We know what it looks like to approach the climate issue as just a person at home trying to make better consumer choices.

But let's approach the climate issue as an engineer.

I am Mission Lachiani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.

You're listening to the Mind Valley Podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers

and thought leaders on the planet to discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit and work.

Tom She is one of my personal mentors.

He is a remarkable man and he co-founded Google X. Google X is Google

secret research lab. I guess it's not a secret anymore, but it's what Larry Page

the founder of Google, used to experiment

with all sorts of different types of emerging technologies. And there's a very

remarkable story about Tom that I wanted to share with you guys. There was a time when Larry Page wanted to prototype

this augmented reality device, Google Glass.

Tom, who was part of Google X Labs,

built the first prototype of Google Glass in something like four hours using chopsticks.

And it was an amazing, amazing, amazing feat.

Tom went on to create many other pioneering works and today he works as an environmentalist helping bring together scientists who are doing good things for the planet.

So in this conversation, I wanted to have Tom share with you some of the cutting-edge

scientific work.

He's investing in that he's talking about on how we can save the planet, but beyond that.

We're going to interview Tom on models for how to dream bigger, how to build businesses that make the world bigger and to think like Google.

So the reason I wanted to interview Tom is this.

Every time I talk to Tom, Tom teaches me a new way of looking at the world.

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