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#14 - Boyan Slat: Solving Ocean Plastic

#14 - Boyan Slat: Solving Ocean Plastic

FromWin-Win with Liv Boeree


#14 - Boyan Slat: Solving Ocean Plastic

FromWin-Win with Liv Boeree

ratings:
Length:
86 minutes
Released:
Dec 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Today's Win-Win episode is with Boyan Slat. Boyan is the founder and CEO of the Ocean Cleanup, the famous organization that's trying to rid our waterways of plastic for good. I ask him why plastic has become such a problem, the difference between effective and ineffective regulation (ahem Plastic Straw Ban!), the importance of mindset when solving hard problems, and of course, his relationship with competition. Good stuff.

00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:25 - Origin Story
00:07:52 - How the Ocean Cleanup Works
00:17:20 - Practical vs Ideological Solutions
00:38:01 - Role of Regulation in Fixing Incentives
00:45:14 - Plastic Straw Ban
00:52:30 - Personal plastic usage and Trade-offs
01:00:41 - Is Technology Values Neutral?
01:07:31 - Competition
01:13:10 - How to Solve Big Problems
01:20:45 - Long-term plans
Released:
Dec 16, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (23)

Former poker pro, Liv Boeree, takes to the interview chair in order to tease apart the complexities of competition and how our competitive natures can get the best or worst out of us. Liv is joined by fellow players, writers, thinkers, entrepreneurs, philosophers, and more to find ways to change the zero-sum game and build a more positive-sum world.