Ryan Janzen on the Singularity: Jarring is What We Need

Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science, to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. With eighteen international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto, with Steve Mann. Janzen is a composer not only for orchestra but also for the hydraulophone. During our 25 minute conversation with Ryan we cover a wide variety of topics such as: his early passion for both technology and music; his strong interest in nature and ethics; the problems of careerism and pursuing technology for its own sake, both in the arts and the sciences; the importance of questioning what we assume to be the natural order of things; the hydraulophone and its unique way of making music by vibrating water as one of many ways of bringing nature and technology together.