Think you know how biology works? Think again! A conversation between pioneering biologist Michael Levin, and Future of Being Human initiative Director Andrew Maynard. WANT TO KNOW MORE? The Levin Lab: https://www.drmichaellevin.org/ Forms of life, forms of mind: https://thoughtforms.life/ Michael Levin on X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin MICHAEL LEVIN Michael Levin is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University, and associate faculty at Harvard’s Wyss Institute. He serves as the director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms at Tufts/UVM. His lab has pioneered approaches to organ regeneration, cancer reprogramming, non-genetic modification of the bodyplan, and the engineering of novel living proto-organisms. Using tools from behavioral and computer science, Dr. Levin seeks to understand the collective intelligence of cells and harness their problem-solving capacities for applications in birth defects, regeneration, cancer, and synthetic bioengineering. X: https://twitter.com/drmichaellevin ANDREW MAYNARD Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, and founder of Arizona State University’s Future of Being Human community. He studies the future and how our actions influence it. Substack: https://futureofbeinghuman.com/ X: https://twitter.com/2020science ABOUT THE FUTURE OF BEING HUMAN ... UNPLUGGED The Future of Being Human … Unplugged is a series of live streamed conversations that bring together experts and thinkers from very different backgrounds as they explore some of the more intriguing, complex, and profound implications of rapidly developing technological capabilities. Unscripted, unpredictable, and threaded through with mischievously curiosity, Unplugged aims to push the bounds of how we think about the intersection between advanced technologies, cutting edge science, and the very essence of what it might mean to be human in the future. And the “Unplugged” bit? We’re unplugging from the usual norms and expectations that so often make online discussions deadly tedious, so no interminable PowerPoint presentations, no long winded opening statements, and no impenetrable monologues – just compelling conversation that’ll make you think. We’re also unplugging from conventional ideas and often-stifling disciplinary constraints as we explore futures that are anything but conventional. In other words, expect conversations that engage, entertain, and shake up your world as we explore what it might mean to be human in a technologically complex future! Website: https://futureofbeinghuman.asu.edu/