The Asia Tech Podcast was wowed by its conversation with Tom Williams, a co-founder and the CEO of Number 8 Bio. From the origins of the company's name to the potential impact it could have on climate change, this entire conversation was truly amazing.
Some of the topics that Tom discussed:
- Malthusian Population Theory - Synthetic Fertilizer and Crop Breeding
- The mechanization and automation of farming
- The impact that agriculture has on climate change
- How the Syn Bio 10x program unlocks the latent potential of Australia’s academic scientists
- The importance of addressing the sustainability issues in agriculture
- The opportunities and risks of commercializing deep tech innovations in agriculture
Some other titles we considered for this episode:
- The Number 8 Wire Mentality
- The Sustainability Angle Is Really Important
- Life Is a Little Bit Harder to Engineer Than I Originally Thought
- Synthetic Biology and the Future of Agriculture
- Agriculture Is Inherently a Biological Process
