EP 290 - Tom Williams - Number 8 Bio - Agriculture Is the Foundation of All Civilization
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The Asia Tech Podcast was wowed by its conversation with Tom Williams, a co-founder and the CEO of Number 8 Bio. From the origins of the company's name to the potential impact it could have on climate change, this entire conversation was truly amazing.
Some of the topics that Tom discussed:
Malthusian Population Theory - Synthetic Fertilizer and Crop Breeding
The mechanization and automation of farming
The impact that agriculture has on climate change
How the Syn Bio 10x program unlocks the latent potential of Australia’s academic scientists
The importance of addressing the sustainability issues in agriculture
The opportunities and risks of commercializing deep tech innovations in agriculture
Some other titles we considered for this episode:
The Number 8 Wire Mentality
The Sustainability Angle Is Really Important
Life Is a Little Bit Harder to Engineer Than I Originally Thought
Synthetic Biology and the Future of Agriculture
Agriculture Is Inherently a Biological Process
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