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The Shock of the New

Evan Davis and guests discuss the relationship between science, business and consumers. Do science and business do enough to allay public fears when new products reach the market?

Evan Davis and guests discuss the relationship between three important pillars of modern society: science, business and the consumer. Is the public right to be suspicious of business and the science it's selling? Why do some us fear GM foods, nanotechnology, AI and gene editing?

GUESTS

Jackie Hunter, Chief Executive, Benevolent Bio

Justin King, Vice-Chairman and Head of Portfolio Businesses, Terra Firma

Kriti Sharma, Vice-President of Artificial Intelligence, Sage.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Feb 2018 17:30
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