Inoculating science against potential pandemics and information hazards

Kevin M. Esvelt

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1007286

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Inoculating science against potential pandemics and information hazards

Kevin M. Esvelt

* E-mail: esvelt@mit.edu

Affiliation MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-3945

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Inoculating science against potential pandemics and information hazards

Kevin M. Esvelt

Published: October 4, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007286

About the Authors

Kevin M. Esvelt

* E-mail: esvelt@mit.edu

Affiliation MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-3945

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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