Susan Hockfield and Walter Isaacson discuss biology, energy, and the next technology revolution

08/07/2020 33 min
Susan Hockfield and Walter Isaacson discuss biology, energy, and the next technology revolution

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While the story of the past 50 years has been of the digital revolution, innovations in the 21st Century will be defined by the convergence of biology and engineering, according to Susan Hockfield, President Emerita of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In a CERAWeek Conversation with author and Tulane University professor of history Walter Isaacson, Hockfield explores how the nexus of biology and engineering and innovations modeled after the genius of nature can lead to advances in life sciences, energy, and the human condition.

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