Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #394

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: - Babbel: and use code Lexpod to get 55% off - BetterHelp: to get 10% off - House of Macadamias: and use code LEX to get 20% off first order - InsideTracker: to get 20% off - ExpressVPN: to get 3 months free TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE LINKS: Neri’s Twitter: OXMAN Website: OXMAN Instagram: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 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 SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: