Big Think
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Learn from the world's biggest thinkers.
Writer and columnist with a PhD in the philosophy of psychology. Author of Some of Our Parts. Malcontent.
Andrew Hessel is a pioneer in digital biology – part futurist, microbiologist, geneticist, and inventor. Considers cells living computers, viruses biological USB sticks, and DNA a coding language. He plans to be cloned after he dies.
I explain ideas. I write for Big Think. I run the Mini Philosophy social network.
Kristin Houser is the Managing Editor of Big Think and author of Future Explored, a newsletter and column focused on the past, present, and future of innovation.
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