Inspiring tete-a-tete with George Church, a remarkable geneticist, biotechnologists and futurist. In 1984, he developed the first direct genomic sequencing method and was involved with initiating the Human Genome Project. He is among the first people to have his whole genome sequenced and in 2005, became the first person to publicly release his genomic data and medical records for research purposes. Currently, he is a genetics professor at Harvard and MIT and leads the synthetic biology group at Harvard's Wyss Institute. He has also founded numerous start-ups such as, Nebula Genomics, a company that does whole-genome sequencing, and most recently Colossal, a startup focusing on de-extinction, starting with the mammoth.