Archive - The Connected Ideas Project

The Fifth Pillar

A speculative dispatch from 2037

Apr 25 •

Alexander Titus

Ep 33 - “We Can’t Just Discover, We Have to Deliver”: The Real Work of Scaling U.S. Biotechnology

Chapter 2 of the NSCEB Final Report

Apr 22 •

Alexander Titus

21:09

The Genome in Fifty Pieces

In a world where biology powers geopolitics, one analyst must help rewire the United States into a resilient, decentralized biomanufacturing force.

Apr 18 •

Alexander Titus

Ep 32 - Not Just Another Report: Chapter 1 and the Battle to Lead in Biotechnology

Chapter 1 of the NSCEB Final Report

Apr 15 •

Alexander Titus

13:57

The Second Century

In a reimagined Midwest shaped by biotech, one young woman steps into a future grown from code, community, and courage

Apr 11 •

Alexander Titus

Ep 31 - Hello Senator, We Recommend You Take Biotechnology Seriously

The Final Report from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

Apr 8 •

Alexander Titus

21:31

Invisible Hands

Today, an entire submission for a new gene therapy had been reviewed in under four hours

Apr 4 •

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Ep 30 - The Next National Security Race: How Biotech is Rewriting Global Power

A primer on the growing importance of biotechnology in the 21st century intended to be a complement to the upcoming final report of the U.S. National…

Apr 1 •

Alexander Titus

14:53

March 2025

Ministry of Futures

A Speculative Look at the Sandbox of Policy

Mar 28 •

Alexander Titus

Ep 29 - Science Fiction in a Suit, Policy in a T-Shirt

The question isn’t whether fiction influences policy. It’s how consciously we use it.

Mar 25 •

Alexander Titus

19:45

The Last Outbreak

Year: 2047 | Location: Global Biosecurity Command (GBC) | Status: Contained

Mar 21 •

Alexander Titus

Ep 28 - The Real Risks, and Real Promise, of AI in Biotech from the Perspective of the National Academies

As someone who sat on the National Academies’ study committee on AI and Biosecurity, I can tell you: the truth is neither so dire nor so utopian.

Mar 18 •

Alexander Titus

19:32

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