Dire Wolves & the Resurrection Racket—Why De-Extinction Is More Than a Cute Pup Pic

🎙️ Episode 27 — Dire Wolves & the Resurrection Racket: De-Extinction Under the Knife

Hint: Not every comeback story is evolution. Some are just ego in a lab coat.

Colossal Biosciences claims they’ve done it—brought back the dire wolf.
Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi are here. Cute pups. Big teeth. Bigger questions.

But what looks like resurrection might actually be scientific cosplay dressed up as salvation.
And what if all this isn’t about healing the planet—but soothing our guilt with designer nostalgia?

This episode?
We dissect the science, ethics, and cultural seduction of de-extinction—and what happens when awe becomes amnesia.

• 👉 Why resurrected species aren’t real clones—but bioengineered proxies with PR budgets
• 👉 How grief, guilt, and glory fuel the resurrection fantasy
• 👉 And why “bringing nature back” might quietly bury what’s left of it

We don’t dunk on science.

We strip it down with the 7-layer Integrated Thinking Stack (ITS):

• 🧠 When resurrection headlines collapse under molecular limits and habitat math (Cognitive Cleanse)
• ⚖️ What gets hurt, displaced, or defunded to make a ghost dog headline (Moral Intelligence)
• 🌍 What ripple effects hit when edited predators re-enter fragmented ecosystems (Systemic Foresight)
• 🧍 Why our nervous systems crave comeback stories more than truth (Embodied Insight)
• 👥 Why wolf selfies sell—but ranchers, regulators, and locals aren’t buying (Human-Centered Design)
• 📉 What breaks when gene edits go off-target or parasites get a second chance (Risk & Resilience)
• ⚙️ How to test real value in the wild—not the white paper (Execution Engine)

This isn’t anti-innovation.
It’s anti-illusion.

Hit play — and let’s tear this resurrection myth down. Layer by layer.
Because nature doesn’t reboot like Jurassic Park. And neither should we.