#225 Geoffrey West - Scale: The Universal Laws of Life and Death in Organisms, Cities and Companies

<p>Geoffrey West is a physicist turned complexity theorist. He is currently a Distinguished Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, where he served as President from 2005 to 2009.</p> <p>West has been listed as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.</p> <p>He is the author of <em><a href= "https://amzn.to/3oYL3xY">Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies</a></em>.</p> <p>In his book Scale (which Sean loves), Geoffrey became fascinated by aging and mortality, and applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer.</p> <p>The result was astonishing, and changed science: <strong>West found that despite the massive diversity in mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other.</strong></p> <p><strong>If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on. </strong></p> <p>This conversation is certainly going to expand your thinking!</p> <p><a href= "http://whatgotyouthere.com/225-geoffrey-west-episode-notes/">Episode Notes</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/NLg4Jeufblc">Watch on YouTube</a></p> <p class="p1"><a href="https://bit.ly/2RH3eaD" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Checkout my Newsletter</a></p> <p class="p1">Connect with us! <a href= "http://bit.ly/Whatgotyouthere" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><span class= "s1">Whatgotyouthere</span></a></p> <p><span class="s1">“Uncover your talents. Discover your dream job. Thrive in YOUR culture.” Sign up for Culture Finders today at</span> <span class="s1"><a href= "http://www.culturefinders.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">www.CultureFinders.com</a></span></p> <p class="p1">MCTco Collagen Protein Bars <a href= "http://www.mctco.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><span class= "s1">www.mctc