We are travelling the world speaking to some of the world's leading thinkers, activists and academics on the impact of gene drives. Join us for this video series as we hear from a diverse range of experts on one of the most controversial new emerging technologies that we face.

Biology does not equal physics. Ignacio Chapela of University of California Berkeley, explains how, underlying the mentality of biotechnology, is the assumption that the living world can be pushed to behave in the same mechanistic ways as the material, non-living world. From this perspective, gene drive research can be seen as a continuation of many previous waves of technological and institutional interventions that aim to concentrate and centralise power. In this interview, Ignacio explores the meanders of cultural transformation that led to such a path dependency. He points out that although the history of synthetic biology could be described as half a century of failure, this approach to interacting with the living world and ecological systems still receives a surprising amount of political and institutional support.

Interviewed by: Adam Breasley
Video editing: Jim Elson (JIM ELSON)
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