Show notes
“It's the relationships that have always mattered a lot more to me on selecting a partner on that front.”
Philip Borden grew up in Plymouth, Indiana, in a family shaped by agriculture. He talks about his grandparents' farms, his father's work as an agricultural lender, and the early lessons he absorbed about local businesses and long-term relationships.
At Duke, an introductory biology class sparked Borden's interest in molecular biology and the underlying causes of disease. He explains why he chose Duke, how swimming and campus life shaped the experience, and why the relationships he built there mattered as much as what he learned in the classroom.
Borden also reflects on the growing importance of communication, trust, and social judgment in a workplace increasingly influenced by AI. He closes with the independent study that took him into his family's history through Oliver Borden's journals and rural Indiana life before the Civil War.
