# Humanity Has Become a Software-Engineering Problem by Salim Ismail > "Once we discovered CRISPR, we learned that we could edit the human genome as easily as a Word document or software. When you learn a new language, you learn reading, then comprehension, then writing. We have now learned how to write to the genome. Each human body has roughly fifty trillion cells governed by what DNA tells those cells to do, which means a human being has become a software-engineering problem." > **— Salim Ismail**, *MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [MOONSHOTS Live at 46:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk7hdOwJj4&t=2777s) — The poster preserves the complete source object used in the research dossier; square brackets or ellipses, when present, are visible editorial repairs inherited from the reconciled source record. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live|Jensen Pushes Back on Doomers Moonshots Live]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Longevity Escape Velocity|Longevity Escape Velocity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Salim Ismail|Salim Ismail]] - [[wiki/Genome Engineering|Genome Engineering]] - [[wiki/AI-Driven Biology|AI-Driven Biology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Once we discovered CRISPR, we learned that we could edit the human genome as easily as a Word document or software. When you learn a new language, you learn reading, then comprehension, then writing. We have now learned how to write to the genome. Each human body has roughly fifty trillion cells governed by what DNA tells those cells to do, which means a human being has become a software-engineering problem." — Salim Ismail, MOONSHOTS Live, September 25, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-salim-ismail-humanity-has-become-software-engineering-problem ```