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Highlighting emerging rivalries, especially with China, Metzl paints a sobering picture. He warns that authoritarian regimes could manipulate biotechnology and AI to engineer a new form of dominance—using scientific advancements for control rather than human betterment.
He warns that without international standards, these nations will pursue their priorities at the expense of global stability and morality. Developing shared governance and transparency becomes imperative to prevent a "biotech Cold War."
Closing: The Call to Action
Concluding, Metzl appeals to all of us—scientists, policymakers, citizens from every background—to participate in shaping this future. The stakes are high: our health, our societal cohesion, our very identity as humans.