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Today's Win-Win episode is with Boyan Slat. Boyan is the founder and CEO of the Ocean Cleanup, the famous organization that's trying to rid our waterways of plastic for good. I ask him why plastic has become such a problem, the difference between effective and ineffective regulation (ahem Plastic Straw Ban!), the importance of mindset when solving hard problems, and of course, his relationship with competition. Good stuff.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:25 - Origin Story
00:07:52 - How the Ocean Cleanup Works
00:17:20 - Practical vs Ideological Solutions
00:38:01 - Role of Regulation in Fixing Incentives
00:45:14 - Plastic Straw Ban
00:52:30 - Personal plastic usage and Trade-offs
01:00:41 - Is Technology Values Neutral?
01:07:31 - Competition
01:13:10 - How to Solve Big Problems
01:20:45 - Long-term plans
By Liv Boeree5
2020 ratings
Today's Win-Win episode is with Boyan Slat. Boyan is the founder and CEO of the Ocean Cleanup, the famous organization that's trying to rid our waterways of plastic for good. I ask him why plastic has become such a problem, the difference between effective and ineffective regulation (ahem Plastic Straw Ban!), the importance of mindset when solving hard problems, and of course, his relationship with competition. Good stuff.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:25 - Origin Story
00:07:52 - How the Ocean Cleanup Works
00:17:20 - Practical vs Ideological Solutions
00:38:01 - Role of Regulation in Fixing Incentives
00:45:14 - Plastic Straw Ban
00:52:30 - Personal plastic usage and Trade-offs
01:00:41 - Is Technology Values Neutral?
01:07:31 - Competition
01:13:10 - How to Solve Big Problems
01:20:45 - Long-term plans

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