When Mini-Brains Force Us to Redefine Being Human: China's Revolutionary New Ethics Framework
Episode S5 · Ep 60 20 min 52s

When Mini-Brains Force Us to Redefine Being Human: China's Revolutionary New Ethics Framework

Send us Fan Mail 📖 Read the companion essay: https://helioxpodcast.substack.com What happens when we can grow miniature human organs in a dish? When brain organoids develop neural networks that fire electrical signals indistinguishable from premature newborns? When the distance between "cells in a dish" and "something that might experience suffering" narrows until it disappears? China just released the world's first comprehensive national guidelines for human organoid research, and they're fo...

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