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Kathryn Paige Harden
Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome KATHRYN PAIGE HARDEN—professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Austin and director of the Developmental Behavior Genetics Lab—for a discussion of her latest book, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality. She will be joined in conversation by BENJAMIN NEALE, co-director of the Program in Medical and Population Genetics at the Broad Institute and Director of Genetics at the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research.
In recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health—and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society.
In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic science, dismantling dangerous ideas about racial superiority and challenging us to grapple with what equality really means in a world where people are born different. Weaving together personal stories with scientific evidence, Harden shows why our refusal to recognize the power of DNA perpetuates the myth of meritocracy, and argues that we must acknowledge the role of genetic luck if we are ever to create a fair society.
Reclaiming genetic science from the legacy of eugenics, this groundbreaking book offers a bold new vision of society where everyone thrives, regardless of how one fares in the genetic lottery.
