Asia Tech Podcast

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:

    1. The Number 8 Wire Mentality
    2. The Sustainability Angle Is Really Important
    3. Life Is a Little Bit Harder to Engineer Than I Originally Thought
    4. Synthetic Biology and the Future of Agriculture
    5. Agriculture Is Inherently a Biological Process
      6. ...more
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