> eradicating polio -> almost a century ago 1950s?
> discovering the structure of dna -> almost a century ago 1950s
> developing vaccines that prevent common cancers -> cancer is the second leading cause of death, this hasn't impacted the world significantly and isn't even a treatment except in extremely specific cases.
> creating the whole concept of open source software -> almost half century ago, not even academia, a consortium
> editing genes -> been around 15 years and would love some examples of how it impacted the world significantly pretty much at all
