Mind the Gap: Life Works Fine With Nineteen
[whispering] Picture a lab bench. A petri dish. Inside, E. coli bacteria are thriving — growing, dividing, perfectly healthy. Except... they shouldn't be. Because scientists just deleted one of the twenty amino acids that every living thing on Earth has used for four billion years. [surprised] Four billion years. And the bacteria just... shrugged?...
In today's episode, Alex and Maya explore how Toronto's economy, AI's rapid evolution, and behavioural science intersect — and what it all means for how we live and work.
Takeaway: [enthusiastic] Mind the Gap. See you tomorrow.
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