Joe Allen: ARPA-H inaugural director Renee Wegryzn talks human-machine hybrids, genetic enhancement, and Human 2.0.

Joe Allen: ARPA-H inaugural director Renee Wegryzn talks human-machine hybrids, genetic enhancement, and "Human 2.0."

At DARPA she was all about "safety, safety, safety" as we hurtle towards a transhuman future. Founded last March, ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) is an unholy marriage of the military-industrial complex to the biomedical establishment.

Renee Wegryzn is stepping up to ensure that our transhuman trajectory is "safe and effective."