I had the honor of talking to @NeriOxman a few months ago. She is one of the most brilliant, innovative, and kind-hearted people I've ever gotten to know.
What Business Insider is doing is a disgrace to journalism, and harms humanity... we should celebrate amazing scientists, engineers, and innovators like Neri.
I'm posting our conversation here on X so you can hear for yourself. See other platforms for when it was originally posted.
Timestamps:
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
The person that understands these two issues will get many votes:
(1) no more wars.
(2) zero based budgeting for the US government.
The first keeps us safe and the second will keep us from going broke.
The Formula 1 calendar is a logistical nightmare:
• 23 races
• 20 countries
• 5 continents
• 240 hours of flights
• 10 different time zones
Teams spend over $100 million — traveling 75,000 miles and transporting 1,500 tons of equipment.
Here's how they do it:
Gatorade was founded more than 50 years ago at the University of Florida.
They now do over $6 billion in annual revenue (4x more than their biggest competitor).
And the scientists that invented the drink signed a royalty deal that made them billions.
Here's the story 👇
Is ESG investing a scam?
Vanguard’s CEO thinks so. He pulled $7 trillion in assets from the climate coalition.
This could be the death of ESG.
Here’s what you should know 🧵