#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:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/neri-oxman-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Neri's Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerioxman
OXMAN Website: https://oxman.com/
OXMAN Instagram: https://instagram.com/oxmanofficial

PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips

SUPPORT & CONNECT:
- Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast
- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman
- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman

OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(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

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: https://babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off

– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off

– House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order

– InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

– ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free

Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/neri-oxman-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:

Neri’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerioxman

OXMAN Website: https://oxman.com/

OXMAN Instagram: https://instagram.com/oxmanofficial

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8

RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/

YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman

YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips

SUPPORT & CONNECT:

– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast

– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman

– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman

– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman

– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman

OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(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