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Episode 3 | Who Are You? — Becoming, Curiosity, Science, and the Visible Impossible (Oliver)

What happens when the impossible becomes visible — and how does that moment change a life? In this episode of The Original You Podcast, I sit down with Oliver, a 26-year-old scientist working in biotech research and development in Boston, whose life has been shaped by curiosity, perseverance, and a quiet commitment to solving real human problems. Oliver is not theorizing science or technology from a distance. He is living inside it — working daily on diseases with high unmet need, including oncology, inflammatory bowel disease, fibrosis, and obesity. His path into science was influenced early on by a deeply personal experience: watching his young cousin undergo treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. That encounter planted a lasting motivation — not just to understand science, but to help make medicine safer, more effective, and more humane. This conversation opens, as all episodes in the first series do, with a simple but difficult question: Who are you — right now? Not what you do. Not what you’re supposed to be. But who you experience yourself to be in this moment. From there, the dialogue unfolds naturally into themes of identity, development, and becoming. Oliver reflects on: How identity shifts as the mind matures The role of family, education, and early modeling The importance of “third spaces” — places beyond work and home where community and perspective are formed Why persistence often begins with seeing something done once — even if it felt impossible before One of the pivotal moments in the episode comes from a childhood memory Oliver shares: a seemingly impossible challenge at a fair — a wobbly ladder no one could climb. After watching others fail, he succeeds — not because he is stronger, but because the impossible had just been demonstrated as possible. That story opens the door to a broader reflection on how breakthroughs happen — in science, in culture, and in personal lives. Once a boundary is crossed, something shifts. The mind reorganizes around new possibilities. From there, the conversation moves into Oliver’s lived relationship with technology and AI: How he uses AI cautiously and critically in scientific work Why speed without validation is dangerous in medicine How tools like AlphaFold are transforming early-stage drug development Where innovation accelerates — and where it must slow down Rather than framing technology as purely utopian or dystopian, Oliver speaks with balance and humility, acknowledging both its promise and its risks. He also reflects on social media, attention, and why some technologies — though powerful — may not always be healthy for the human mind. As the episode progresses, the conversation subtly reverses direction. Oliver begins asking questions. He becomes the interrogator — curious not just about science, but about long arcs of technological change, cultural difference, and how societies evolve without losing what makes them distinct. His questions lead us into a discussion of innovation at intersections — between disciplines, cultures, histories, and ways of thinking. This turn reveals something essential about Oliver’s inner nature: a mind oriented not only toward solutions, but toward understanding how and why those solutions emerge. Throughout the episode, there is no performance, no optimization, and no pressure to conclude. The conversation remains unfinished in the best sense — reflective, open, and human. This is not a debate about technology. It is not a manifesto. It is a record of becoming.