Cool Tools Show 210: Jane Metcalfe @CoolTools

Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago

For show notes and transcript visit: kk.org/cooltools/jane-metcalfe-founder-of-neo-life

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Jane Metcalfe is the founder of NEO.LIFE, a media and events company tracking how digital tools and an engineering mindset are transforming human biology. Prior to that, she made chocolate on a pier in San Francisco at TCHO Chocolate. Jane is probably best known as the cofounder of Wired Magazine. The Kickstarter campaign for her new book “Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species” is now live.

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