R.A. Finlayson spent nearly two decades in Silicon Valley at the forefront of technological innovation. His career working with the region’s most disruptive companies fueled a deep interest in how rapid technological advancement reshapes society, culture and the human experience. While exploring the intersection of biology and biochemistry, Finlayson became fascinated by the science of genetic engineering. Inspired by the emergence of gene-editing tools like CRISPR, he now explores the provocative question of what it means to be human in an age when our own evolution is no longer left to chance.