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Ep 46 - Manhattan Genomics and the Kobayashi Maru of Biology
At the frontier of technology, humanity is the experiment. The question now is, who is designing the experiment?
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Alexander Titus
12:29
Ep 44 - The Science of Story: Why Narrativity Belongs in Technical Writing
A landmark paper from grad school still shapes how I write, speak, and think today—especially when it comes to TCIP.
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Alexander Titus
14:01
Ep 42 - A Shift in Cadence, A Step Toward Impact
This September will mark one full year since I launched The Connected Ideas Project.
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Alexander Titus
4:38
Ep 41 - Editing the Future: Why People Are (Finally) Talking About Gene Editing for Babies Again
As science advances and public opinion warms, gene editing embryos to prevent disease is moving from taboo to possibility, raising new questions about…
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Alexander Titus
15:25
Ep 40 - AI 2027: When Forecasts Feel Like Fiction and Hit Like Strategy
The AI future experts are predicting for us in 2027
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Alexander Titus
15:02
Moving from Academia to Biotech
Thoughts and advice on transitioning from a career in academia to industry biotech.
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Stephen Turner
Ep 31 - Hello Senator, We Recommend You Take Biotechnology Seriously
The Final Report from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
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Alexander Titus
21:31
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.
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Alexander Titus
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Ep 27 - The Mirror Life Problem: When Every Threat Looks Like the Next Existential Crisis
I have no doubt that mirror life will continue to be a topic of interest in synthetic biology and biosecurity circles. But I am not ready to buy into…
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Alexander Titus
18:00
Ep 26 - The Slowdown in AI for Biology: A Pause or a Plateau?
AI-driven breakthroughs were piling up so fast it felt like we were racing toward some inevitable singularity where life itself would be programmable…
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Alexander Titus
11:04
Ep 25 - The Future of American Scientific Research Funding
Scientists face a stark reality where the freedom to pursue crucial problems often takes a back seat to financial imperatives.
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Evan Peikon
22:58
The Double-Edged Helix
Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, and the Ethics of Changing Our World
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Alexander Titus
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