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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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(09:06) – Biomass vs anthropomass

(23:27) – Computational templates

(43:42) – Biological hero organisms

(54:42) – Engineering with bacteria

(1:02:59) – Plant communication

(1:16:22) – Albert Einstein letter

(1:19:44) – Beauty

(1:24:40) – Faith

(1:34:26) – Flaws

(1:54:15) – Extinction

(2:05:22) – Alien life

(2:09:12) – Music

(2:10:39) – Movies

(2:15:11) – Advice for young people