#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature

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:<br /> – Babbel: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off<br /> – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off<br /> – House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order<br /> – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off<br /> – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS:<br /> Neri’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerioxman<br /> OXMAN Website: https://oxman.com/<br /> OXMAN Instagram: https://instagram.com/oxmanofficial PODCAST INFO:<br /> Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast<br /> Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr<br /> Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8<br /> RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/<br /> YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman<br /> YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT:<br /> – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast<br /> – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman<br /> – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman<br /> – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman<br /> – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman<br /> – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman<br /> – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE:<br /> Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) – Introduction<br /> (09:06) – Biomass vs anthropomass<br /> (23:27) – Computational templates<br /> (43:42) – Biological hero organisms<br /> (54:42) – Engineering with bacteria<br /> (1:02:59) – Plant communication<br /> (1:16:22) – Albert Einstein letter<br /> (1:19:44) – Beauty<br /> (1:24:40) – Faith<br /> (1:34:26) – Flaws<br /> (1:54:15) – Extinction<br /> (2:05:22) – Alien life<br /> (2:09:12) – Music<br /> (2:10:39) – Movies<br /> (2:15:11) – Advice for young people