This book by Matt Ridley and Alina Chan came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory | Lex Fridman Podcast #247
“so there's this excellent book that people should read uh called viral the search for the origin of covid-19 Matt Ridley and Alina Chan”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Jamie Metzl: Author and technology futurist specializing in genetic engineering, biotechnology, and geopolitics; former U.S. National Security Council official and member of the WHO expert advisory committee on human genome editing. Geopolitics expert Jamie Metzl lays out why he is 85% sure COVID-19 leaked from a Wuhan lab and condemns the Chinese cover-up.
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