#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: – 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