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Ep 50 - Moral World Building and the Launch of a New Partnership
I brought the science, and Sean brought the fiction. How a novel partnership built Synthetic Eden into a hard science fiction take on modern bioethics…
Sep 9
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Alexander Titus
2
43:54
Ep 49 - Mammoths, Moonshots, and the Messiness of Life
What the discovery of a new mammoth lineage in Mexico teaches us about the shifting paradigms of life
Sep 3
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Alexander Titus
3
13:29
Ep 47 - Seven Moonshots for the Century of Biology
From decoding life to redesigning society, the moonshots that chart our biological future
Aug 19
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Alexander Titus
8
15:34
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?
Aug 12
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Alexander Titus
6
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.
Jul 29
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Alexander Titus
3
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.
Jun 24
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Alexander Titus
4
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…
Jun 17
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Alexander Titus
4
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
Jun 10
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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.
May 12
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Stephen Turner
13
Ep 31 - Hello Senator, We Recommend You Take Biotechnology Seriously
The Final Report from the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology
Apr 8
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Alexander Titus
7
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.
Mar 18
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Alexander Titus
6
2
19:32
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…
Mar 11
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Alexander Titus
6
18:00
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