EP 290 - Tom Williams - Number 8 Bio - Agriculture Is the Foundation of All Civilization

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:

1. The Number 8 Wire Mentality
2. The Sustainability Angle Is Really Important
3. Life Is a Little Bit Harder to Engineer Than I Originally Thought
4. Synthetic Biology and the Future of Agriculture
5. Agriculture Is Inherently a Biological Process