2:45 - From a snooker to a Nobel Laureate: Levitt’s early life journey

• [4:08] I see that my whole life is full of unintended consequences of various effects.

• Serendipity 1: Role of science communication in Levitt’s life

  <aside> 💡 One of the reasons why he was interested in learning more about biochemistry, despite studying physics, was because of a TV show in 1964 called “The Thread of Life” which was hosted by Nobel Laureate, John Kendrew.

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• Serendipity 2: Standing on the shoulders of giants

• [15:25] ‘Secrets’ of Nobel Prize winners:

  1. Acknowledge the role of serendipity
  2. Embrace failures

15:25 - Why multidisciplinary is key to breakthrough?

• [16:11] I believe that disciplines are artificial.
• [16:48] Case study: Stanford’s BioX program

22:54 - Marrying structural biology and computer science

25:52 - Levitt’s interaction with ChatGPT

• [28:04] I think human stupidity is generally more of an existential threat than a human being smarter and AI has the potential to make us all smarter.

34:00 - How do we foster innovation while maintaining stability?

• [34:43] 📔 Mentioned “The Baroque Cycle: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World” (2014)

  <aside> 💡 Context: Fake news has been around since hundreds of years ago.

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• [35:57] Negative correlation between stability and innovation: Comparing China and Europe.

• [37:13] Finding the best system to balance innovation and stability

38:49 - Inequality, democratization, diversity

• ML believes in the net positive impact of technology on humanity.
• [41:31] The wonderful thing about humanity is how diverse we are.
• [42:48] 3 different sources of intelligence:

  1. Human Intelligence (HI)

  2. Artificial Intelligence (AI)

  3. Biological Intelligence (BI)

     Biological Intelligence is the big one. It invented the molecules that made life possible; it invented the schemes of evolution; it invented all sorts of amazing things.

• [44:30] Reimagining the concept of evolution which hinges upon nurturing diversity: **We have to be equal for survival!**⭐

51:04 - Why do we need more grants for interdisciplinary research?

• [54:40] Bias in Nobel grant
• [55:57] ‘Chains of Nobel’