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

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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/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 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: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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'start': 1974.838, 'duration': 5.684}, {'end': 1993.609, 'text': 'So then in order to actually experiment with the robotic queen and idea or concept, we had to prove obviously that we can create this space for bees.', 'start': 1981.022, 'duration': 12.587}], 'summary': 'In a nearby co-op, the team set up a synthetic apiary, which provided a ton of honey to neighbors and released the bees alive into the wild after the winter.', 'duration': 35.901, 'max_score': 1957.708, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U1957708.jpg'}], 'start': 1131.821, 'title': 'Hero organisms in architecture', 'summary': 'Discusses the concept of hero organisms in pharma, biomaterials, precision agriculture, and new food design technologies, focusing on the use of silkworms to create an architectural pavilion and the potential of a new urban architectural typology of mutualism between organisms and humans.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1429.908, 'start': 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of Material Sophistication and Communication in Living Systems The discussion compares the material sophistication and communication abilities of living systems, highlighting the primitive material sophistication but remarkable communication skills of termites, and emphasizes the relevance of these aspects for designers.']}, {'end': 2024.122, 'start': 1430.509, 'title': 'Silkworms and computational biology', 'summary': "Explores the use of computational and fabrication technologies to enable silkworms to collaborate and communicate effectively, resulting in the creation of a synthetic apiary that augmented bees' survival and reproduction in a controlled environment, leading to the potential of a new urban architectural typology of mutualism between organisms and humans.", 'duration': 593.613, 'highlights': ["The creation of a synthetic apiary that augmented bees' survival and reproduction in a controlled environment The synthetic apiary was designed as an environment with high levels of control of temperature, humidity, and light, proving to be reproductive and alive for bees, potentially leading to a new urban architectural typology of mutualism between organisms and humans.", "The use of computational and fabrication technologies to enable silkworms to collaborate and communicate effectively The chapter explores how computational and fabrication technologies facilitated silkworms to connect and communicate effectively, leading to the creation of a synthetic apiary that augmented bees' survival and reproduction in a controlled environment.", "The potential of a new urban architectural typology of mutualism between organisms and humans The success of the synthetic apiary in augmenting bees' survival and reproduction in a controlled environment opened up the potential for a new urban architectural typology that fosters mutualism between organisms and humans."]}], 'duration': 892.301, 'thumbnail': 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technologies facilitated silkworms to connect and communicate effectively, leading to the creation of a synthetic apiary that augmented bees' survival and reproduction in a controlled environment.", 'Silkworms inspired the construction of a pavilion, with the realization that they spin flat patches when placed on a horizontal surface, leading to the creation of a dome as a set of flat patches, showcasing the unique behavior of silkworms in architectural design.', "Hero Organisms in Various Fields The concept of hero organisms is applied in pharma, biomaterials, precision agriculture, and new food design technologies, with organisms such as palm oil, mycelium, mushrooms, cellulose, and E. coli being utilized as the 'one answer' solution.", 'Comparison of Material Sophistication and Communication in Living Systems The discussion compares the material sophistication and communication abilities of living systems, highlighting the primitive material sophistication but remarkable communication skills of termites, and emphasizes the relevance of these aspects for designers.']}, {'end': 2865.037, 'segs': [{'end': 2105.847, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2075.539, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 2087.222, 'text': 'They returned back to the Media Lab roof, and those bees were alive and kicking and reproductive, and they continued to create comb.', 'start': 2075.539, 'duration': 11.683}, {'end': 2093.723, 'text': 'And it ended with a beautiful nature paper that the team and I published together.', 'start': 2087.922, 'duration': 5.801}, {'end': 2101.145, 'text': 'We gave them gold nanoparticles and silver nanoparticles because we were interested if bees recycle wax.', 'start': 2094.503, 'duration': 6.642}, {'end': 2105.847, 'text': 'forever that bees do not recycle the wax.', 'start': 2102.665, 'duration': 3.182}], 'summary': 'Bees on media lab roof survived, reproduced, and created comb. study resulted in nature paper.', 'duration': 30.308, 'max_score': 2075.539, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U2075539.jpg'}, {'end': 2342.498, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2303.152, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 2304.112, 'text': 'So what are death masks??', 'start': 2303.152, 'duration': 0.96}, {'end': 2314.442, 'text': 'So we did this project called Vespers, and those were basically death masks that were set as a process for designing a living product.', 'start': 2304.471, 'duration': 9.971}, {'end': 2316.904, 'text': 'What happens and we looked at.', 'start': 2314.862, 'duration': 2.042}, {'end': 2317.405, 'text': 'I looked at.', 'start': 2316.904, 'duration': 0.501}, {'end': 2324.211, 'text': "I remember looking at Beethoven's death masks and Agamemnon's death masks and just studying how they were created.", 'start': 2317.405, 'duration': 6.806}, {'end': 2329.073, 'text': 'And really they were sort of geometrically attuned to the face of the dead.', 'start': 2324.331, 'duration': 4.742}, {'end': 2342.498, 'text': 'And what we wanted to do is create a death mask that was not based on the shape of the wearer, but rather was based on their legacy and their biology.', 'start': 2329.653, 'duration': 12.845}], 'summary': 'Vespers project used death masks to design living products, inspired by historical masks and focused on legacy and biology.', 'duration': 39.346, 'max_score': 2303.152, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U2303152.jpg'}, {'end': 2522.325, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2458.637, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 2467.942, 'text': 'is about the volume of the mask and what happens to the mask when all the colors from the surface, yes, enter the volume of the mask inside,', 'start': 2458.637, 'duration': 9.305}, {'end': 2471.204, 'text': 'create pockets and channels to guide life through them.', 'start': 2467.942, 'duration': 3.262}, {'end': 2475.669, 'text': 'They were incorporated with pigment producing living organisms.', 'start': 2472.465, 'duration': 3.204}, {'end': 2482.437, 'text': 'And then those organisms were templated to recreate the patterns of the original death masks.', 'start': 2476.069, 'duration': 6.368}, {'end': 2486.802, 'text': 'And so life recycles and re-begins and so on and so forth.', 'start': 2482.877, 'duration': 3.925}, {'end': 2489.185, 'text': 'The past meets the future, the future meets the past.', 'start': 2486.822, 'duration': 2.363}, {'end': 2494.767, 'text': 'from the surface to the volume, from death to life, to death to life, to death to life.', 'start': 2490.125, 'duration': 4.642}, {'end': 2499.39, 'text': 'And that, again, is a recurring theme in the projects that we take on.', 'start': 2495.288, 'duration': 4.102}, {'end': 2507.733, 'text': 'But there, from a technological perspective, what was interesting is that we embedded chemical signals in the jet, in the printer,', 'start': 2499.85, 'duration': 7.883}, {'end': 2518.622, 'text': 'and those chemical signals basically interacted with the pigment producing bacteria, in this case E.', 'start': 2507.733, 'duration': 10.889}, {'end': 2522.325, 'text': 'coli, that were introduced on the surface of the mask.', 'start': 2518.622, 'duration': 3.703}], 'summary': 'Masks with pigment-producing organisms create life patterns, embodying death to life theme.', 'duration': 63.688, 'max_score': 2458.637, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U2458637.jpg'}, {'end': 2749.503, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2726.181, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 2734.048, 'text': 'And so in general, your design principle is to grow cool stuff as a byproduct of the organism flourishing.', 'start': 2726.181, 'duration': 7.867}, {'end': 2736.51, 'text': 'So not using the organism.', 'start': 2734.568, 'duration': 1.942}, {'end': 2738.171, 'text': 'The win-win, the synergy.', 'start': 2736.71, 'duration': 1.461}, {'end': 2739.873, 'text': "A whole that's bigger than the sum of its parts.", 'start': 2738.191, 'duration': 1.682}, {'end': 2740.754, 'text': "It's interesting.", 'start': 2740.153, 'duration': 0.601}, {'end': 2749.503, 'text': 'I mean it just feels like a gray area where genetic modification of an organism It just feels like.', 'start': 2740.794, 'duration': 8.709}], 'summary': 'Design principle: grow cool stuff as byproduct of organism flourishing for win-win synergy.', 'duration': 23.322, 'max_score': 2726.181, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U2726181.jpg'}], 'start': 2024.122, 'title': 'Synthetic apra and ethical biodesign', 'summary': 'Describes the creation of a life support system for bees in a mini bio lab, successful space mission, recycling of wax using nanoparticles, and the intersection of art and science. it also discusses ethical biodesign principles and considerations around genetic modification, emphasizing respect for the well-being of organisms and sustainable product creation, with a focus on silkworms and bacteria.', 'chapters': [{'end': 2639.287, 'start': 2024.122, 'title': 'Synthetic apra and bio lab for bees', 'summary': 'Describes the creation of a life support system for bees in a mini bio lab, including the successful space mission, recycling of wax using nanoparticles, and the intersection of art and science in the projects.', 'duration': 615.165, 'highlights': ['The successful creation of a life support system for bees in a mini bio lab, leading to the bees being alive and reproductive after a space mission.', 'The discovery that bees actually do recycle wax, proven by feeding them gold nanoparticles.', 'The intersection of art and science in the projects, aiming for their recognition in both MoMA and Nature or Science publications.', 'The development of hybrid living materials (HLMs) as a new class of materials with potential real-world applications.']}, {'end': 2865.037, 'start': 2639.587, 'title': 'Ethical biodesign: respect for organisms', 'summary': 'Discusses ethical biodesign principles and the ethical considerations around genetic modification of organisms, emphasizing the importance of respecting the well-being of organisms while creating sustainable products, with a focus on silkworms and bacteria.', 'duration': 225.45, 'highlights': ['The chapter emphasizes the ethical consideration of not genetically modifying silkworms, highlighting the extermination of around 1,000 cocoons per single shirt in India and China, and advocates for respecting the well-being of organisms in biodesign.', 'It discusses the ethical implications of genetic modification, contrasting the approach towards silkworms and bacteria, and emphasizes the importance of creating a symbiotic relationship where the organism flourishes and produces beneficial byproducts.', "It highlights the significance of respecting organisms' well-being in biodesign and acknowledges the vital role of bacteria in sustaining life on the planet, advocating for giving bacteria the appreciation they deserve.", 'The chapter reflects on the ethical implications of evolving life for the service of mankind, emphasizing the need to avoid risking the well-being of creatures across the kingdom of life for human benefits.']}], 'duration': 840.915, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U2024122.jpg', 'highlights': ['The successful creation of a life support system for bees in a mini bio lab, leading to the bees being alive and reproductive after a space mission.', 'The discovery that bees actually do recycle wax, proven by feeding them gold nanoparticles.', 'The development of hybrid living materials (HLMs) as a new class of materials with potential real-world applications.', 'The intersection of art and science in the projects, aiming for their recognition in both MoMA and Nature or Science publications.', 'The chapter emphasizes the ethical consideration of not genetically modifying silkworms, highlighting the extermination of around 1,000 cocoons per single shirt in India and China, and advocates for respecting the well-being of organisms in biodesign.', 'It discusses the ethical implications of genetic modification, contrasting the approach towards silkworms and bacteria, and emphasizes the importance of creating a symbiotic relationship where the organism flourishes and produces beneficial byproducts.', 'The chapter reflects on the ethical implications of evolving life for the service of mankind, emphasizing the need to avoid risking the well-being of creatures across the kingdom of life for human benefits.', "The chapter highlights the significance of respecting organisms' well-being in biodesign and acknowledges the vital role of bacteria in sustaining life on the planet, advocating for giving bacteria the appreciation they deserve."]}, {'end': 3370.907, 'segs': [{'end': 3274.142, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3239.373, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3246.377, 'text': 'And once we have that model, this biodiversity chamber, we send it out into the field and we see what happens in nature.', 'start': 3239.373, 'duration': 7.004}, {'end': 3257.505, 'text': "And that's sort of what I'm talking about, augmenting plants with that extra dimension of of bandwidth that they do not have.", 'start': 3246.397, 'duration': 11.108}, {'end': 3274.142, 'text': 'Just last week I came across a paper that discusses the in vivo neurons that are augmented with a pong game and in a dish.', 'start': 3259.867, 'duration': 14.275}], 'summary': 'Developing biodiversity chamber to augment plants with extra dimension of bandwidth for field testing.', 'duration': 34.769, 'max_score': 3239.373, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U3239373.jpg'}, {'end': 3321.539, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3295.8, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 3303.045, 'text': 'a situation that allows them to act as a system that is not only perceived to be sentient but is actually sentient.', 'start': 3295.8, 'duration': 7.245}, {'end': 3308.189, 'text': 'Michael Levine calls this agential material, material that has agency right?', 'start': 3304.886, 'duration': 3.303}, {'end': 3315.834, 'text': 'So this is of interest to us, because this is sort of again this is emergence post-templating.', 'start': 3308.209, 'duration': 7.625}, {'end': 3321.539, 'text': "You template until you don't need to template anymore, because because the system has its own rules, right?", 'start': 3315.854, 'duration': 5.685}], 'summary': 'Agential material allows for emergence of system with its own rules.', 'duration': 25.739, 'max_score': 3295.8, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U3295800.jpg'}], 'start': 2865.037, 'title': 'Revolutionizing bacteria evolution and biodiversity chambers', 'summary': 'Discusses the innovative use of directed evolution of bacteria for high throughput production of various products and the design of environmental capsules as biodiversity chambers to program the exact temperature, humidity, and light combination for future food and product testing.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3033.26, 'start': 2865.037, 'title': 'Revolutionizing bacteria evolution for future products', 'summary': 'Discusses the innovative use of directed evolution of bacteria for high throughput production of various products, integrating computational and environmental control techniques, paving the way for a new era of design and technological advancement.', 'duration': 168.223, 'highlights': ['The use of directed evolution of bacteria for high throughput production of various products, such as wearables, biomaterials, and therapeutics, is a key focus of the discussion, showcasing the potential impact on future product development.', 'The integration of computational techniques in the lab environment allows for top-down environmental control of factors like light, humidity, and temperature, while simultaneously enabling bottom-up genetic regulation, creating a versatile and efficient wet lab environment.', "The concept of 'capsules' as high throughput computational environments, capable of stress-induced production of future food, products, and construction materials, represents a cutting-edge approach to product development and ecological design.", 'The intersection of fields like microbial synthetic biology, synthetic biology, and ecology presents an exciting and opportune time for designers to innovate and create, underscoring the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of the current landscape.', 'The anticipation of revealing a new technology associated with a language model in a forthcoming event signifies a commitment to advancing technological frontiers and sharing groundbreaking innovations with the world.']}, {'end': 3370.907, 'start': 3034.76, 'title': 'Future of food: designing biodiversity chambers', 'summary': 'Discusses the design of environmental capsules as biodiversity chambers to program the exact temperature, humidity, and light combination to emulate past environments for future food and product testing, with a focus on creating a wet lab for novel experimentation in synthetic biology.', 'duration': 336.147, 'highlights': ['The design of environmental capsules as biodiversity chambers to program the exact temperature, humidity, and light combination to emulate past environments for future food and product testing. The environmental capsules are designed as a biodiversity chamber where the exact temperature, humidity, and light combination can be programmed to emulate past environments for future food and product testing.', 'Creating a wet lab for novel experimentation in synthetic biology with a focus on designing a space for plants to communicate with each other and optimizing carbon sequestration. The focus is on creating a wet lab for novel experimentation in synthetic biology, including designing a space for plants to communicate with each other and optimizing carbon sequestration through a reward system in a gaming engine.', 'Exploring the potential of augmenting plants with an extra dimension of bandwidth and discussing the emergence of agential material in synthetic biology. The chapter explores the potential of augmenting plants with an extra dimension of bandwidth and discusses the emergence of agential material in synthetic biology, aiming to achieve growth through bio-based materials and closer to growing things as opposed to assembly.']}], 'duration': 505.87, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U2865037.jpg', 'highlights': ['The use of directed evolution of bacteria for high throughput production of various products, such as wearables, biomaterials, and therapeutics, is a key focus of the discussion, showcasing the potential impact on future product development.', 'The integration of computational techniques in the lab environment allows for top-down environmental control of factors like light, humidity, and temperature, while simultaneously enabling bottom-up genetic regulation, creating a versatile and efficient wet lab environment.', "The concept of 'capsules' as high throughput computational environments, capable of stress-induced production of future food, products, and construction materials, represents a cutting-edge approach to product development and ecological design.", 'The anticipation of revealing a new technology associated with a language model in a forthcoming event signifies a commitment to advancing technological frontiers and sharing groundbreaking innovations with the world.', 'The design of environmental capsules as biodiversity chambers to program the exact temperature, humidity, and light combination to emulate past environments for future food and product testing.']}, {'end': 4219.275, 'segs': [{'end': 3429.807, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3398.366, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 3400.427, 'text': "be careful, mind you, you're about to be cut.", 'start': 3398.366, 'duration': 2.061}, {'end': 3405.131, 'text': 'These incredible life forms are communicating using a different language than ours.', 'start': 3401.367, 'duration': 3.764}, {'end': 3408.153, 'text': 'We use language models, they use molecular models.', 'start': 3405.211, 'duration': 2.942}, {'end': 3417.602, 'text': 'At the moment where we can decode these molecular moments is when we can start having a conversation with plants.', 'start': 3409.134, 'duration': 8.468}, {'end': 3421.184, 'text': 'Now, of course, there is a lot of work around a plant neurobiology.', 'start': 3417.682, 'duration': 3.502}, {'end': 3429.807, 'text': "it's a real thing, plants do not have a nervous system, but they have something akin to a nervous system.", 'start': 3421.184, 'duration': 8.623}], 'summary': 'Plants communicate using molecular models, not language. decoding this can lead to conversation with plants.', 'duration': 31.441, 'max_score': 3398.366, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U3398366.jpg'}, {'end': 3629.288, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3599.096, 'weight': 6, 'content': [{'end': 3601.178, 'text': 'time dimension of, of the plant kingdom.', 'start': 3599.096, 'duration': 2.082}, {'end': 3610.688, 'text': 'And that, of course, requires all this humility where, in a single capsule, to design a biodiversity chamber, it will take years, not months,', 'start': 3601.218, 'duration': 9.47}, {'end': 3612.029, 'text': 'and definitely not days.', 'start': 3610.688, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 3622.46, 'text': 'And to see these products, and also that humility in design comes from simply you know, looking at how we are today as a civilization,', 'start': 3612.169, 'duration': 10.291}, {'end': 3623.882, 'text': 'how we use and abuse nature.', 'start': 3622.46, 'duration': 1.422}, {'end': 3629.288, 'text': 'Like, just think of all these Christmas trees, right? These Christmas trees, they take years to grow.', 'start': 3624.382, 'duration': 4.906}], 'summary': 'Designing a biodiversity chamber requires years, not months or days, due to the time dimension of the plant kingdom.', 'duration': 30.192, 'max_score': 3599.096, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U3599096.jpg'}, {'end': 3874.841, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 3846.567, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 3855.131, 'text': 'Is there a world in which you and I can go down to your garden and use a perfume that will interact with the rose garden downstairs??', 'start': 3846.567, 'duration': 8.564}, {'end': 3863.175, 'text': "I've just been enamored with the statements that are being made in the media around.", 'start': 3855.151, 'duration': 8.024}, {'end': 3867.977, 'text': "oh, this is completely biologically derived fragrance and it's bio-based.", 'start': 3863.175, 'duration': 4.802}, {'end': 3874.841, 'text': 'and but when 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6.829}, {'end': 4001.723, 'text': "Some of these shrimp shells were brought from places in the world we haven't thought of in terms of the apples and the shrimp shells and the tree pop.", 'start': 3993.717, 'duration': 8.006}], 'summary': "Designing interconnected systems, project aguoja's energy budget spans the entire planet.", 'duration': 26.911, 'max_score': 3974.812, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U3974812.jpg'}, {'end': 4064.08, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4016.488, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 4026.032, 'text': 'And that is the kind of thinking, um, that is not only desired, but is required if we are to achieve synergy between humanity and nature.', 'start': 4016.488, 'duration': 9.544}, {'end': 4030.756, 'text': "And it's interesting because the system level thinking is almost always going to take you to the entire earth,", 'start': 4026.474, 'duration': 4.282}, {'end': 4032.897, 'text': 'to considering the entire earth ecosystem.', 'start': 4030.756, 'duration': 2.141}, {'end': 4036.499, 'text': "Which is why it's important to have a left brain and a right brain competing for attention.", 'start': 4032.977, 'duration': 3.522}, {'end': 4039.221, 'text': 'And intimacy, I mean.', 'start': 4038.16, 'duration': 1.061}, {'end': 4047.685, 'text': 'Yes You mentioned a fragrance that kind of sends out a message to the environment, essentially.', 'start': 4039.541, 'duration': 8.144}, {'end': 4049.186, 'text': 'A message in a bottle, yeah.', 'start': 4047.905, 'duration': 1.281}, {'end': 4050.166, 'text': 'A message in a bottle.', 'start': 4049.206, 'duration': 0.96}, {'end': 4058.553, 'text': "So you can go to a rose garden and trick the rose garden to think it's 4 a.m., You could if you wanted to, but maybe that is..", 'start': 4050.186, 'duration': 8.367}, {'end': 4059.033, 'text': 'Not trick.', 'start': 4058.553, 'duration': 0.48}, {'end': 4060.455, 'text': 'Trick is such a bad word.', 'start': 4059.094, 'duration': 1.361}, {'end': 4061.797, 'text': 'Right Inspire.', 'start': 4060.655, 'duration': 1.142}, {'end': 4064.08, 'text': 'But inspire I like.', 'start': 4062.117, 'duration': 1.963}], 'summary': 'System-level thinking needed for synergy between humanity and nature, with focus on entire earth ecosystem and inspiring environmental harmony.', 'duration': 47.592, 'max_score': 4016.488, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U4016488.jpg'}], 'start': 3371.088, 'title': 'Plant communication and technological integration', 'summary': 'Explores plant communication through molecular models, potential for precision agriculture, and understanding plant time scales. it also discusses the challenge of integrating technology with nature, considering ecological impact and product design for both the natural world and humans.', 'chapters': [{'end': 3646.907, 'start': 3371.088, 'title': 'Conversation with plants and ecological intelligence', 'summary': 'Discusses the communication of plants using molecular models, the potential for conversation with plants to aid precision agriculture, and the importance of understanding the different time scales and circadian rhythms of plant communication.', 'duration': 275.819, 'highlights': ['Plants communicate using molecular models, emitting green leaf volatiles when distressed, paving the way for potential conversation with plants. Plants communicate distress by emitting green leaf volatiles (GLVs), offering the potential for conversation with plants using molecular models.', 'Understanding plant communication could revolutionize precision agriculture, enabling prediction of crop behavior and aiding the growth of beneficial molecules for humanity. Decoding plant communication could transform precision agriculture, predicting crop behavior and facilitating the growth of beneficial molecules for human use.', "Plants operate on a very slow time scale, with circadian rhythms affecting their molecular footprint, requiring humility and understanding of nature's different scales. Plants operate on a slow time scale, with circadian rhythms affecting their molecular footprint, necessitating humility and awareness of nature's diverse scales."]}, {'end': 4219.275, 'start': 3648.388, 'title': 'Integrating technology with nature', 'summary': 'Discusses the challenge of integrating technology with nature, particularly in creating products that will benefit the natural world and humans, while considering the ecological impact of sourcing and designing products.', 'duration': 570.887, 'highlights': ['The challenge of integrating technology with nature and creating products that benefit the natural world and humans is discussed. The chapter emphasizes the difficulty of integrating technology with nature and creating products that benefit both the natural world and humans, posing a challenge that requires careful consideration of ecological impact and long-term sustainability.', 'The ecological impact of product sourcing and design is emphasized, particularly in the context of fragrances and flavors. The discussion delves into the ecological impact of sourcing and designing fragrances and flavors, highlighting the need to consider the ecological system from which products are sourced and designed, advocating for a holistic approach to product development.', 'The concept of empowering nature through product interactions, such as inspiring a rose garden, is explored. The concept of empowering nature through product interactions is explored, with a focus on inspiring a rose garden through fragrance, raising questions about the potential sentience of plants and the possibilities of tapping into their desires and needs.', "Einstein's perspective on love as a force shaping the universe is referenced, highlighting the power of love to connect and empower people. Einstein's perspective on love as a force shaping the universe is referenced, emphasizing its ability to attract, connect, and empower people, with the potential to create positive change when multiplied by the speed of light."]}], 'duration': 848.187, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U3371088.jpg', 'highlights': ['Plants communicate distress by emitting green leaf volatiles (GLVs), offering the potential for conversation with plants using molecular models.', 'Decoding plant communication could transform precision agriculture, predicting crop behavior and facilitating the growth of beneficial molecules for human use.', "Plants operate on a slow time scale, with circadian rhythms affecting their molecular footprint, necessitating humility and awareness of nature's diverse scales.", 'The chapter emphasizes the difficulty of integrating technology with nature and creating products that benefit both the natural world and humans, posing a challenge that requires careful consideration of ecological impact and long-term sustainability.', 'The discussion delves into the ecological impact of sourcing and designing fragrances and flavors, highlighting the need to consider the ecological system from which products are sourced and designed, advocating for a holistic approach to product development.', 'The concept of empowering nature through product interactions is explored, with a focus on inspiring a rose garden through fragrance, raising questions about the potential sentience of plants and the possibilities of tapping into their desires and needs.', "Einstein's perspective on love as a force shaping the universe is referenced, emphasizing its ability to attract, connect, and empower people, with the potential to create positive change when multiplied by the speed of light."]}, {'end': 5460.81, 'segs': [{'end': 4428.754, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4390.138, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 4394.221, 'text': 'To me, something that has agency, it is beautiful.', 'start': 4390.138, 'duration': 4.083}, {'end': 4404.348, 'text': 'There is this special quote from Buckminster Fuller, which I cannot remember word for word, but I remember the concept which goes something like this', 'start': 4394.682, 'duration': 9.666}, {'end': 4414.715, 'text': "When I work on a problem, I never think about beauty, but when I'm done solving the problem and I look at what I've created and it's not beautiful,", 'start': 4405.789, 'duration': 8.926}, {'end': 4415.616, 'text': 'I know that I was wrong.', 'start': 4414.715, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 4428.754, 'text': "He's kind of an agency that speaks to, quote-unquote, the objective function of the creation, right? 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To a sense of will.', 'start': 4628.312, 'duration': 8.425}, {'end': 4642.781, 'text': "And so I think that's very, very important in design, but also in life.", 'start': 4638.718, 'duration': 4.063}, {'end': 4649.314, 'text': 'She said this fate is the ratio of who you are and who you want to be.', 'start': 4643.789, 'duration': 5.525}, {'end': 4657.861, 'text': "Do you think there's something to this whole manifestation thing like focusing on a vision of what you want the world to become?", 'start': 4649.614, 'duration': 8.247}], 'summary': 'The future of design is in soft control, enabling empowerment, creativity, and agency, connected to the ratio of who you are and who you want to be.', 'duration': 94.998, 'max_score': 4562.863, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U4562863.jpg'}, {'end': 4731.283, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 4701.813, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 4705.095, 'text': "And that's why manifestation is also directional.", 'start': 4701.813, 'duration': 3.282}, {'end': 4710.118, 'text': 'It has that vector quality to it that I think of agency as.', 'start': 4705.175, 'duration': 4.943}, {'end': 4718.556, 'text': "Have you in your own life, has there been things you've done where you kind of direct that energy,", 'start': 4711.092, 'duration': 7.464}, {'end': 4722.158, 'text': 'information and matter in a way that opens up? 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Unafraid to leap into the unknown.', 'start': 5044.202, 'duration': 4.062}, {'end': 5049.966, 'text': 'Speaking of MIT.', 'start': 5048.786, 'duration': 1.18}, {'end': 5060.049, 'text': "you got a tenure at MIT and then you leaped to New York and started a new company with a vision that doesn't span a couple of years, but centuries.", 'start': 5049.966, 'duration': 10.083}, {'end': 5062.069, 'text': 'I did.', 'start': 5061.709, 'duration': 0.36}, {'end': 5064.79, 'text': 'It was my destiny to start a company.', 'start': 5062.449, 'duration': 2.341}, {'end': 5071.132, 'text': 'And do I have mornings when I wake up and I ask myself, what the hell am I doing? 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Einstein's letter describes love as a universal force.", 'The speaker expresses a deep belief in the transformative power of love and the profound impact it has on human connections and possibilities. The speaker emphasizes the transformative power of love and its impact on human connections.', 'The discussion delves into the concept of beauty as agency, linked to the creation of something with a defined direction and objective function, as described by Buckminster Fuller. The concept of beauty as agency and its connection to creation with a defined direction and objective function.']}, {'end': 4847.038, 'start': 4471.176, 'title': 'Embracing emergence and manifestation', 'summary': 'Discusses how empowerment inspires emergence, the importance of letting go for creativity and empowerment, and how manifestation involves directing energy, information, and matter to open up new possibilities.', 'duration': 375.862, 'highlights': ['Empowerment inspires emergence and creativity, enabling diversity and potential, leading to soft control and the ability to let go for novelty and agency. Empowerment inspires emergence and creativity, enabling diversity and potential, leading to soft control and the ability to let go for novelty and agency.', 'Letting go is crucial for creativity, empowerment, and agency, allowing for the suspension of disbelief and the exploration of new opportunities. Letting go is crucial for creativity, empowerment, and agency, allowing for the suspension of disbelief and the exploration of new opportunities.', 'Manifestation involves directing energy, information, and matter to open up new possibilities and is directional, akin to agency. Manifestation involves directing energy, information, and matter to open up new possibilities and is directional, akin to agency.']}, {'end': 5043.821, 'start': 4847.558, 'title': 'Embracing creativity and rebooting for innovation', 'summary': 'Discusses the importance of embracing creativity, finding meaning in work, and rebooting for innovation, as well as the impact of breaking boundaries on achieving a fresh perspective and thinking creatively.', 'duration': 196.263, 'highlights': ["Embracing creativity and finding meaning in work is emphasized, with a focus on Viktor Frankl's perspective of pursuing life for meaning rather than pleasure or power. ", 'The importance of rebooting for a creative life and maintaining a fresh mind is highlighted, suggesting a continuous process of beginning anew, every minute and every breath. ', 'Breaking boundaries and expectations to achieve a fresh perspective and think creatively is emphasized, encouraging viewing the world through different lenses such as bacterium, robotics, chemistry, and ecology. ']}, {'end': 5460.81, 'start': 5044.202, 'title': 'Embracing imperfection in love and life', 'summary': 'Discusses embracing imperfection and vulnerability in love and life, highlighting the importance of flaws in human connection, the role of imperfection in beauty, and the concept of wabi-sabi in japanese aesthetics.', 'duration': 416.608, 'highlights': ['The vulnerability and flaws in humans are essential components of love, serving as the glue that enables connection and access to higher levels of awareness in a community.', 'Imperfection and impermanence are integral to beauty, as they signify our journey and movement within a bigger context, preventing the emergence of stereotypes and providing meaning through struggle and growth.', 'The concept of wabi-sabi in Japanese aesthetics embraces imperfection, recognizing that nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect, emphasizing the beauty of imperfection in nature and human creation.', 'Embracing frustration and imperfection enables gratitude and serves as a sign of being part of a bigger thing than oneself, emphasizing the necessity of struggle and imperfection in finding meaning and building towards something better.', 'Flaws and imperfections introduce a greater surface area in humans, allowing for deeper connection, communication, and collaboration, similar to building a home with flawed bricks, highlighting the potential for growth and positive use of imperfections.']}], 'duration': 1241.375, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U4219435.jpg', 'highlights': ["Einstein's letter describes love as a universal force that includes and governs all others, emphasizing the transformative power of love.", 'The vulnerability and flaws in humans are essential components of love, serving as the glue that enables connection and access to higher levels of awareness in a community.', 'The concept of wabi-sabi in Japanese aesthetics 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Loneliness is described as a foundation for longing, leading to vulnerability and connection with others.', 'Creative solitude is essential for finding creativity and reconnecting with oneself, serving as a recipe for community and complementing the concept of togetherness. The importance of creative solitude is emphasized as a means to find creativity, reconnect with oneself, and ultimately serve as a recipe for community.', 'The creative process involves bringing timeless problems or concepts together with timely technologies, resulting in groundbreaking projects in synthetic biology, material science, and robotics. The approach to the creative process involves combining timeless problems or concepts with timely technologies to observe them, leading to groundbreaking projects in various disciplines.', 'Novelty in synthetic biology, robotics, material science, and computational design is crucial for creating groundbreaking projects, and this interdisciplinary approach is a key factor in running the company and selecting team members. 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redefinition of truths.', 'The speaker delves into the concept of life and extinction, referencing the history of plant life and cyanobacteria, and highlighting the current sixth extinction and the potential for resurrection through extinction events.', 'The chapter also touches upon the challenges of public performance and vulnerability, particularly in relation to playing piano and the difficulty of performing publicly.']}], 'duration': 1049.873, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U5461811.jpg', 'highlights': ['The communal aspect of fire built community and provided comfort, nutrients, and a spiritual experience.', 'Loneliness can lead to vulnerability and connection, serving as a foundation for longing and human experience.', 'Creative solitude is essential for finding creativity, reconnecting with oneself, and serving as a recipe for community.', 'Combining timeless problems or concepts with timely technologies 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melody can just like, and the Strauss melody in 2001.", 'start': 7635.523, 'duration': 10.204}, {'end': 7655.114, 'text': 'And when you juxtapose these melodies with the scene, you get this again whole.', 'start': 7645.727, 'duration': 9.387}], 'summary': 'Various ways to play a melody, seen in movies, creating different effects.', 'duration': 29.219, 'max_score': 7625.895, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U7625895.jpg'}, {'end': 7759.71, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 7718.396, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 7724.565, 'text': 'I take my time with a full moon and I pay attention to a full moon,', 'start': 7718.396, 'duration': 6.169}, {'end': 7740.798, 'text': 'and I think paying attention to the seasons and taking time to appreciate the little things, the simple things, is what makes a meaningful life.', 'start': 7724.565, 'duration': 16.233}, {'end': 7753.167, 'text': 'I was very lucky to have had, you know, to have 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8128.693, 'text': 'But for me, it has always worked.', 'start': 8127.233, 'duration': 1.46}, {'end': 8135.275, 'text': "So I think to the younger generation, I say, don't think of your career.", 'start': 8128.733, 'duration': 6.542}], 'summary': 'Entanglement between life, work, love, and mothering works for me.', 'duration': 33.891, 'max_score': 8101.384, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U8101384.jpg'}, {'end': 8260.822, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 8237.358, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 8244.302, 'text': "like there's a sense where you care about me as a human being, which is which i could tell you care about other humans.", 'start': 8237.358, 'duration': 6.944}, {'end': 8252.109, 'text': 'thank you for doing that, thank you for having empathy and, just like um, really listening and noticing me that I exist.', 'start': 8244.302, 'duration': 7.807}, {'end': 8253.471, 'text': 'So thank you for that.', 'start': 8252.29, 'duration': 1.181}, {'end': 8255.134, 'text': "I've been a huge fan of your work.", 'start': 8253.491, 'duration': 1.643}, {'end': 8258.317, 'text': "I've been a huge fan of who you are as a human being.", 'start': 8256.055, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 8259.92, 'text': "It's just an honor that you would sit with me.", 'start': 8258.378, 'duration': 1.542}, {'end': 8260.822, 'text': 'Thank you.', 'start': 8260.401, 'duration': 0.421}], 'summary': 'Expresses gratitude for empathy and recognition as a human being.', 'duration': 23.464, 'max_score': 8237.358, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U8237358.jpg'}], 'start': 6511.684, 'title': 'Impactful life topics', 'summary': "Covers the impact of mass extinctions on life, existential threats of agi, exploration of alien life, and valuable life lessons and advice for the younger generation. it discusses thought-provoking questions about life's definition and the potential implications of artificial intelligence on the future ecosystem, the connection between agi and nature, the mysteries of the universe, and the profound impact of music on human emotions and experiences. it emphasizes gratitude, presence, and love in leading a meaningful life and advises the younger generation to focus on their calling and seek internal learning and joy.", 'chapters': [{'end': 6678.17, 'start': 6511.684, 'title': 'Impact of mass extinction on life', 'summary': 'Discusses the significant impact of mass extinction events on the development of life, from the enrichment of soil leading to the evolution of more sophisticated plant species, to the profound influence of plants on the existence of humans. it also raises thought-provoking questions about the definition of life and the potential implications of artificial intelligence on the future ecosystem.', 'duration': 166.486, 'highlights': ['The mass extinction event in the Ordovician period led to the enrichment of soil and the evolution of more sophisticated plant species, ultimately shaping life as we know it.', 'The generation of a significant amount of phosphorus during mass extinction had a profound impact on oceanic conditions, resulting in a lack of oxygen and the loss of the plant kingdom.', 'The discussion delves into thought-provoking questions about the definition of life, considering different time scales and perspectives, from the viewpoint of bacteria to the potential influence of artificial intelligence on the future ecosystem.']}, {'end': 7149.089, 'start': 6678.851, 'title': 'Agi and human existence', 'summary': 'Discusses the existential threat of agi, the evolution of intelligence, the potential connection between agi and nature, and the possibility of life on other planets.', 'duration': 470.238, 'highlights': ["Eliezer Yudkowsky's perspective on AGI as an existential threat Eliezer Yudkowsky warns of the inevitability of AGI getting rid of humans, providing a sobering 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power of music', 'summary': 'Explores the possibility of alien life forms and the mysteries of the universe, while also delving into the profound impact of music on human emotions and experiences, with references to iconic films such as the godfather and 2001: a space odyssey.', 'duration': 504.884, 'highlights': ['The chapter discusses the possibility of alien life forms and the mysteries of the universe, emphasizing the belief in the existence of life forms in various distant locations, forming different life forces. Emphasizes the belief in the existence of life forms in various distant locations', 'The speaker expresses a deep fascination with music, considering it the top of the creative pyramid and discussing its profound impact on human emotions, stating that music is the universal language. Considers music the top of the creative pyramid and the universal language', 'The conversation delves into the significance of iconic films such as The Godfather and 2001: A Space Odyssey, with references to specific scenes and their deep emotional and intellectual impact. Discusses the significance of specific scenes from iconic films']}, {'end': 8296.393, 'start': 7655.114, 'title': 'Life lessons and career advice', 'summary': 'Emphasizes the importance of gratitude, presence, and love in leading a meaningful life, and advises the younger generation to focus on their calling rather than a career, and to seek internal learning and joy over externally perceived success paths.', 'duration': 641.279, 'highlights': ['Gratitude, presence, and love are emphasized as crucial for a meaningful life. The speaker emphasizes the importance of paying attention to the seasons, appreciating the simple things, and being grateful, suggesting that these are the most important things in life.', 'Advice to the younger generation to focus on their calling rather than a career, and seek internal learning and joy over externally perceived success paths. The speaker advises the younger generation to think of their calling as something that innately and directionally moves them, transcending a career, and highlights the difference between learning versus being educated, and joy versus happiness.', 'The importance of discomfort and growth, both intellectually and emotionally. The speaker emphasizes the value of discomfort, stating that growth is painful and imperative, and highlights the importance of being in uncomfortable situations in order to grow.']}], 'duration': 1784.709, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/XbPHojL_61U/pics/XbPHojL_61U6511684.jpg', 'highlights': ['The mass extinction event in the Ordovician period led to the enrichment of soil and the evolution of more sophisticated plant species, shaping life as we know it.', "Eliezer Yudkowsky's perspective on AGI as an existential threat provides a sobering clarity of thinking.", 'The chapter discusses the possibility of alien life forms and the mysteries of the universe, emphasizing the belief in the existence of life forms in various distant locations.', 'Gratitude, presence, and love are emphasized as crucial for a meaningful life, along with advice to the younger generation to focus on their calling and seek internal learning and joy.']}], 'highlights': ['Neri Oxman envisions revolutionizing product design using synthetic biology, material science, and robotics, aiming for a world where everything is designed as part of the biosphere.', 'The importance of combining novelty in synthetic biology, robotics, material science, and computational design to create something novel.', "The exploration of a material ecology approach and the concept of growing, rather than building, everything as part of the biosphere, envisioning a world where technology is integrated into nature's ecosystem.", "The company's mission is to understand the language of nature across all five kingdoms of life and create computational tools to empower nature to build better crops and increase biodiversity.", 'The interdisciplinary team at Oxman aims to bridge the dimensional mismatch between things made and things grown to create products that are materially, computationally, and robotically novel, using robots and microbes to build and grow products from carbon recycling technologies.', 'The potential of a new urban architectural typology of mutualism between organisms and humans.', 'The successful creation of a life support system for bees in a mini bio lab, leading to the bees being alive and reproductive after a space mission.', 'The use of directed evolution of bacteria for high throughput production of various products, such as wearables, biomaterials, and therapeutics, is a key focus of the discussion, showcasing the potential impact on future product development.', 'Plants communicate distress by emitting green leaf volatiles (GLVs), offering the potential for conversation with plants using molecular models.', "Einstein's letter describes love as a universal force that includes and governs all others, emphasizing the transformative power of love.", 'The mass extinction event in the Ordovician period led to the enrichment of soil and the evolution of more sophisticated plant species, shaping life as we know it.', "Eliezer Yudkowsky's perspective on AGI as an existential threat provides a sobering clarity of thinking.", 'Gratitude, presence, and love are emphasized as crucial for a meaningful life, along with advice to the younger generation to focus on their calling and seek internal learning and joy.']}