#394 — Bringing Back the Mammoth

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Sam Harris speaks with Ben Lamm about his work at Colossal Biosciences. They discuss his efforts to de-extinct the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, and the dodo; the difference between Colossal’s approach and Jurassic Park; the details of resurrecting the mammoth; the relevance of this work to human health; the role of artificial intelligence; reintroducing mammoths, Tasmanian tigers, and dodos back into the wild; the environmental and business case for de-extinction; and other topics.

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0:50.1	Welcome to the Making Sense podcast. This is Sam Harris.
0:57.6	Today I'm speaking with Ben Lamb. Ben is a technology and software entrepreneur, who has been featured in many publications, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, discussing topics
1:03.2	related to innovation and technology. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Colossil Biosciences,
1:10.1	a company he started with biologist George Church,
1:13.9	for the purpose of resurrecting extinct species, like the woolly mammoth and the Tasmanian
1:19.7	tiger and the dodo, and they aim to reintroduce them into the wild. Ben is also a fellow of the
1:26.3	Explorers Club and serves on the
1:28.4	scientific advisory board of the Planetary Society. But we focus on his work at Colossal. We
1:34.7	discuss the difference between their approach and Jurassic Park, the details of resurrecting
1:40.2	the mammoth and other species, the relevance of this work to human health, the role of
1:45.6	artificial intelligence here, what it would take to reintroduce mammoths and Tasmanian
1:50.3	tigers and dodoes back into the wild, the environmental and business case for doing this,
1:56.1	and other topics. Anyway, the future appears to be almost here. And now I bring you, Ben Lamb.
2:07.6	I am here with Ben Lamb. Ben, thanks for joining me.
2:11.6	Thanks so much for having me.
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