Dr. Martine Rothblatt — The Incredible Polymath of Polymaths | Brought to you by FreshBooks (http://freshbooks.com/tim), Headspace (http://headspace.com/tim), and Athletic Greens (http://athleticgreens.com/tim). Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2020/12/16/martine-rothblatt/#more-54007 Martine Rothblatt (@skybiome) is chairman and CEO of United Therapeutics, a biotechnology company she started to save the life of one of her daughters. The company offers FDA-approved medicines for pulmonary hypertension and neuroblastoma and is working on manufacturing an unlimited supply of transplantable organs. Dr. Rothblatt previously created and led Sirius XM as its chairman and CEO and launched other satellite systems for navigation and international television broadcasting. In the field of aviation, her Sirius XM satellite system enhances safety with real-time digital weather information to pilots in flight nationwide. She also designed the world’s first electric helicopter and piloted it to a Guinness world record for speed, altitude, and flight duration. In the legal arena, Dr. Rothblatt led efforts of the transgender community to establish their own health law standards and of the International Bar Association to protect autonomy rights in genetic information via an international treaty. She also published dozens of scholarly articles and papers on the law of outer space, resulting in her election to the International Institute of Space Law, and represented the radio astronomy community’s scientific research interests before the Federal Communications Commission. She has bachelor’s (communications studies, summa cum laude), JD (Order of the Coif) and MBA degrees from UCLA, which in 2018 awarded her its highest recognition, the UCLA Medal, and she holds a PhD in medical ethics from the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Her patented inventions cover aspects of satellite communication, medicinal biochemistry, and cognitive software. Dr. Rothblatt’s recent books are on xenotransplantation (Your Life or Mine), gender identity (Transgender to Transhuman), and cyberethics (Virtually Human). She occasionally posts on Instagram at @transbinary and Twitter at @skybiome. Please enjoy! SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1dSzTkW LINK TO ALL SHOW TRANSCRIPTS: https://tim.blog/2018/09/20/all-transcripts-from-the-tim-ferriss-show/ About Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Connect with Tim Ferriss: Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-1/ Visit the Tim Ferriss PODCAST: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss BLOG: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/ Start [00:00] Alan Watts [07:19] "Her" and How AI and human beings might coexist [09:41] Role models and inspirations [14:04] Starting a biotech company to save her daughter [15:33] On costly assumptions [27:12] What led to the creation of SiriusXM? [32:33] How to cultivate greater scientific literacy [36:30] Coming out as transgender [43:41] On not identifying as strictly male or female [47:25] Big transition decisions [49:29] On guaranteeing autonomy rights and protecting genetic information [50:38] A shortage of transplantable organs [53:45] Vagus nerve therapy for Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and rheumatoid arthritis [59:07] Alzheimer’s disease [1:08:50] “Love nights” and family [1:16:13] Love and machines [1:22:00] The most important ethical questions [1:27:36] What are we doing that will seem barbaric or backward in the future? [1:31:02] Zero-carbon-footprint headquarters . . . in 2019? [1:36:16] Refurbishing lungs deemed unusable [1:39:11] Developing therapies for the long-term effects of COVID-19 [1:43:27] What would Martine’s billboard say? [1:46:14] Martine’s advice for people who struggle to keep a positive outlook. [1:47:26] Parting thoughts. [1:50:48]