DNA, Genentech, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Hacking, Katie Hasson, Patent, Privacy, Profit, Race, Racism, surveillance, The Human Genome

Genetic Testing Kits: Fueling Historical Discrimination?

Ideas about genetic identity have fueled racism, discrimination, and even forced sterilization, making mass DNA gathering a fraught proposition.

By Sarah Russo | July 11, 2018 | Ethics, Genetics, Health, Identity, Medicine, Reproduction, Society | Biology, BRCA-1, Center for Genetics and Society, Disability, Discrimination, Disease, Ethnicity, Eugenics, Gender, Gene Editing, Genetic Engineering, Genetic Screening, Genetic Testing, Genetics, Germline Editing, Health Disparities, Healthcare, Hemophilia, Illness, Injustice, Katie Hasson, Muscular Dystrophy, Race, Racism, Sickle Cell Anemia, Sterilization, Stigma, The Human Genome

Podcast #9: Danielle Allen on Education and Civics

Danielle Allen is a University Professor and the director of the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard, a regular columnist for The Washington Post, and author of five books, including most recently Education and Equality. She spoke with us about the current emphasis on STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), the challenges of technology in education, and what it takes to raise an engaged and self-actualized citizenry.

By Mo Lotman | February 8, 2017 | Cognition, Economics, Education, Knowledge, Philosophy, Podcasts, Politics, Society, Well-Being | Attention, Capitalism, Cicero, Citizenship, Common Core, Declaration of Independence, Deep Reading, Democracy, Discrimination, Education Standards, Eudaimonistic Flourishing, Global Competitiveness, John Dewey, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Space Race, STEM, Sunshine Hillygus, Testing