The most surprising bit of information I learnt about was Moore's law, which is a predictive engine. It's a curve that exponentially accumulates and is on a scale of 1.5 per year. I learnt that biology used to be on that curve in the late 70s. Indeed, DNA reading and writing changed by a factor of five for speed once it joined that curve. A direct quotation from the interview was :"instead of flat lining, we actually saw an increase, as biotechnologists gained more attuned to why Moore's law worked." I learnt that this was actually due to multiplexing, instead of being due to miniaturisation or automation which is what it seems to be due to.
Here is a great article to learn more about Moore's Law: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-multiple-lives-of-moores-law
