FUTURATI PODCAST

Episode 172: Capitalism Evolving—or Collapsing | Any Hines

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 12:41:00 -0000

How will capitalism evolve—or collapse—in the coming decades? Futurist, academic, and author Andy Hines joins us to discuss his latest book, "Imagining After Capitalism", the result of a decade of research into our shifting social and economic systems. He explores key drivers making capitalism less viable and presents three thought-provoking ‘guiding images’ for the future: Tech-led Abundance, Circular Commons, and Post-Workers Paradise. Rather than predicting a single outcome, Hines challenges us to expand our imagination and explore alternative futures beyond the current system. Don’t miss this fascinating conversation!

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Ep. 171: China, Communism, and Bitcoin | Roger Huang

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Roger Huang "Would Mao Hold Bitcoin?" is the authoritative resource exploring Bitcoin’s disruptive intersection with Chinese history. Huang not only pulls back the curtain on the specifics of the history, characters, and story, but on the larger questions that arise from the clash between state-driven Chinese tech and the open-source development that is Bitcoin. As a longtime observer, Mandarin speaker, and regular contributor to Forbes and many other platforms on the subject of Bitcoin in China, Huang is uniquely positioned to evaluate the implications for the future.

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Ep. 170: The story of the first AGI | David Jilk

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0000

David Jilk joins us for round two! After finishing MIT, David founded eCortex, a company that wound up being a solid 20 years ahead of the curve on deep learning, and later worked on cognitive models for IARPA. He has founded or advised numerous other companies, including Harmonix Music Systems, creators of the wildly popular games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. He recently published Epoch: A Poetic Psy-Phi Saga, a science fiction epic poem that tells the story of the first fully human-level artificial intelligence.

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Ep. 169: Fractal University, Scenius, and the future of higher ed. | Andrew Rose

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Andrew Rose is one of the founders of Fractal University, whose mission is to democratize enjoyable, lifelong education and public research culture by creating an easily replicable model for a community-driven university — and the economic, social, and creative opportunities that universities create.

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Ep. 168: Should we put AI in charge of governance? | Roko Mijic

Sat, 21 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Roko Mijic is a self-described radical centrist, transhumanist, and rationalist who is probably most famous for inventing "Roko's Basilisk," a thought experiment sometimes described as the world's greatest infohazard. He has written prolifically on AGI and AI Safety, and his writing can be found at his blog, "Transhuman Axiology."

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Ep. 167: Are games the key to building AGI? | Julian Togelius

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Julian Togelius is an associate professor of computer science at New York University. His research lies at the intersection between computational intelligence and games, and he is currently focused on using evolutionary algorithms to generate levels, maps, or game rules. In addition, he has worked on a wide variety of problems related to evolutionary reinforcement learning, and he is the author of a forthcoming book on artificial general intelligence through MIT.

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Ep. 166: The story of SpaceX | Eliana Sherriff

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0000

After nearly a decade in TV news, Eli quit her job to become a full-time space journalist, creating content on YouTube and X. She spends most of her time covering rocket launches and documenting the story of SpaceX.

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Ep. 165: Existential risk, existential hope, and the secrets to winning at life. | James Norris

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 06:00:00 -0000

All his life, James has been searching for the best ways to change himself and change the world. He started as an entrepreneur at age 6 and since has co-founded or helped build 9 businesses and 16 organizations, including the global conference series for the effective altruism movement, the world’s first global lifehacking event series, Southeast Asia’s first social innovation hackathon series, and a university for today’s Leonardo da Vincis. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin as a triple major/quadruple minor. He’s spent 20+ years unsystematically upgrading himself.

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Ep. 164: The frontiers of neuromorphic quantum computing | Clifford Mapp

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Clifford Mapp is the global head of ecosystem development and information security at Dynex, the world’s only accessible neuromorphic quantum computing cloud for solving real-world problems at scale. Dynex is already supporting thousands of projects in health/pharma, research, AI/ML, architecture, aerospace, EVs, and fintech.

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Ep. 163: AI and the coming cognitive revolution. | Nathan Labenz

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Nathan Labenz is a technology entrepreneur, artificial intelligence analyst, and the founder and former CEO of Waymark. With a background in philosophy and a keen eye for innovation, Nathan led Waymark from its inception to its status as a trailblazer in generative AI-powered content creation. As host of 'The Cognitive Revolution' podcast, he explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on work, life, society, and culture from every possible angle. Through conversations with notable builders, researchers, and investors, as well as original deep-dive analysis on topics of particular interest, Nathan helps business, policy, and academic leaders stay up to date with AI developments and implications.

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Ep. 162: Making and losing millions in crypto | Nat Eliason

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Nat Eliason began as a successful marketer and the founder of Growth Machine before turning to writing full-time. He recently published "Crypto Confidential," an unfiltered, insider’s account of the hyperactive, hyper-speculative, hyper-addictive, nearly unregulated, completely insane world being built on the blockchain.

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Ep. 161: Bitcoin is resistance money | Andrew Bailey

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Dr. Andrew M. Bailey Andrew is an interdisciplinary teacher and scholar whose work spans philosophy, politics, and economics. He is a Professor of Humanities at Yale-NUS College (Singapore), and he is the co-author of the upcoming book "Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin."

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Ep. 160: What makes generative AI so powerful? | Nick Frosst

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Nick Frosst is a computer scientist and musician. He co-founded Cohere, which is a company focused on training large language models and making them available through a network-based API. He was also the first employee of Geoffrey Hinton Google Brain lab in Toronto, where he spent 3 years researching capsule networks, adversarial examples, and explainability.

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Ep. 159: Top AI Trends for 2024 | David Shapiro

Tue, 21 May 2024 06:00:00 -0000

David Shapiro. David is a former engineer who became famous through his dozens of well-received tutorials on Youtube, covering everything from fine-tuning ChatGPT to his proposed solution to the alignment problem. His work focuses on ensuring that advanced technologies are used safely, bringing about an abundant, post-scarcity, post-nihilistic future.

Relevant episodes:

“Ep. 156: Algorithms won't get us to AGI | Johannes Jaeger”

“Ep. 153: AI, Alignment, and the Scaling Hypothesis | Dwarkesh Patel”

“Ep. 147: Could heuristic imperatives solve the AI alignment problem? | David Shapiro”

“Ep. 146: Will AI replace humans? | Peter St Onge”

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Ep. 158: abstraction and agency | John Wentworth

Tue, 07 May 2024 06:00:00 -0000

After a long career as a software engineer and data scientist, John became an independent researcher in artificial intelligence. Today he focuses on a diverse array of topics, such as the nature of abstraction and what the word "agency" even means.

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Ep. 157: Aristotle, AI, and what philosophy offers futurism | Gregory Salmieri

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Dr. Gregory Salmieri is a senior scholar of philosophy at the Salem Center, where he holds the Brigham Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism. He is the co-editor of the books "A Companion to Ayn Rand" and "Foundations of a Free Society" and the author of numerous articles on philosophy, with a particular focus on Aristotle and Ayn Rand.

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Ep. 156: Algorithms won't get us to AGI | Johannes Jaeger

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Dr. Johannes Jaeger is a systems scientist, evolutionary biologist, educator, and natural philosopher with an extremely transdisciplinary track record. His investigations, first as the head of an empirical lab, later as the director of an institute for the philosophy of biology, and then as a freelance investigator, have always focused on organisms as complex adaptive systems. He is currently leading a research project at the Dept of Philosophy of the University of Vienna called “Pushing the Boundaries,” which concerns the differences between machines and organisms, and the importance of this difference for evolution. He is associate faculty at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) Vienna, and a scholar at the Ronin Institute.

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Ep. 155: The history of invention | Anton Howes

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0000

Dr. Anton Howes is a historian of invention. He is currently writing a book on the causes of the British Industrial Revolution, and is official historian for the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, as well as head of innovation research for The Entrepreneurs Network. He is a visiting fellow at King's College London, where he was previously lecturer in Economic History. He regularly shares his research on the history of invention at his online newsletter Age of Invention.

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Ep. 154: How the government works (and why you should care). | Daniel Golliher

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:00:00 -0000

After graduating with a degree in government from Harvard, Daniel Golliher founded a civics school called Maximum New York, anchored in New York City. The school’s goal is to accelerate kind, smart, ambitious people into city and state politics; provide them with an atypical level of knowledge about how government works; and keep them networked together.

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Ep. 153: AI, Alignment, and the Scaling Hypothesis | Dwarkesh Patel

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Dwarkesh Patel is a renowned podcaster who has hosted interviews with luminaries like Marc Andreesen, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and Grant Sanderson. He's best known for the extraordinary effort he puts into researching the topics he speaks with his guests about, and for covering an exceptionally wide intellectual ground.

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Ep. 152: Building the future at venture studios | Taylor Black

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Taylor Black is a cross-functional team leader and seasoned entrepreneur passionate about driving innovation and growth. As a co-founder of Fizzy Ventures and a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft Incubation Studio, Taylor has been at the forefront of entrepreneurial ecosystems, venture studios, and technology and business model innovation.

Thanks to this remarkable background, Taylor's expertise is sought after by founders, corporate innovators, venture accelerators, incubators, and studios alike.

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Ep. 151: Opening the final frontier--for everyone | Emery Gunselman

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Emery Gunselman is a former astrodynamics engineer and is currently a Satellite Operations Product Owner at Morpheus Space. Morpheus Space is disrupting the NewSpace industry by introducing Agile Constellations, a fusion between cutting-edge electric propulsion and Artificial Intelligence, which enables satellite service providers to operate entire constellations as one entity.

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Ep. 150: Conservative futurism--oxymoron, or the way forward? | Jim Pethokoukis

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0000

James Pethokoukis is a senior fellow and the DeWitt Wallace Chair at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he analyzes US economic policy, writes and edits the AEIdeas blog, and hosts AEI’s Political Economy podcast. He is also a contributor to CNBC and writes the “Faster, Please!” newsletter on Substack. Mr. Pethokoukis is a 2002 “Jeopardy!” champion and author of The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised (Center Street, 2023).

Check James out at AEI: https://www.aei.org/profile/james-pethokoukis/

Read James’s substack: https://fasterplease.substack.com/

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Ep. 149: Blockchain forensics and the war in Ukraine | Nicholas Smart

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Nicholas Smart has 15 years' experience as a professional intelligence and security analyst working for government agencies and private companies, covering political, social, military, economic, information and infrastructure issues, and he has experience working as a compliance officer for a cryptoasset trading desk. At present, he is the director of blockchain intelligence and security at Crystal Blockchain Analytics.

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Ep. 148: Makin' it rain (with science) | Augustus Doricko

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Augustus Doricko is a former Berkley Data Scientist who went on to co-found Terra Seco, a company that uses cutting-edge technology to help with water conservation efforts. Today, he is best known as the head of Rainmaker, a startup looking to end global water scarcity through advanced cloud seeding and weather modification technologies.

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Ep. 147: Could heuristic imperatives solve the AI alignment problem? | David Shapiro

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 07:00:00 -0000

David Shapiro is a former engineer who became famous through his dozens of well-received tutorials on Youtube, covering everything from fine-tuning ChatGPT to his proposed solution to the alignment problem. His work focuses on ensuring that advanced technologies are used safely, bringing about an abundant, post-scarcity, post-nihilistic future.

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Ep. 146: Will AI replace humans? | Peter St Onge

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Peter St Onge is a Ph.D. economist at the Heritage Foundation, a Mises Institute Fellow, and a former MBA professor in Taiwan. His approach to economic analysis is heavily informed by the “Austrian School”, which builds economics on more realistic foundations, and he is driven by a desire to understand the policies and technologies that make the world more prosperous.

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Ep. 145: The free market can fund scientific research | Terence Kealey

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Dr. Terence Kealey is a professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom, where he served as vice chancellor until 2014. As a clinical biochemist, Dr. Kealey studied human experimental dermatology, and he discovered how distorting government money could be to the scientific enterprise. In 1996, he published his first book, “The Economic Laws of Scientific Research”, in which he argued that governments need not fund science. His second book, “Sex, Science and Profits” argues that science is not a public good but, rather, is organized in invisible colleges, thereby making government funding irrelevant.

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Ep. 144: The next generation of batteries | Dr. Qichao Hu

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Dr. Qichao Hu serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of SES. He is the recipient of MIT Technology Review’s “Innovators Under 35” and was named one of the Forbes “30 Under 30” in 2013. Dr. Hu earned his BS in Physics from MIT and his PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard University.

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Ep. 143: Evolution, values, and AI Safety | Quintin Pope

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Quintin Pope is a computer science graduate student at Oregon State University, and an alignment researcher focusing on methods of instilling human-compatible values into deep learning-based AI systems, with a particular focus on language models. He co-developed shard theory, an attempt to explain the human value formation process as a consequence of simple reinforcement learning and self-supervised learning dynamics. His interests also include the optimization dynamics of neural networks, human brains, and evolution, as well as how they tie into AI takeoff scenarios and alignment concerns. His current research focuses on methods of scalably supervising self-improving AI systems.

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Ep. 142: Privacy and data sovereignty with blockchain | Zenobia Godschalk

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Zenobia Godschalk is an entrepreneur and the senior vice president of Hedera, a fully open-source public distributed ledger that utilizes the fast, fair, and secure hashgraph consensus. Its network services include Solidity-based smart contracts, as well as native tokenization and consensus services used by a thriving community of developers to build decentralized applications.

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Ep. 141: Entrepreneurship in the final frontier | Scott Tibbitts

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Scott Tibbits is a leader, inventor, and founder of both Starsys Research and The Center for Space Entrepreneurship. He was the recipient of the "Esprit Entrepreneur of Distinction" award in 1998 and is the holder of ten patents in technologies as diverse as medical devices, spacecraft products, and telecom.

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Ep. 140: The power of human ingenuity | Robert Hendershott

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Robert Hendershott is a finance professor, hedge fund CIO, and evangelist for a philosophy he calls "ingenuism". Ingenuism comes from the thesis that human progress stems, at its core, from ingenuity - the unique human amalgamation of curiosity and ambition. Nurturing ingenuity is the most important thing that a culture can do: there is no ceiling on what a society that promotes connection, exploration, discovery, and learning can accomplish.

Check out his work at https://ingenuism.substack.com/

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Ep. 139: Biomarkers and personalized medicine | Mohit Jain

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Dr. Mohit Jain is a physician-scientist with more than 20 years of expertise in physiology, biomedicine, engineering, computational biology, and mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Prior to founding Sapient, he formed and was director of Jain Laboratory at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). There he led a multi-disciplinary research team to develop next-generation systems to probe the non-genetic landscape of disease, supported by over $30M in federal, foundation, and industry funding. Dr. Jain founded Sapient in 2021 as a spinout of Jain Laboratory to expand upon the mission of accelerating human discovery and drug development through the nexus of high throughput analytical mass spectrometry, computational biology, and population-level biomarker profiling.

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Ep. 138: There's still so much potential for web3 | Julian Rodriguez

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Julian Rodriguez is a serial entrepreneur, product manager, and innovation-focused strategist with a passion for leading teams that build easy-to-use products and solve large problems. After founding a disruptive venture capital-backed tech startup in the B2B food service space he joined Bitcoin Magazine in 2013, where he worked directly with its co-founder Vitalik Buterin. He was a very early team member and advisor to several successful crypto and blockchain projects, including Ethereum, and he is a lifetime member of the Bitcoin Foundation.

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Ep. 137: AI is changing software development. Here's how. , Matt Genovese

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:12:00 -0000

Check out Matt's other podcasts: https://planorama.design/podcast

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Matt Genovese is the CEO of Planorama Design, a software user experience design professional services company based in Austin, Texas. With over 25 years of experience in high-tech spanning semiconductors to software, Matt has a long track record of launching successful products. He and his team at Planorama design simple and intuitive software from otherwise complex software or IoT systems, and simultaneously accelerate time to market while reducing internal costs for their clients.

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Ep. 136: The case for taking AI Safety seriously | Rob Miles

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Through a series of popular explainer videos, Rob has become one of the most prominent voices in the AI safety community, exploring topics like cryptography, recursive self-improvement, and meso-alignment with hundreds of thousands of fans. In this interview, we spend nearly two hours getting into the weeds on how powerful AI systems might be dangerous, and the technical solutions which can mitigate that threat.

Check out Rob's work: https://www.youtube.com/@RobertMilesAI

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Ep. 135: Navigating the spacefaring economy | Elizabeth Varghese

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Elizabeth Varghese is well known as a futurist, humanist, and thinker on the topic of space exploration. She leads the People in Space business at Deloitte, she is on the Council of Advisors for The SETI Institute, and she has been called the “Space Philosopher” by leaders from DARPA because she integrates the technological aspects of our expansion into space with imperatives for economic, diplomatic, and ethical human behavior. She joins us on the Futurati Podcast to discuss her book "Stellar Singularity - Navigating the Spacefaring Economy."

#spaceexploration #futurism #podcast

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Ep. 134: Cleaning fossil fuels and the energy transition | Noel Carroll

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Noel Carroll took the helm of Biofriendly in March of 2018. As its Chief Executive Officer, he focuses on modernizing the company and pushing it toward a leadership role in the environmental community. Always passionate about the environment, Noel is doing this by widening the focus of the company from its flagship product (Green Plus) to a broader organization that educates, invests in and promotes a greener planet.

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Ep. 133: Supercharging AI applications with SuperAnnotate | Tigran Petrosyan

Tue, 23 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Tigran Petrosyan is a physicist turned tech enthusiast and entrepreneur who is passionate about building comprehensive teams and making products people love. He is currently building "SuperAnnotate", an automated annotation tool that helps to speed up the computer vision lifecycle.

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Ep. 132: The era of personalized AI is here | Suman Kanuganti

Thu, 11 May 2023 19:33:00 -0000

Suman Kanuganti is the co-founder and CEO at Personal.ai, a company that is reinventing human-to-human messaging by leveraging AI that helps people collaborate, exchange ideas, and deepen their relationships with others. As a creator and entrepreneur, Suman is passionate about solving problems for humans by leveraging the power of blockchain, robotics, AI, AR, wearable tech, video streaming, and fintech.

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Ep. 131: Decentralization, 5G, smart cities, and the internet of things | Timothy Kravchunovsky

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Tim Kravchunovsky is an experienced network engineer who has decades of experience in consulting and entrepreneurship. Today, he's the CEO of Chirp, where he's using decentralized technologies like the blockchain to change the internet of things.

#blockchain #crypto #internetofthings

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Ep. 130: Should we halt progress in AI? | Zvi Mowshowitz

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Zvi Mowshowitz is a former professional Magic: The Gathering player, a former trader and market maker in both traditional and non-traditional markets, and he was CEO of the personalized medical startup MetaMed. Recently, he wrote a very thoughtful analysis of the Future of Life's call to halt experiments with large language models, and that's the subject of our chat today.

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Ep. 129: Applying the 'security mindset' to AI and x-risk | Jeffrey Ladish

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000

effrey Ladish runs a security company called Gordian Research which provides operational security consulting services, and he spends his remaining time thinking about new and old ways of working together to build good communities, governance systems, and ultimately a thriving and robust civilization.

#artificialintelligence #aisafety #existentialrisk

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Ep. 128: Silicon Valley Bank, the Balajis bet, price theory, AI | Thomas and Trent

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Thomas and Trent talk about the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Balaji Srinivasan's bet on Bitcoin and hyperinflation, the CFTC’s lawsuit against Binance, the importance of finance, the morality of price gouging, and the prospects of generative AI.

#bitcoin #siliconvalleybank #generativeAI

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Ep. 127: Powering the space economy with AI and an interplanetary internet | Chris Mattmann

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:00:00 -0000

Chris Mattmann is the IT Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as well as the Division Manager of the AI, Analytics, and Innovative Development Organization in the Information Technology and Solutions Directorate. He works on ensuring that cutting-edge technologies support NASA’s science missions. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, and don't forget to check out our website, futuratipodcast.com

#spaceexploration #NASA #artificialintelligence

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Ep. 126: microbiomes, mycology, and the next major pandemic. | Mahmoud Ghannoum

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Dr. Mahmoud Ghannoum is a tenured Professor and Director of the Center for Medical Mycology at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Medical Center. He is also the co-founder of BIOHM, the first total microbiome company in the United States. He is the preeminent NIH-funded scientist on all things fungi and brings a captivating discussion to this largest life form on earth – which is genetically closer to humans than plants and at the core (or spore) of human wellness.

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Ep. 125: Revolutionizing education with knowledge avatars | Emiliano De Laurentiis

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:24:15 -0000

Emiliano De Laurentiis is a trained cognitive psychologist with a lifelong interest in lifelong learning, and an impressive record of using technology to enhance educational outcomes. In the 80s, his "Arrakas Advantage" series was the first educational software to use chatbots. In the 90s, he launched a website that brought adaptive, student-specific learning to the internet. Today, his "Knowledge Avatars" platform is making it possible for experts in any domain to create robot tutors with the potential to educate millions of people.

#chaptgpt #artificialintelligence #

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Ep. 124: How can companies stay innovative? | Alex Goryachev

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Alex Goryachev is the former managing director of Cisco’s global Co-Innovation Center, where he spearheaded programs and initiatives to accelerate innovation. He is a Silicon Valley veteran who is a sought-after speaker on innovation and is often referred to as the ‘innovation therapist’.

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Ep. 123: Is ChatGPT going to take all the jobs? | Trent Fowler & Thomas Frey

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0000

Tonight Thomas and Trent are bringing you a solo episode. In recent weeks, the internet has exploded with talk of the incredible tools released by OpenAI. With its remarkable ability to generate and explain code, write in multiple languages, create long, coherent essays, and even generate poetry, nursery rhymes, and fiction, ChatGPT in particular has drawn rapt attention. Tonight, they’re going to spend some time playing around with this language model and discussing its broader implications for work, society, and the world.

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Ep. 122: Complexity theory and the future of civilization | Jane Gatsby

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0000

Jane Gatsby is a complexity theorist and political philosopher. Her digital series “Wonderland” explores philosophy and political theory from first principles, bringing listeners down the rabbit hole and into a world of exploration and curiosity. She is interested in how we can construct better cities of the future, rethinking traditional institutions and challenging our assumptions of how governments can and should function.

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Ep. 121: Is Quantum Computing a Threat to Bitcoin? | Michael Strike

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 07:00:00 -0000

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Michael Strike was a computer architect for 20 years before turning his attention to creating a blockchain ledger that can withstand the emergence of quantum computing. Today, he pursues this ambition at a project called the Quantum Resistant Ledger.

#quantumcomputing #blockchain #cybersecurity

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Ep. 120: Quantum computing explained | Anastasia Marchenkova

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:00:00 -0000

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Anastasia Marchenkova has been a researcher at the quantum telecommunications and quantum optics lab at Georgia Tech, the University of Maryland Joint Quantum Institute, and is currently working on superconducting qubits.

#quantumcomputing #quantumphysics #futurism

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Ep. 119: Complex systems, futurism, and beaming power down from space. | Roger Spitz

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 07:00:00 -0000

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Roger Spitz is co-author of the forthcoming book The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption; President of Techistential (Global Foresight Strategy); and Chairman of the Disruptive Futures Institute. He has given over 100 keynote talks globally, and he has two decades of experience leading investment banking and venture capital (VC) businesses, advising CEOs, founders, boards, and shareholders, evaluating their competitiveness, strategic investments, and disruptions ahead. Roger’s expertise lies at the intersection of futures studies, systems thinking, and sustainable value creation.

#futurism #disruption #innovation

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Ep. 118: Could this be the next big application for drones? | Alex Bäcker

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Alex Bäcker is an entrepreneur, speaker, and technologist who invented remote mobile queueing, evolutionary marketing, and a powerful semantic search engine. His most recent endeavor is Drisit, the world’s remote drone control and global vision platform. Introducing the shared economy to the drone industry, Drisit multiplies the value of every drone, making it available to anyone anywhere in the world and allowing you to monetize your drone fleet.

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Ep. 117: Artificial intelligence, digital twins, and China | Handel Jones

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Handel Jones has over 50 years of experience in the electronics industry and has led International Business Strategies (IBS Inc.) for over 30 years. IBS supports government organizations and major corporations in the United States, Europe, and China by helping to predict market trends and devise strategies.

#geopolitics #China #futurism

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Ep. 116: Bitcoin is Venice. | Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers. Allen and Sacha are both investors in traditional finance who draw heavily on philosophy, history, and economics to understand bitcoin, how it is evolving, and how it will likely change the world in the future.

#bitcoin #crypto #futurism

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Ep. 115: Bringing crypto to everyone | Defi Danny

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Defi Danny bills himself as 'the crypto simplifier', and he is an educator who specializes in breaking down the complexities of blockchain technologies and the cryptocurrency ecosystem in language simple enough for anyone to understand. His overarching goal is to bring crypto to everyone by making the learning curve easier to handle.

Danny’s twitter: @DefiDanny_

Danny’s free ebook on getting started in crypto: https://defidanny.ck.page/crypto-ebook Danny’s newsletter: https://defidanny.ck.page/newsletter

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Ep. 114: Scaling Synthesis and tools for thought | Rob Haisfield

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Rob Haisfield is a behavioral strategist and gamification designer who rose to prominence with his popular 'Roam tours' video series, in which he would talk to different users of Roam Research about how they use tools for thought to manage their workflows and generate insights. Today he thinks about issues in knowledge management, interface design, and collaborative synthesis.

#toolsforthought #tana #roamresearch

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Ep. 113: What's the state of artificial intelligence (and should we be afraid?) | Steve Kommrusch

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Before receiving his Ph.D. in 2022, Steve earned over 30 patents in the field of computer hardware design working on silicon chips for computer graphics, high-performance computing, and power-efficient CPUs at Hewlett-Packard and AMD. Steve’s Ph.D. work focused on using sequence-to-sequence models for machine learning applied to computer-aided programming. He currently works as a Senior AI Scientist at Leela AI developing neurosymbolic systems for automatic understanding an

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Ep. 112: The future of leadership | Jacob Morgan

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Jacob Morgan is a trained futurist and one of the world’s leading authorities on leadership, the future of work, and employee experience. He is the best-selling author of four books: “The Future Leader”, “The Employee Experience Advantage”, and the “Future of Work”. He speaks at over 50 conferences a year including TED Academy which is one of the largest TED events in the world.

#leadership #futureofwork #futurism

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Ep. 111: Human-to-human interfaces and collective intelligence | Malcolm Ocean

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 07:00:00 -0000

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Malcolm Ocean is a software engineer and systems design expert who is best known for Complice, a tool that lets you dynamically track tasks and stay productive while pursuing various long-term projects. He also spends a lot of time thinking about how improving communication could allow groups of humans to accomplish far more than is currently possible.

#futurism #collectiveintelligence #communication

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Ep. 110: Bitcoin and climate change | Margot Paez

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0000

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Margot Paez is a physicist and climate scientist who is currently finishing up a Ph.D. at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her interests and professional work lie at the intersection of economics, cryptocurrency, and energy.

#futurism #bitcoin #climatechange

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Ep. 109: Don't be a feminist. | Bryan Caplan

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Bryan Caplan is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author. He's written "The Myth of the Rational Voter", "Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids", "The Case Against Education", and "How Evil Are Politicians?", among others. He's joining us today to talk about his latest book "Don't Be a Feminist".

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Ep. 108: Are we close to a technological singularity? | Trent Fowler

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000

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Trent Fowler is a machine learning engineer, author, and co-host of the Futurati Podcast. He recently appeared on the Cutting Edge Podcast with Lee Pierson to discuss artificial intelligence, consciousness, free will, epistemology, and AI risk. For more of their content, check out their excellent show at the Ayn Rand Center UK: https://www.youtube.com/c/AynRandCentreUK

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Ep. 107: How to invest in emerging technologies. | Rohit Krishnan

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000

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Rohit Krishan is a venture capitalist and a writer at www.strangeloopcanon.com. He invests in companies using cutting-edge technology to create the future. He also writes essays about exploration, of ways to push the frontier of our knowledge forward, and bridge the gaps between Business, Science and Technology.

#finance #investing #technology

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Ep. 106: Neurotech and the future of law | Allan McCay

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Dr Allan McCay is Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute of Criminology and an Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney's Law School. He coordinates the Legal Research units at the Sydney Law School, and lectures in Criminal Law. Named as one of one of the most influential lawyers of 2021 for his work on neurotechnology, he is a member of the Management Committee of the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney, an Affiliate Member of the Centre for Agency, Values, and Ethics, at Macquarie University, and a member of the Minding Rights Network (an international group who are working on human rights challenges related to emerging technologies).

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Ep. 105: Is this the future of bitcoin mining? | Josh Moore

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

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At the age of eighteen, Josh Moore was working for a day trader, developing complex analytical spreadsheets used to place millions of dollars in trades each day. At twenty-one, he was a pioneer of the “Checkbook IRA” industry. By the age of 30, Josh was directly responsible for moving billions of dollars from Wall Street to Main Street. In 2016 he founded the NFN8 Group, believing that the Blockchain and Cryptocurrency offered a yet-to-be-discovered, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to pioneer a new financial marketplace.

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Ep. 104: Fixing healthcare with decentralized applications | Leah Houston

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

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Leah Houston, MD, practiced emergency medicine across the US for nearly 10 years before becoming an entrepreneur in the physician autonomy and digital privacy space. She experienced the administrative burden of the onboarding and credentialing process first-hand, and that experience led her to start HPEC, a digital identity and credential data wallet for practicing physicians. The HPEC wallet is a decentralized application now available on the app and Google Play stores that makes the physician the primary source of ownership and control of their professional credentials, and data. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, and don't forget to check out our website, futuratipodcast.com

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Ep. 103: Mining bitcoin with the ocean will get us to Kardashev I | Nathaniel Harmon

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Nathaniel attended the University of Hawaiʻi Manoa for both his undergrad and graduate education ultimately receiving an M.S. in Marine Geology and Geochemistry. In 2018 Nathaniel founded Blockchain Solutions Hawaiʻi (BSH) as “Hawaiʻi’s Bitcoin Helpdesk” in an effort to assist individuals, legislators, and businesses as they integrate with Bitcoin. In 2021, Nathaniel combined his formal education with his passion for bitcoin by founding OceanBit Energy. The goal of OceanBits is to use Bitcoin mining to solve the economies of scale problem that has plagued Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion for over 100 years.

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Ep. 102: Genetic engineering and the biological basis of intelligence. | Steven Hsu

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 06:00:00 -0000

Since the discovery of genetics, people have dreamed of being able to correct diseases, select traits in children before birth, and build better human beings. Naturally, many serious technical and ethical questions surround this endeavor. Luckily, tonights' guest is as good a guide as we could hope to have.

Dr. Steve Shu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. He has done extensive research in the field of computational genomics, and is the founder of several startups.

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Ep. 101: Asteroid mining and the future of space. | Joel Sercel

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 06:01:00 -0000

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It's been said that the first trillionaire will either come from cryptoassets or from asteroid mining. The truth is, it's almost impossible to fathom the vast quantities of resources, from plain water to gold, which are locked up in asteroids. Figuring out how to tap into this potential will be crucial to developing cislunar supply chain solutions to service the growing space economy. Tonight we're joined by Joel Sercel, an expert in this field. Joel got his PhD in space propulsion and plasma physics from Caltech, then went on to a stellar career as an award-winning engineer and manager. Today he is the president and CEO of Trans Astronautica, where he works to make asteroid mining and manufacturing in space a reality.

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Ep. 100: Thomas and Trent look back on 100 episodes!

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 06:00:00 -0000

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Tonight we're doing something different. This is the 100th episode of the Futurati Podcast, and we're going to have a good time reminiscing about our favorite episodes.

We're also turning on the cameras for the first time (though we forgot to hit 'record' until 35 minutes in)

Stick around until the end for a lightning round with me and Thomas, where we'll weigh in on some of the big themes that have popped up over and over again in these 100 episodes.

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Ep. 99: What is the future of money? | Kirk Hutchison

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0000

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Money has a long history, beginning with barter and leading all the way to your credit card. Kirk Hutchison founded Volt Protocol because he believes the next era of money is deflationary and disintermediated. He studied history at UC San Diego and arrived at a libertarian bent after seeing the similarities between market processes and equilibria in nature. Inspired by the rich theoretical work on free money systems by economists such as George Selgin, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman, Kirk is working to put this theory into practice using smart contracts.

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Ep. 98: How humans came to see (and shape) the future. | Byron Reese

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0000

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Whether it's pondering the mysteries of life while watching a sunrise or reasoning in great detail about how a new technology will change the world, there is something unique about the human capacity to imagine the future. But where does this capacity come from, what does it mean for us, and how can we use it more effectively? Tonight's guest has just written a book exploring these themes. Byron Reese is an Austin-based entrepreneur with a quarter-century of experience building and running technology companies. He is a recognized authority on AI and holds a number of technology patents. In addition, he is a futurist with a strong conviction that technology will help bring about a new golden age of humanity. He gives talks around the world about how technology is changing work, education, and culture.

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Ep. 97: Could bitcoin mining fix climate change? | Troy Cross

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 13:00:00 -0000

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It's become commonplace to hear politicians and commentators bemoaning the energy expenditure of bitcoin mining, noting that it consumes more power than certain industries or countries and confidently proclaiming that the bitcoin network performs no useful work. But recently, an emerging group of scholars has pushed back on this narrative, arguing that in fact bitcoin mining has certain special properties that make it ideal for subsidizing renewable energies. If this is true, it could become an important part of mitigating the effects of climate change. Tonight we're joined by one of the original scholars advancing this thesis. Troy Cross is a professor of philosophy at Reed University, where he focuses on questions of knowledge and reality. In addition, he is a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, where you can find his work on energy economics, bitcoin mining, and the environment.

#climatechange #crypto #bitcoin

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Ep. 96: How will bitcoin change the world? | Jack Ronaldi

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:10:00 -0000

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Since the release of bitcoin there has been a great deal of ink spilled by people trying to imagine the ways in which it could change the world. One such person is tonight's guest, Jack Ronaldi. I met Jack through a bitcoin book club we're both a part of, and I was impressed with his command of the material and his ability to express himself. Like many others, Jack was originally dismissive of bitcoin because of his background in economics, finance, and banking. But gradually he became a true believer, and today he writes and thinks about bitcoin's transformative potential, as well as the ways in which its vulnerabilities can be fixed.

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Ep. 95: Pandemics, population decline, and the Fermi Paradox. | Robin Hanson.

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:03:51 -0000

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As futurists, Thomas and Trent take a great interest in studying the disciplines which best elucidate the major trends shaping humanity's direction, disciplines like economics, physics, and computer science. It's rare to find anyone conversant in two of these fields, and rarer still to find a person conversant in all of them, and many more besides. Well, tonight's guest is someone who has done a remarkable job of uniting disparate ideas into compelling visions of the future, generating concepts like futures markets, the great filter, and grabby aliens which have shaped thinking on problems ranging from the Fermi Paradox to governance.

Robin Hanson is associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a doctorate in social science from the California Institute of Technology, master's degrees in physics and philosophy from the University of Chicago, and nine years experience as a research programmer, at Lockheed and NASA.

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Ep. 94: fiction, flow, and imagining the impossible. | Steven Kotler.

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:00:00 -0000

Flow is a well-known and valuable psychological state in which time seems to drop away and you become completely immersed in the present moment. Though its usefulness in achieving individual excellence has been studied extensively, much less attention has been paid to how it can aid in cooperation. Well tonight we're joined by a guest who has tried to fill that gap by writing "The Devil's Dictionary", a fascinating novel which also explores topics around climate change, mass extinction, and the future of humanity. Steven Kotler is one of the world’s foremost experts on human peak performance and the New York Times bestselling author of “The Art of Impossible”, and “The Rise of Superman”. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, it’s the best way to help us grow.

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Ep. 93: NFTs and the art of the future. | Michael Maizels

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:00:00 -0000

There has been a tremendous amount of chatter over the past year about NFTs--how they're a scam, how they'll usher in a new era of democratized web3 for the entire planet, and everything in between. Tonight we're joined by someone with an unusual background who is unusually well-placed to help us get to the bottom of this. Michael Maizels is a former professor of art history who made the somewhat non-traditional pivot into crypto. He is now the head of research at Abra, where he works on subjects like bitcoin mining and climate change and the security vulnerabilities of blockchain bridges. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, and don't forget to check out our website, futuratipodcast.com

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Ep. 92: The psychology of ambition, achievement, and greatness. | Gena Gorlin

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0000

From Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to Vitalik Buterin and the unknown Satoshi Nakamoto, some of the most influential and impactful people in the world are the founders of startups. These people have the courage and vision to embark upon uncertain ventures which permanently change the world. But, though much is written about how they approach business or stay productive, much less time is spent on understanding how they function psychologically. Tonight's guest is among the leading experts in just this subject. Gena Gorlin decided to pursue psychology after realizing that her ambition in life was to discover how to enable people to achieve greatness in theirs. Today, she is a professor and licensed psychologist in NYC, where she unites art, science, philosophy, teaching, and practice in the common aim of helping people become their noblest, most sublimely joyful selves. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, and don't forget to check out our website, futuratipodcast.com

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Ep. 91: Building cities on the high seas. | Patri Friedman

Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0000

From monarchy to laissez-faire capitalism, from communism to anarchism, much has been written advocating for different political philosophies. Though it has proven much harder to test these ideas in practice, it would be much easier if it became possible to actually create new countries with new rules, economic systems, and social arrangements. Tonight we're joined by Patri Friedman, a man who has a proposal to do just that. Patri is an American libertarian, anarcho-capitalist, and theorist of political economy. He founded The Seasteading Institute, a non-profit that explores the creation of sovereign ocean colonies.

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ERRORS: I wasn’t in on this one and Thomas doesn’t take notes on errors. Maybe just ask him if there were any whoppers and then keep your ears open during the conversation.

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Ep. 90: Can we build an immortal human society? | Samo Burja

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Samo Burja is a sociologist and the founder of Bismarck Analysis, a firm that analyzes institutions, from governments to companies. His research work focuses on the causes of societal decay and flourishing and he writes on history, epistemology and strategy.

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Ep. 89: Bitcoin is crucial to U.S. national security. | Matt Pines

Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0000

In recent months there has been a flurry of activity in the government related to cryptoassets, how to regulate them, and what their implications for national security will be. Though it's common to endorse a simplistic narrative in which Bitcoin and the government are flatly opposed to each other, the truth is more nuanced. We've invited Matthew Pines to the Futurati Podcast to talk to us about these issues. Matthew is a Managing Consultant at the Krebs Stamos Group, a cybersecurity and geopolitical risk advisory firm. He has over ten years of experience helping the government and private sector firms address pressing security and resilience challenges. As a National Security Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, he applies rigorous analytical methodologies to help policy-makers understand the implications of Bitcoin as an emerging technology for the benefit of the nation. He holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and Public Policy (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Philosophy (with Honors) from Johns Hopkins University. If you enjoy this interview please subscribe to the podcast and share it with your friends, and don't forget to check out our website, futuratipodcast.com

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Ep. 88: We need to scale the blockchain. Here's how. | Jeremy Clark

Fri, 27 May 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Jeremy Clark is an associate professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, where he holds the Catallaxy Industrial Research Chair in Blockchain Technologies. He obtained his PhD from the University of Waterloo, where his gold medal dissertation was on designing and deploying secure voting systems including Scantegrity—the first cryptographically verifiable system used in a public sector election. He wrote one of the earliest academic papers on Bitcoin, completed several research projects in the area, and contributed to the first textbook. Beyond research, he has worked with several municipalities on voting technology and testified to both the Canadian Senate and House finance committees on Bitcoin.

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Ep. 87: What's the blockchain good for? [2022] | Scott Ruoti

Fri, 20 May 2022 15:00:00 -0000

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Scott Ruoti is an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee, where he focuses on security and privacy, usability, and human-computer interaction. He takes a diverse and multidisciplinary approach in studying everything from optimized emailing systems to the distributed ledger, and we are thrilled to get his perspective on use cases for the blockchain.

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Ep. 86: Space exploration (and why it matters) | Sarah Cruddas

Fri, 13 May 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Sarah Cruddas is a space journalist, international TV host, and award winning author. She has an academic background in astrophysics and is a global thought leader in the growing commercial space sector.

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Ep. 85: Is Monero better than Bitcoin? Nam Sardar thinks so.

Fri, 06 May 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Nam Sardar is the founder and CEO of Neel Capital, a returns-focused cryptoasset investment firm that combines fundamental analysis with an active management approach. She became interested in cryptocurrency and DeFi in early 2020, and has since made it her mission to help others understand blockchain technology and its potential, hedge against inflation in a sustainable and emerging asset class, and generate & securely store wealth.

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Ep. 84: Russia, cybercrime, and the future of war, with Rik Ferguson.

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Rik Ferguson is vice president of security research at Trend Micro and is actively engaged in studying online threats and the underground economy. He also researches the wider implications of new developments in the Information Technology arena and their impact on security.

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Ep. 83: Science, business, and the coming revolution in smart homes, with Gary Rockis.

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:08:00 -0000

Over the past several years, Gary Rockis has been highly successful in providing leadership in collaborative efforts among business, industry, and education. He is the recipient of numerous national and state awards, and has written three textbooks. Much of his recent work has focused on the internet of things and smart homes.

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Ep. 82: Will bitcoin become a global reserve currency, with Eric Yakes.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Eric Yakes graduated with a double major in finance and economics from Creighton University, and 3 years later earned his CFA charter. He began his career at FTI Consulting in their Corporate Finance and Restructuring group and then moved to Lion Equity Partners, a distressed buyout private equity fund. All the while he intently followed Bitcoin, and its development eventually led him to author the book "The 7th Property: Bitcoin and the Monetary Revolution". He is currently building a Bitcoin-focused financial business.

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Ep. 81: Nathan Young on forecasting, prediction markets, and designing good policy.

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Nathan Young is a corporate strategist and marketing expert who has been exceptionally active in the Effective Altruism movement, the prediction markets community, and in discussions around designing good policy.

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Ep. 80: George Selgin on monetary economics and cryptocurrency.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:00:00 -0000

George Selgin is a senior fellow and director emeritus of the the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Georgia. His research covers a broad range of topics within the field of monetary economics, including monetary history, macroeconomic theory, and the history of monetary thought.

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Ep. 79: John Spencer on the future of space tourism.

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0000

John Spencer is a pioneering outer space architect with design awards from NASA for his work on the International Space Station (ISS). He is the founder of the Space Tourism Society, co-founder of the Space Tourism Conference, and co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mars World Enterprises, Inc. His work aims at promoting and developing the Space Experience Economy (SEE).

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Ep. 78: Elaine Pofeldt on building a very small, very profitable business.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0000

Elaine Pofeldt is an independent journalist and speaker specializing in careers and entrepreneurship. In 2018 she published a well-received book called "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business", and she joins us to discuss her newest book "Tiny Business, Big Money".

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Ep. 77: Velina Tchakarova on geopolitics, energy economics, and the Russian of Ukraine.

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Velina Tchakarova is the Director at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. Her work includes research, consulting, and lectures on Global System Transformation and the geostrategy of global actors, particularly the EU's role in Eastern Europe.

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Ep. 76: Samo Burja on Russia, Ukraine, and the new, emerging global order.

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0000

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Ep. 75: Michael Cushman on materials science, synthetic biology, and AI-powered education.

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Michael Cushman is the former president of Engaging Change, head of strategy at the Garlic Media Group, and the managing director of the consulting arm of the Da Vinci Institute, as well as a noted expert on the future of education, the future of real estate, and myriad other topics.

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Ep. 74: Lyn Alden on inflation, investing, and cryptocurrencies.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Lyn Alden began her career as an electrical engineer in the aviation industry before pivoting full-item into investment. Featured across major media and popular podcasts, Lyn focuses on macroeconomic research for retail and institutional clients, and in recent years has taken a progressively deeper look at digital assets such as bitcoin.

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Ep. 73: Trent Fowler explains how the blockchain works.

Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Trent Fowler is a machine learning engineer, author, and co-host of the Futurati Podcast. As someone who's worked at several crypto startups, he has years of experience dealing with blockchain data and thinking about the blockchain’s mechanics. This episode is adapted from a talk he recently gave explaining at a high level how this remarkable technology works and what it might mean for the future.

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Ep. 72: Jeffrey Booth on deflation, blockchain, and progress

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Jeff Booth is a visionary leader who has lived at the forefront of technology change for 20 years. In January 2020, Jeff released his first book titled “The Price of Tomorrow – Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future”, in which he offers his provocative thesis about the current state of our economies and what must happen to enable a brighter future.

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Ep. 71: Vance Crowe on culture, narrative engineering, and the future of social media.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Vance Crowe is the CEO of Articulate Ventures, a strategic communications company in Saint Louis, Missouri and is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Peace Studies at the Seton Hall School of Diplomacy.

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Ep. 70: Kerry Vaughan on the history of science and building intellectually generative communities.

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Kerry Vaughan is the Program Manager for Early Stage Science at Leverage Research. He studies the history of successful attempts at generating scientific knowledge in nascent fields, the characteristics these attempts share, and the historical relationship between failures in scientific ethics and slowdowns in scientific advance.

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Ep. 69: Ben Landau-Taylor on social technology, institutions, and the future.

Fri, 14 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Ben Landau-Taylor is a senior researcher at Bismarck Analysis, where he focuses on power, industry, economics, and social dynamics.

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Ep. 68: Teresa Grobecker on the intersection of real estate and the blockchain.

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0000

Teresa Grobecker is the CEO of Real Estate Consortia and today she is trying to put real estate, America's largest asset class, on the blockchain.

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Ep. 67: Gary Bolles and the future of work

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Gary Bolles is Chair for the Future of Work at Singularity University, the author of "The Next Rules of Work", and an expert in how jobs, teams, and organizations will evolve in the years ahead

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Ep. 66: Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids.

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Danica Remy is the President of the B612 Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid impacts. She co-founded the international program “Asteroid Day”, supported by the Government of Luxembourg and sanctioned by the United Nations, as an official day to increase global awareness and education of asteroids.

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Ep. 65: Brad Templeton on the Metaverse, VR applications, and genetic privacy.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Brad Templeton is chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is one of the founding computing faculty of Singularity University, and thinks about autonomous vehicles, nanotechnology, privacy, and digital rights, among many other things.

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Ep. 64: Max Galka on building a universal search engine for the blockchain.

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Max Galka is the CEO of Elementus, a company seeking to build the first universal search engine for blockchain data. He has also taught data science at the University of Pennsylvania and is a former securities trader.

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Ep. 63: Radhika Iyengar-Emens on enterprise blockchain and deeptech.

Fri, 03 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Check us out at https://futuratipodcast.com/

Radhika Iyengar-Emens is a founding partner at StarChain Ventures, a venture studio focused on the disruptive potential of blockchain technology in combination with AI, ML, and IoT, as well as a noted expert on applications of the blockchain.

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Ep. 62: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on the Great Resignation

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Check us out or get in touch at https://futuratipodcast.com/

Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler discuss the causes and implications of "The Great Resignation", the phenomenon in which an unprecedented number of people are leaving their existing jobs to strike out for new ones.

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Ep. 61: Peter McCormack on the present and future of Bitcoin.

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Check us out or get in touch at https://futuratipodcast.com/

Peter McCormack is a journalist, educator, and bitcoin evangelist who hosts one of the most popular cryptocurrency podcasts in the world, 'What Bitcoin Did'.

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Ep. 60: NFTs, quantitative finance, and liquidity cascades with Corey Hoffstein

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Corey Hoffstein is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Newfound Research as well as an enthusiast of cryptocurrencies and various crypto projects. Newfound is a quantitative asset management firm seeking to help investors proactively navigate the risks of investing through better diversification.

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Ep. 59: Market design, entrepreneurship, and innovation with Irene Ng.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Irene Ng is a Professor of Marketing and Service Systems and the Director of the International Institute for Product and Service Innovation at WMG, University of Warwick. An industrial economist through her doctoral training, Irene's research lies in the trans-disciplinary understanding of value and the design of markets and economic/business models.

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Ep. 58: Dark matter, deep learning, and astrophysics with Aleksandra Ćiprijanović.

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Aleksandra Ćiprijanović is a postdoctoral research associate at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where she works for the Scientific Computing Division on the High-velocity Artificial Intelligence project. More broadly, she is interested in applying machine learning and data science to astronomy, cosmology, and high-energy physics.

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Ep 57: Victoria Ransom on entrepreneurship and the future of education.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Victoria Ransom is a serial entrepreneur from New Zealand who has built three different companies, the most recent of which is an online learning platform called Prisma. She was listed as one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, as well as one of their 40 under 40, and in 2015, she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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Ep. 56: Joel Comm on blockchain, NFTs, and cryptoassets.

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Check us out at https://futuratipodcast.com/

Joel Comm is an expert in digital marketing, the New York Times best-selling author of 15 books, a consultant with more than twenty years of internet business experience, and a world-renowned crypto evangelist.

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Ep. 55: Seth Levine on cryptocurrencies and the future of finance.

Fri, 08 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Seth Levine is a professional institutional investor and creator of The Integrating Investor website. He uses The Integrating Investor to explore more abstract investment ideas that result from his varied experiences and studies.

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Ep. 54: Visakan Veerasamy on golden ages, networks, and the future of social media.

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Visakan Veerasamy, popularly known as Visa on Twitter, is a hugely prolific and interesting guy. He writes about self-improvement, design, the uses and future of social media, culture, and a billion other topics. He is the author of "Friendly Ambitious Nerd".

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Ep. 53: Mauro F. Guillén on the world in 2030.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Check us out at https://futuratipodcast.com/

Mauro F. Guillén teaches management at the Wharton school of business and is a renowned expert on the global trends shaping the future.

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Ep. 52: Bob Coecke and Konstantinos Meichanetzidis on quantum natural language processing.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Dr. Bob Coecke is professor of Quantum Foundations, Logics and Structures, is well known for his work on quantum natural language processing and the applications of category theory, and is a science advisor to Cambridge Quantum Computing.

Konstantinos Meichanetzidis works with Dr. Coecke on issues in quantum natural language and the foundations of quantum mechanics.

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Ep. 51: Tim Errington on reproducibility and the science of science.

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Tim Errington is the Director of Research at the Center for Open Science where he leads the centers’ metascience research efforts. He and his team also conduct evaluations of initiatives intended to increase the openness, rigor, and reproducibility of research, such as Open Science Badges and Registered Reports.

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Ep. 50: Velina Tchakarova on geopolitics and the world after COVID.

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Velina Tchakarova is the Director at the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna, Austria. Her work includes research, consulting and lectures on Global System Transformation and geostrategy of global actors, particularly the EU's role in Eastern Europe.

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Ep. 49: Joel Chan on metascience, creativity, and tools for thought.

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Joel is an Assistant Professor in the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies (iSchool) and Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL). His research explores systems that support creative knowledge work, particularly ones that are open and sustainable.

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Ep. 48: Geoff Anders on knowledge and its role in society.

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Geoff is the Founder and Executive Director of Leverage Research, a research institute that studies and supports early stage science. He studies the role of knowledge in society, exploring topics ranging from the role of philosophy to practical questions about designing research programs in underdeveloped fields.

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Ep. 47: Dr. Peter Langland-Hassan on imagination, philosophy, and technology.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Dr. Langland-Hassan is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. His numerous published articles span theoretical philosophy and experimental psychology, addressing topics such as consciousness, auditory verbal hallucinations, the relationship between language and abstract thought, pretense, imagination, hypothetical reasoning, and creativity. If you enjoy this interview please don't forget to like the episode and subscribe on Youtube or wherever you get your podcasts so that we can keep bringing you this great content.

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Ep. 46: Shermon Cruz on gamification, engaged foresight, and the methodology of futurism.

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Shermon Cruz is the Chair of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF) and the founder, executive director, and chief futurist of the Center for Engaged Foresight. We took this opportunity to discuss gamification, governance, and the future of futurism.

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Ep. 45: Scott Young on ultralearning, brain-computer-interfaces, and AI in education.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Scott Young is a blogger, teacher, and the author of "Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career".

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Ep. 44: Zanele Njapha on the importance of learning and unlearning in preparing for the future.

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Zanele Njapha is a global speaker who has captivated audiences with her sensational keynotes and thought-provoking unlearning facilitations. Drawing upon a background in educational psychology, she challenges long-standing company dogmas while developing her audiences with her unique, humorous stories and insightful views around the future of work and creating cultures of continuous self-disruption.

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Ep. 43: Gary Wolf on the Quantified Self movement.

Fri, 16 Jul 2021 15:00:00 -0000

We spoke with quantified self cofounder Gary Wolf on self-tracking, the philosophy of science, and learning about yourself through personal data.

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Ep. 42: Philip Rosedale on Second Life, virtual worlds, and economic systems.

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Philip Rosedale is a serial entrepreneur whose lifelong passion for using virtual technology to connect people led to his founding Second Life in 1999. He later went on to co-found High Fidelity in 2013, a company which specializes in adding spatial audio to applications.

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Ep. 41: Complexity science and its applications with Geoffrey West.

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Geoffrey West is a theoretical physicist whose primary interests are in fundamental questions across physics, biology and the social sciences. His research includes metabolism, growth, aging & death, sleep, cancer, innovation, cities, companies, the accelerating pace of life and global sustainability.

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Ep. 40: Quantum computing and bringing revolutionary technologies to market with Justin Ging.

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Justin Ging is Chief Commercial Officer for Honeywell Quantum Solutions, where he leads the commercialization of next-generation quantum computing systems. Prior to joining Honeywell, Justin led marketing teams at Samsung Semiconductor and Micron/Aptina, and managed strategic projects at Analog Devices and Bell Labs.

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Ep. 39: Ruben Harris on Career Karma, coding bootcamps, and the future of education.

Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Ruben is a former investment banker who co-founded Career Karma, a company aiming to be the #1 destination for career advice on the internet.

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Ep. 38: Kurtis Lockhart on charter cities and the future of governance.

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Kurtis Lockhart is a PhD candidate at Oxford, and Head of Research at the Charter Cities Institute. His research interests focus on the political economy of development. He joins us to talk about charter cities and the role they can play in reforming institutions.

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Ep. 36: Jules Polonetsky on privacy and its future.

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 15:00:00 -0000

We chat with Jules Polonetsky -- lawyer, CEO of the Future of Privacy Forum, and Co-Chairman of the Israel tech Policy Institute -- about the privacy landscape and what we can expect in the future.e

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Ep. 35: Mark Ryan on deep learning with tabular data.

Fri, 28 May 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Mark Ryan is a Data Science Manager at Intact Insurance and the author of the recently-released "Deep Learning with Structured Data". He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, and is interested in chatbots and natural language processing.

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Ep. 34: Marshall Brain on entrepreneurship and facing existential risk.

Fri, 21 May 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Marshall Brain is a futurist, speaker, and professor of entrepreneurship who founded HowStuffWorks.com. He joins us on the podcast to talk about these subjects and his new book on existential risk.

Check out his work at https://marshallbrain.com/

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Ep. 33: Dave Taylor on the importance of storytelling.

Fri, 14 May 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Dave Taylor is a professor of marketing and a renowned storyteller. He joins us to talk about the evolution of technology, problems with modern recommendation engines, and the importance of narrative.

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Ep. 32: Elaine Pofeldt on million-dollar one-person businesses.

Fri, 07 May 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Elaine is an independent journalist and speaker specializing in careers and entrepreneurship. Find her writing and contact information at http://elainepofeldt.com/

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Ep. 31: Brad Templeton on autonomous vehicles, privacy, and ethics.

Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Brad founded ClariNet, the first internet-based content company, is chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and is one of the founding computing faculty of Singularity University. Find more of his work at https://ideas.4brad.com/

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Ep. 30: Andreas Schleicher on educational policy in the 21st century.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Andreas Schleicher is Director for Education and Skills at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. He initiated and oversees the Program for International Student Assessment and has worked for over 20 years with ministers and education leaders around the world to improve quality and equity in education.

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Ep. 29: Jason Crawford on the philosophy and roots of progress.

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Jason Crawford writes about the history of technology and the need to understand what drives progress at his blog The Roots of Progress: https://rootsofprogress.org/

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Ep. 28: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on SPACs

Fri, 09 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) have been featured prominently in the news recently. Trent and Thomas do a solo episode exploring how SPACs are structured and what impact they might have on business.

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Ep. 27: Steven Kotler on the science of peak human performance.

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Steven Kolter has become famous for his work on making the impossible possible through creativity, innovation, and a unique state of consciousness called 'flow'.

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Ep. 26: Thomas Moynihan on the past and future of x-risk.

Fri, 26 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Dr. Moynihan is an intellectual historian who studies how humans came to discover the idea of existential risk, and what this means for our maturity as a species. Find more of his work at: https://thomasmoynihan.xyz/

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Ep. 25: Frederick Turner on complexity, time, and the union of art and science.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:00:00 -0000

Frederick Turner has spent a lifetime studying complex systems, evolution, the nature of time, epic poetry, facts, values, and aesthetics. We thoroughly enjoyed getting his perspective in this freewheeling discussion.

Check out his blog at: http://frederickturnerpoet.com/

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Ep. 24: Woody Wade, scenario planning expert,talks to us about strategic forecasting.

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Woody Wade is a recognized expert in scenario planning who uses his unique method to help businesses and leaders chart the future. Check him out at: https://www.woodywade.com/

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Ep. 23: Jungwon Byun, Andreas Stuhlmüller, and the future of research.

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:40:00 -0000

Jungwon Byun and Andreas Stuhlmüller are co-founders of Ought, a company which leverages advanced language models to automate open-ended reasoning, data gathering, analysis, and scholarship. The result is a fascinating attempt to make knowledge workers 250 times more efficient (and change the world while they're doing it). Check them out at: https://ought.org/

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Ep 22: Logan Thrasher Collins talks to us about synthetic biology, aesthetics, and his academic research.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Logan Thrasher Collins is a synthetic biologist, futurist, and author, the lead scientist at Conduit Computing, and a graduate student in biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

Check out his work at: https://logancollinsblog.com/

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Ep. 21: Peter Leyden on predicting the future and the world in 2100

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:00:00 -0000

Peter's personal website: https://www.peterleyden.com/

Our episode with David Brin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orfagXnjFgY

Renowned futurist Peter Leyden is a former editor at Wired magazine, the founder of Reinvent, and a sought-after consultant and keynote speaker. He joins us to talk about his methodology for building forecasts and what he thinks the future holds.

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Ep. 20: Luca Dellanna on antifragility, ergodicity, and building a better business.

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:01:00 -0000

Luca Dellanna joins us to talk about how his research into adaptive systems applies across management, psychology, investing, and economics. Check out more of his work here:

https://www.luca-dellanna.com/

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Ep. 19: Karl Dakin on small business fundraising and the economic consequences of COVID19.

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:00:00 -0000

Karl Dakin is an expert in fundraising, with a long career in helping businesses raise capital in innovative ways. In this conversation we talk about how businesses are faring with the lockdowns, promising new technologies for ridding the air of pathogens, professional rugby, and lots of other interesting things.

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Ep. 18: Dr. Erik Istre discusses his research on the foundations of mathematics.

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:18:00 -0000

Erik has a PhD in mathematics specializing in non-classical foundations of mathematics and naive set theory. His work centers around attempting to circumvent classical limitative results and reviving naive set theory as a viable theory.

We spend a lot of this conversation discussing how his work will impact AI Safety and its implications for metaphysics.

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Ep. 17: Kai Faust on the promise and peril of spatial computing.

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:47:34 -0000

Kai Faust is the CEO and Founder of Infopop, where he builds products that increase access to spatial information. Their first product helps retail customers find products using their mobile phones. He and his team are also building indoor maps which they are using as the bedrock for a future spatial computing platform.

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Ep. 16: Roman Yampolskiy on AI safety.

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 21:58:26 -0000

Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy is a Tenured Associate Professor in the department ofComputer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville. He is the foundingand current director of the Cyber Security Lab and an author of many books including"Artificial Superintelligence: a Futuristic Approach". Dr. Yampolskiy’s main areas ofinterest are Artificial Intelligence Safety and Cybersecurity.

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Ep. 15: Kristin Lindquist on rationality and decision making under uncertainty.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:55:17 -0000

Kristin is a multi-disciplinary geek and fifteen year startup veteran. She is particularly interested in the intersection of epistemology, neuroscience, and nonviolence, and for the last five years has been working on her startup Rationally--what began as “Quora but with evidence-based answers” but ended up as an evidence synthesis platform for clinical research.

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Ep. 14: Kristinn R Thórisson on building an artificial general intelligence

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:47:20 -0000

Dr. Kristinn R. Thórisson is Full Research Professor of Computer Science at Reykjavik University and Managing Director of the Icelandic Institute for Intelligent Machines. His work in applied AI for the past 30 years has included diverse projects at LEGO, NASA and Honda, as well as numerous startups in Europe and the U.S. such as Radar Networks which was funded by Paul Allen’s Vulcan Ventures. For the past 15 years his theoretical work has focused on human-level AI, constructivist learning, cumulative understanding, and cognitive control architectures.

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Ep. 13: Steve Meyer on entrepreneurship and building a successful company.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:27:15 -0000

Steve is the founder of Main Street Pedicabs, one of the most successful pedicab ventures in the world. In this conversation he joins Thomas and Trent to discuss his journey in business, urban planning, and the way communities evolve in response to changes in infrastructure and transportation.

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Ep 12: Michał Stęchły on building software for quantum computers.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 04:16:05 -0000

Michał is a Polish software engineer working on Zapata's quantum computing platform. His main interest is in so-called “variational quantum algorithms” – hybrid classical-quantum algorithms that will potentially be useful for near-term quantum computers. Apart from his day job at Zapata Computing he manages a mentorship program at the Quantum Open Source Foundation, creates educational content for his blog, and is involved in the Q4Climate initiative, an organization devoted to exploring ways in which quantum computers can help with climate change.He is also interested in topics such as effective altruism, design, and how the mind works.

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Ep 11: Olusola Amusan on the impact of autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence.

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 03:57:15 -0000

Olu Amusan is an Artificial Intelligence Evangelist, an UNLEASH Alumnus, HIVE Global Leader, the Author of "A-Z of AI Consulting", and a global shaper of the World Economic Forum. He is the CEO of Coven Works, an AI Education and Consulting firm based in Dallas Texas with offices in Lagos Nigeria. He has been recognized multiple times for his work by top technology organizations like Microsoft and was recently pronounced one of JCI Top Ten Outstanding young persons in October, 2020.

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Ep. 10: Nell Watson on cosmology, quantum computing, and how AI will change society.

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 07:35:12 -0000

Eleanor ‘Nell’ Watson is a researcher in emerging technologies who helped to pioneer Machine Vision techniques through her company QuantaCorp, which enables fast and accurate body measurement from just two photos.Nell serves as Chair & Vice-Chair respectively of the IEEE’s ECPAIS Transparency Experts Focus Group, and P7001 Transparency of Autonomous Systems committee on AI Ethics & Safety, engineering credit score-like mechanisms to safeguard algorithmic trust. She also chairs EthicsNet.org, a community teaching prosocial behaviors to machines, CulturalPeace.org, crafting Geneva Conventions-style rules for cultural conflict, EDCsymbol.org, informing consumers of endocrine disruptors, and Pacha.org, connecting a network of service providers to help enable the automated accounting of externalities (shifted costs) such as pollution.

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Ep 9: Galen Wolfe-Pauly wants to build a more human-centric internet.

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 05:08:15 -0000

Many of us (including your hosts) spend huge amounts of time on the internet. It is responsible for launching whole new industries, new ways of connecting, and a steady progression of digital-first empires. It may surprise you to learn that there are people who nevertheless think the internet is fundamentally broken and needs to be replaced altogether. One of these people is Galen Wolfe-Pauly, CEO of Tlon, a company working on Urbit. He grew up in the woods near Santa Cruz, drawing, painting, building software and digital tools. He eventually left the cypherpunks and hippies of California to study architecture at the Cooper Union in New York, which informs the design sensibilities he brings to code. Galen is interested in building long-lasting software to help people control and shape their digital lives and communities. Finding all our existing software platforms to be deeply disappointing, he started building Urbit, a new OS and network, in 2014 with a small team. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 8: Mark Jackson talks about quantum computing and its applications.

Sat, 17 Oct 2020 07:12:20 -0000

This conversation caused all of us to substantially revise our opinions about the viability of near-future commercial uses of quantum computing, and we hope you find it as thought provoking as we did. Dr. Mark Jackson is the Scientific Lead at Cambridge Quantum Computing. He received his B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Duke University and Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Columbia University. He then spent 10 years researching superstring theory and cosmology, co-authoring almost 40 technical articles. To promote the public understanding of science, he founded the science crowdfunding platform Fiat Physica and non-profit Science Partnership Fund. He is Adjunct Faculty at Singularity University and a Director of Astronomers Without Borders. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 7: Neuroscientist Colin Hoy fills us in on the frontiers of neurotechnology.

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 22:09:41 -0000

Colin Hoy is a Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience at UC Berkeley studying decision making, reward learning, and emotion. Prior to his Ph.D., Colin worked at the National Institute of Mental Health developing “mind reading” techniques to decode ongoing cognitive states using functional MRI brain scans. He applies his deep knowledge of the brain to the prospect of Elon Musk's company Neuralink, the ethical conundrums of emerging technologies, and a variety of other fascinating topics. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 6: Renowned science fiction author David Brin shares his latest thoughts on the future.

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 04:46:24 -0000

Among fans of this show David Brin surely needs no introduction. He is an astronomer, the author of dozens of highly-acclaimed works of science fiction such as the Uplift series, and an in-demand speaker on topics ranging from governance to the Fermi Paradox. Our conversation focused on what's required to sustain civilization, what the role of science fiction is in shaping our worldviews, and what we can expect living in a post-Covid world.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 5: Jarred Bultema on machine learning and automated science.

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 04:06:03 -0000

Jarred is an interdisciplinary scientist combining modern Data Science techniques with research expertise in the fields of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Pharmacology, and Immunology. He spoke with us about his work at DataRobot, a company looking to use automation to dramatically increase the productivity of data scientists, and about what he thinks a more automated future will look like.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 4: Scientist and author Brian Enke talks about our future among the stars.

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:05:27 -0000

Brian Enke is a Senior Space Research Analyst at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. For nearly 20 years, he has worked on space-related research projects that have touched every planet (and former planet) in the solar system, as well as several asteroids and moons. Mars has always been his favorite, and in his spare time he writes science fiction novels about humanity's future on the Red Planet. Many of us are drawn to science fiction and science fact which explores the possibility of humanity becoming a multi-planetary species, and in this episode Brian shares his deep expertise on these subjects and more.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 3: Design expert Brian Baker on the present and future of design.

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 05:06:33 -0000

Brian Baker is a leading Technology Product Designer of the 21st century. His designs are found across the world in enterprise software, ecommerce, apps, connected devices, mobile phones, televisions and even kitchen appliances. Mr. Baker is a recipient of the coveted ‘Best of CES,’ and ‘Red Dot’ awards, and he has been recognized by Forbes, Yahoo, and Wired magazine for his work in Digital. In this episode, Brian discusses how he got into the design industry, dishes on little-known episodes in the life of tech giant Steve Jobs, and fills us in on where he thinks the field of design is headed.To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 2: Researcher David Jilk on artificial intelligence

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:16:56 -0000

Artificial intelligence is undeniably one of the major technologies that will impact the future. Join Thomas Frey, Trent Fowler, and AI researcher David Jilk as they discuss the promise and the perils of this fascinating field. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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Ep 1: Transportation pioneer Daryl Oster on Evacuated Tube Technology

Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:05:41 -0000

Daryl Oster wants to use trains inside of vacuum tubes -- what Elon Musk has called the Fifth Mode of Transportation -- to remake logistics, travel, and possibly space exploration. To contact Futurist Thomas Frey, please use any of the following methods:Website: www.futuristspeaker.comEmail: dr2tom@davinciinstitute.comPhone: 303-666-4133

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