This is a ~1 hour conversation of Aastha Jain Simes (https://www.livelongerworld.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasthajs) and Azra Raza on her unique and passionate journey in oncology and her ideas for cancer therapy. Azra is an amazing person, clinician, and scientist; see more of her work at: Columbia web page: https://www.cancer.columbia.edu/profile/azra-raza-md Personal site with poetry and much more: https://azraraza.com/video-category/poetry-and-ghalib/ Her youtube channel: https://...
This episode explores how bioelectricity serves as a link between physics, biology, and cognition, highlighting its role in understanding complex biological processes.
The episode explores intrinsic motivation in biological, artificial, and hybrid systems, discussing how these systems develop self-driven behaviors and the implications for research and engineering.
Michael Levin discusses the concept of agential materials and explores how recognizing and communicating with these materials challenges traditional views of mind and agency.
Exploring the unseen forces of life, cognition, and emergence — with Professor Michael Levin. Conversations on morphogenesis, bioelectricity, synthetic biology, and the nature of intelligence.
