Welcome to another episode of Patterns and Stories. Joining us today is Guru Madhavan, a biomedical engineer, senior policy adviser, and author of “Wicked Problems.” Guru conducts research at the National Academy of Sciences, lives in Washington, DC, and has been named a distinguished young scientist by the World Economic Forum.

We are your hosts, Luca Dellanna and Ismail Manik.

The AI-generated transcript was lightly edited for grammar and fluency.

Highlights

* “Engineering is peer reviewed by reality.”

* “Engineering is the carrier of history. It’s both an instrument and an infrastructure of politics. The act of know-how that is far older than the science of know-what.”

* “Engineers are as much problem creators as they are problem solvers.”

Links

* Guru’s LinkedIn

* Guru’s Twitter

* Guru’s book

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