SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Sturgeon caviar harvested in a lab. Skyscrapers made out of living materials that grow from the ground up. Computers that run on DNA. These might sound like science fiction fantasies, but our guest today, Jamie Metzl, says they are real — they’re in development right now. How these and other biotechnologies will transform our lives, work, and the world is the subject of Jamie’s new book “Superconvergence.” 🎟️ We’re hosting a live taping of this show in New York City on Sept. 11, featuring Yuval Noah Harari. Learn more at https://nextbigideaclub.com/events/ 💿 Did you enjoy this episode? Check out Rufus’s conversations with Azeem Azhar and Amanda Little

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0:00.0	Hey folks, before we get started, I want to personally invite you to a live taping of this show in New York City on September 11th, with the one and only Yevol, Noah Harari, the best-selling author of Sapiens in Homodaeus. I'm really looking forward to this one. We'll be discussing his new book, Nexus, a brief history of information networks from the Stone Age to AI. You won't want to miss it. To grab your ticket, which includes a free signed
0:26.6	copy of Yval's book, visit Next Big Idea Club.com com slash events.
0:33.0	There's also a live stream option for folks who can't make it in person.
0:36.8	You'll find a link in the episode notes.
0:39.0	All right, now on to the show.
0:41.6	LinkedIn presents.
0:43.0	I'm Rufus Griskam and I'm Caleb Bisinger.
0:50.0	And this is the next big idea.
0:52.5	Today, how AI, biotech and genetics will converge
0:57.5	and change the world as we know it. So Rufus I want to tell you a quick story. I was on a cross-country flight recently and I was sitting
1:20.3	next to this young woman, she was probably like 16.
1:24.5	And as we flew, I engaged in what is my favorite past time
1:29.0	as an airline passenger.
1:30.1	I watched her seat back screen over her shoulder.
1:33.6	Irresistible.
1:34.7	Oh my gosh, I know.
1:36.7	The flight was a few hours long and she spent the entire time, much to my surprise, watching this.
1:45.0	Is that Friends?
1:48.7	Yes, Friends, a TV show that ended probably before this girl was even born.
1:55.0	I should interrupt here and say Rufus are you a friends fan?
1:59.0	Were you a friends fan?
2:00.0	Friends fandom was not optional in the 1990s, it was mandatory.
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