In his TED talk “We can reprogram life. How do we do it wisely?” Juan Enriquez persuades the audience towards why altering lifecode is necessary and how humans have have been doing so for thousands of years through breeding. Enriquez develops his argument by providing insight on how humans have altered the mustard weed to specifically grow broccoli, cauliflower, and kale over thousands of years and now we are able to accelerate this process through genetic changes in plants but also in animals, particularly humans. Enriquez continues to explain how humans have used genetic altering (replacing specific genetic code causing disease) and how this is integrated into every human's life (genetically modified food and materials). Enriquez's purpose
