There are lots of opportunities to improve those adhesives with biobas adhesives. In being able to produce things that are stronger and lighter, or less damaging, could be more sustainability on earth. All the second order and third order challenges we've had with this dependency on oil and fossil fuel goes away. And these things are all net neutral. But as you point out, there are often unintended second order effects. Are we producing enough of those talented people? If you're a young person in college right now, what are you studying to then go work at your company?...
Jason opens with a Founder University segment on "Startup Math" (1:48), then interviews Zymergen CEO Josh Hoffman on Biofacturing (16:45), how DNA sequencing & machine learning are enabling materials science advancements (26:35), what human capital is needed for the industry (42:53) & more. Pod Notes: http://bit.ly/1231notes