Existential Hope Podcast: Adam Marblestone | Solving Science’s Biggest Gaps

NOV 29, 202451 MIN
The Foresight Institute Podcast

Existential Hope Podcast: Adam Marblestone | Solving Science’s Biggest Gaps

NOV 29, 202451 MIN

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<p><strong>Adam Marblestone</strong> is the CEO of Convergent Research. He is working with a large and growing network of collaborators and advisors to develop a strategic roadmap for future FROs. Outside of CR, he serves on the boards of several non-profits pursuing new methods of funding and organizing scientific research including Norn Group and New Science, and as an interviewer for the Hertz Foundation. Previously, he was a Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow, a Fellow with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), a research scientist at Google <a href="https://deepmind.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DeepMind</a>, Chief Strategy Officer of the brain-computer interface company Kernel, a research scientist at MIT, a PhD student in biophysics with <a href="https://arep.med.harvard.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Church</a> and colleagues at Harvard, and a theoretical physics student at Yale. He has also previously helped to start companies like BioBright, and advised foundations such as <a href="https://www.openphilanthropy.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Philanthropy</a>.</p><br><p><strong>Session Summary</strong></p><p>In this episode of the&nbsp;<em>Existential Hope Podcast</em>, our guest is Adam Marblestone, CEO of Convergent Research. Adam shares his journey from working on nanotechnology and neuroscience to pioneering a bold new model for scientific work and funding: Focused Research Organizations (FROs). These nonprofit, deep-tech startups are designed to fill critical gaps in science by building the infrastructure needed to accelerate discovery. Tune in to hear how FROs are unlocking innovation, tackling bottlenecks across fields, and inspiring a new approach to advancing humanity’s understanding of the world.</p><br><p><strong>Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece:</strong><a href="https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://www.existentialhope.com/podcasts</a></p><br><p><a href="https://www.existentialhope.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Existential Hope</a> was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future, and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a<a href="https://foresight.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Foresight Institute</a> project.</p><br><p>Hosted by<a href="https://foresight.org/our-team/allison-duettmann-president-ceo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Allison Duettmann</a> and<a href="https://foresight.org/our-team/beatrice-erkers-chief-of-operations/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Beatrice Erkers</a></p><br><p>Follow Us:<a href="https://twitter.com/foresightinst" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> |<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ForesightInstitute/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Facebook</a> |<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/foresight-institute/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> LinkedIn</a> |<a href="https://www.instagram.com/existential.hope/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Existential Hope Instagram</a></p><br><p>Explore every word spoken on this podcast through<a href="https://fathom.fm/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Fathom.fm</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>