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Episode Synopsis
🚀 The Future of Space video podcast is a candid and informal conversation, between myself and leaders, investors, innovators, educators, celebrities, movers, and shakers that are shaping the future of humankind into outer space. Like how two friends would chat and philosophe. With just one thing missing, a glass of wine! 🚀
Today's guest is Christopher Mason. He is an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of Onegevity Health, a platform designed to empower individuals to maintain optimal health by democratizing access to actionable information from leading-edge biomedical research. Mason has been a pioneer in next-generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostics, multi-omic approaches to modeling disease, and new biochemical and genomic methods.
Christopher Mason
Website https://www.masonlab.net
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-mason-4972a119/
Twitter https://twitter.com/mason_lab
Weill Cornell University
Website https://weill.cornell.edu
Onegevity
Website https://www.onegevity.com
Biotia
Website https://www.biotia.io
Tempus Labs
Website https://www.tempus.com
00:00 Introduction
00:45 3 words to describe Space? INSPIRING. NECESSARY. FUN
01:20 What is the human story of going to Space?
03:10 A quantum leap in evolution
05:30 The success of the human species and Awareness
08:20 Awareness of being the best and worst of Nature
10:45 Homo Deus
12:35 We will live longer but maybe not be bigger
15:05 Our presence in space will be biotech
17:00 Engineering nature for our survival
19:50 We are not going to re-invent the wheel
21:25 The impossible becoming possible
24:30 Nurturing compassion and humility in an era of customization
26:40 Unintended consequences
29:30 Is utopia possible?
31:10 Is immortality possible?
33:20 Jujitsu or street fighting?
36:15 500 years, the book
39:10 A lactose tolerant future
42:00 Titan, the movie and enjoying movies
43:45 Where to find the book 500 Years
44:20 What is next?
46:45 Conclusion
Today's guest is Christopher Mason. He is an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and co-founder of Onegevity Health, a platform designed to empower individuals to maintain optimal health by democratizing access to actionable information from leading-edge biomedical research. Mason has been a pioneer in next-generation sequencing (NGS) diagnostics, multi-omic approaches to modeling disease, and new biochemical and genomic methods.
Christopher Mason
Website https://www.masonlab.net
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-mason-4972a119/
Twitter https://twitter.com/mason_lab
Weill Cornell University
Website https://weill.cornell.edu
Onegevity
Website https://www.onegevity.com
Biotia
Website https://www.biotia.io
Tempus Labs
Website https://www.tempus.com
00:00 Introduction
00:45 3 words to describe Space? INSPIRING. NECESSARY. FUN
01:20 What is the human story of going to Space?
03:10 A quantum leap in evolution
05:30 The success of the human species and Awareness
08:20 Awareness of being the best and worst of Nature
10:45 Homo Deus
12:35 We will live longer but maybe not be bigger
15:05 Our presence in space will be biotech
17:00 Engineering nature for our survival
19:50 We are not going to re-invent the wheel
21:25 The impossible becoming possible
24:30 Nurturing compassion and humility in an era of customization
26:40 Unintended consequences
29:30 Is utopia possible?
31:10 Is immortality possible?
33:20 Jujitsu or street fighting?
36:15 500 years, the book
39:10 A lactose tolerant future
42:00 Titan, the movie and enjoying movies
43:45 Where to find the book 500 Years
44:20 What is next?
46:45 Conclusion
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