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Human Biology Cannot Match the Speed of Synthetic Change

It never could. And I’m watching the gap widen in real time. Here’s what the next 1–3 years of American health will look like — exactly how I see it.

Chelsea M. Thacker · November 19, 2025

We are living in the biggest biological mismatch in human history.

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