Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast

Neri Oxman is a designer, engineer, scientist, and artist working on computational design, synthetic biology and digital fabrication, previously at MIT, and now at OXMAN. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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TRANSCRIPT:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:49 - Biomass vs anthropomass
16:10 - Computational templates
36:25 - Biological hero organisms
47:25 - Engineering with bacteria
55:42 - Plant communication
1:09:05 - Albert Einstein letter
1:12:27 - Beauty
1:17:23 - Faith
1:27:09 - Flaws
1:46:58 - Extinction
1:58:05 - Alien life
2:01:55 - Music
2:03:22 - Movies
2:07:54 - Advice for young people

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