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MIND & MACHINE: Science & Tech of Maximizing Human Capability
by August Bradley
Weekly interview show with people at the forefront of transformational technologies, scientific research, and bold new thinking that enables humans to operate at higher levels — better able to achieve whatever each person values most in life.This could be in fields as diverse as neuroscience, computer science, psychology, bio-tech, augmented reality, nutrition & fitness and so many more areas of pioneering work.
Episodes
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Notion & Software Creation by Everyone with Notion COO Akshay Kothari
My guest today is Akshay Kothari, the Chief Operating Officer at Notion. As COO, Akshay is one of the top people driving the ship at this next-generation software platform that's enabling everyday users to create their own software tools instead of settling for what's provided on the market....
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The Medical Futurist on Fighting Pandemics with Emerging Technologies, Now & In The Future
My guest today is Dr. Bertalan Mesko, also known as The Medical Futurist. He's the Director of The Medical Futurist Institute, delivers keynote addresses all over the world, and runs a popular magazine and YouTube channel on the future of medicine with an emphasis on how technology will shape...
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The Psychology of Attention with Nir Eyal, Author of "Indistractable"
My guest today is Nir Eyal, who writes and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The MIT Technology Review dubbed Nir, "The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology." Nir has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Institute of Design at Stanford....
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Skill Mastery & Peak Performance through Deliberate Practice with Psychologist Anders Ericsson
My guest today is Anders Ericsson, author of the renowned book "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise". He is among the world's leading authorities on how to new master skills. Anders is a Professor of Psychology and conducted much of the research on expertise and peak performance that...
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Flow States for Ultimate Human Performance with Steven Kotler
My guest today is Steven Kotler. Steven is one of the world's leading experts on achieving Ultimate Human Performance through Flow States. "Flow" is the cognitive state of full immersion and focus in which brain activity changes to enable peak human capability across an intellectual or physical...
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Team Human: Tech, Media, Culture with Douglas Rushkoff
My guest today is Douglas Rushkoff, who has been named one of the "world's ten most influential intellectuals" by MIT. He's an author and documentarian who studies human autonomy in the digital age. He's written over twenty books include the recently-published "Team Human", and he hosts a popular...
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The Neuroscience of Consciousness with Christof Koch
My guest today is Dr. Christof Koch, one of the worlds foremost experts on neuroscience and consciousness. Dr. Koch is the Chief Scientist and President of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. He recently released his latest book, The Feeling of Life Itself – Why Consciousness is Everywhere But...
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Clean Meat: Lab-Grown Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize the World with Paul Shapiro
My guest today is Paul Shapiro, author of the national bestseller "Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World". He's also the CEO and co-founder of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the co-host of the Business for Good Podcast. In our...
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Human Enhancement & Personal Performance Hacking with Matt Ward of the Disruptors
We explore Human Enhancement and Personal Performance Hacking with Matt Ward (@mattwardio), the host The Disruptors podcast, startup investor, adviser and business innovation consultant. Matt and I thought it would be fun to do two episodes, one here on MIND & MACHINE and the other on The...
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First Principles Thinking & Secret Mastermind of Brain Scientists - Donald Hoffman, Cognitive Scientist
In a follow-up to our previous episode, my guest today is again cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, author of the book "The Case Against Reality". In this addendum to the previous episode, we explore how Don's First Principles Thinking enabled his remarkably original theory on reality (covered...
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Donald Hoffman: The Case Against Reality (Cognitive Science, Consciousness, Evolution)
My guest today is cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, author of the book "The Case Against Reality". Don has been making waves lately in a range of scientific fields with a theory of reality that splinters all of our preconceived notions. What if everything we thought was real -- the physical…
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CRISPR Gene Editing, Embryo Modification & Mind Reading Technologies with Stanford Law Ethicist Hank Greely
Today we explore CRISPR and gene editing, embryo selection vs embryo editing, parental vs societal needs, emerging mind-reading technologies, and the ethics surrounding all of these issues. August Bradley's guest is Hank Greely, a Stanford Law School professor specializing in the ethical, legal,...
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Technology Transforming Media with Martin Bryant
August Bradley's guest today is Martin Bryant, a technology and media writer, speaker and consultant who puts out the Big Revolution newsletter on what's happening at the intersection of technology and media. Martin was previously the Editor In Chief of the TNW digital magazine which operates...
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Neuromorphic Computers, Machines Simulating the Brain with Steve Furber
My guest today is Steven Furber, who has led the design of the SpiNNiker neuromorphic computer — a brain simulator with one million cores on a single machine, each core interacting with the others in ways mimicking how living brains function. His work on the SpiNNiker neuromorphic computer is...
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The Future of War: AI + Autonomous Warfare with "Army of None" Author Paul Scharre
My guest today is Paul Scharre, author of the book "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War" — which Bill Gates recently featured in his top five book recommendations of the year. Paul is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for…
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AI Documentary "Do You Trust This Computer" Director Chris Paine on Artificial Intelligence
My guest today is Chris Pain, director of the AI documentary film "Do You Trust This Computer?" and previously the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?". The new film is a powerful examination of artificial intelligence centered around insights from the most high-profile thinkers on the...
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Dyson Spheres & Space Megastructures – Inhabiting Space with Isaac Arthur
My guest is Isaac Arthur — a theoretical space scientist, physicist, futurist and bold visionary of human expansion. He brings a mind-blowing level of research and storytelling to his series . While the subject matter sounds like science fiction and is certainly inspired by it, his exploration is...
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AI Avatars and Virtual Human Digital Twins with ObEN CEO Nikhil Jain
As artificial intelligence evolves, it will present itself to us in a variety of ways. One of the most intriguing manifestations of AI will be when it assumes our own faces — forming an autonomous double of ourselves. My guest today is Nikhil Jain, founder and CEO of ObEN which creates AI-driven...
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Asteroid Mining & Interplanetary Economies with J.L. Galache, CTO of Asteroid Mining Company Aten Engineering
My guest today is J.L. Galache, an asteroid astronomer turned new-space entrepreneur. J.L. is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Aten Engineering, a pioneering space mining company. He has designed and directed asteroid data projects with NASA's Frontier Development Lab and Oracle. At the...
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Genomics, Genomic Sequencing and Genome Medicine with Lisa Alderson
Today we explore genomics and how it will transform medicine. My guest is Lisa Alderson, the CEO and co-founder of Genome Medical — a fast growing company in the emerging field of genomics. Genome Medical provides expertise to both individuals wanting to explore their DNA, and to health care...
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Tech & Artificial Intelligence Ethics with Silicon Valley Ethicist Shannon Vallor
My guest today is Shannon Vallor, a technology and A.I. Ethicist. I was introduced to Shannon by Karina Montilla Edmonds at Google Cloud AI — we did an episode with Karina a few ago months focused on Google's A.I. efforts. Shannon works with the Google Cloud AI team on a regular basis helping…
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Facebook & Social Media – Impact on Our World with Siva Vaidhyanathan
My guest today is Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of the book Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy. His previous book was "The Googlization of Everything". Siva is a Cultural Historian and Media Scholar at the University of Virginia. We explore the impact of Facebook...
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Future of Personalized Medicine via Microbiomes with Naveen Jain
My guest today is Naveen Jain, a billionaire entrepreneur with two exceptionally ambitious ventures underway. We're addressing his two ventures in two separate episodes. In today's episode we discuss Naveen's effort to as he puts it "make illness optional" by establishing personalized medical…
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Inhabiting the Moon & Beyond via Moon Express with Naveen Jain
My guest today is Naveen Jain, a billionaire entrepreneur with two insanely ambitious ventures underway. He's on the boards of the X-Prize and Singularity University, and has written a book called Moonshots about extreme entrepreneurship efforts. We're going to address his two moonshot ventures…
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Life Extension & Human Longevity with Dr. Aubrey de Grey
Today we explore human longevity and life extension efforts focused on adding healthy years to a person's lifespan, and even reversing the aging process. My guest is Dr. Aubrey de Grey, a leading voice in the field and the Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation which is doing...
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Future Cities with Kent Kresa, former Chairman of GM, Caltech, Northrop Grumman
My guest today is Kent Kresa, who has had an extraordinary career in advanced technology fields. Kent has been the Chairman of General Motors, the chairman of Caltech's board of directors, the chairman and chief executive of Northrop Grumman (the global aerospace and defense technology company),...
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Space Exploration with the Everyday Astronaut, Tim Dodd
My guest today is Tim Dodd, better known as the Everyday Astronaut. Tim has become a prominent educator on space exploration through his various media platforms and live presentations – he's amassed a sizable audience eager to learn more about Space X, NASA and the growing field. We're in there...
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Technology Influencer Austin Evans on Future Tech & Media Changes
My guest today is Austin Evans. With well over 3 million subscribers, Austin produces and hosts one of the top technology channels on YouTube. He reviews the leading edge of consumer products, often with early access to releases from the most influential manufactures. We explore how media is...
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Google AI and Machine Learning with Dr. Karina Montilla Edmonds
Today we take a look at Google's work in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. My guest is Dr. Karina Montilla Edmonds. Karina works at Google Cloud AI & Machine Learning as the bridge between the Google Cloud AI team and leading university research labs in artificial Intelligence. Prior…
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Technology = Nature with Futurist Gray Scott
This week we explore a broad range of high-concept futurist frameworks and future technologies. My guest is Gray Scott, a visionary futurist and creator of both the Serious Wonder digital magazine and the Futuristic Now video series. Gray takes fragments of modern life and extrapolates a…
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Mental Health & Wellbeing Transformative Technologies with Nichol Bradford
Mental health and wellness are not areas you typically think of along with cutting edge exponential technology. However, that is about to change. My guest today is Nichol Bradford. Nichol is building the future of human possibility by facilitating bold new technologies for mental health and...
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John Underkoffler: Sci-Fi Interface Design in the Real World
My guest today is John Underkoffler. As an early member of the MIT Media Lab, John was approached by Steven Spielberg and legendary world-builder Alex McDowell to help design the interface of the future for the film Minority Report. The system John and the team designed became legendary for its...
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UBI: Universal Basic Income? Build the Floor Founder Larry Cohen
Today we look at Universal Basic Income, or UBI. With increasingly advanced artificial intelligence and robotics, we face the threat of job loss on an unprecedented scale — by many estimates well into double digits and some forecasting a majority of the workforce will at some point not be needed....
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Prototyping Future Worlds with Architect/Filmmaker Liam Young
My guest today is Liam Young, an architect and visionary futurist filmmaker who uses his design background combined with experience in crafting environments to prototype new worlds — worlds that reveal unexpected aspects of how we live today and how we will live in the future. Liam teaches...
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Tesla Rideshare Platform with Tesloop & The Carma Blockchain
Tesla is changing the game for what an automobile can do, and can be. Not only are Tesla cars electric, but their data streams can function across a network with unprecedented interactivity. Add increasing autonomous driving capabilities, and the automotive equation changes massively. My guest...
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Roundup: Future Transportation – Autonomous Vehicles + Flying Cars + Smart Cities
Exploring news about Autonomous Vehicles, Flying Cars and Smart Cities in this roundup analysis. More at www.mindandmachine.io
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Bitcoin & Crypto: What Happens Next, with Tone Vays
As new crypto coins are issued through ICOs at a frenzied pace — Bitcoin, the original, shows the greatest market strength, with the most liquidity, the broadest installed wallet base, and many argue the strongest security. Today we check back in with Tone Vays, a thought-leader and advisor on...
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Roundup: Clean Meat – From the Lab rather than from Animals
Clean Meat is coming — meat created in the Lab, instead of from animals but identical to animal meat in every way, down to the molecular level. We discuss what this is all about, how realistic it is, and what kind of time frame we're looking at (much sooner than you think). More at...
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Roundup: : What is CRISPR? Plus 3 Types of ICO + National Digital Currencies
An introductory look at CRISPR, how it works and why it matters. Plus a Cryptocurrency Headline Roundup: We look at Switzerland's categorization of ICOs into three types, and the first state-sponsored digital currency planned to be issued. More at: https://twitter.com/augustbradley...
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Virgin Hyperloop One – The Future of Transportation with SVP of Software Matt Jones
Five years ago Elon Musk wrote a white paper proposing an alternative to slow, expensive transportation between distant cities. The idea was to replace air travel and trains with a Hyperloop, a 1,000 km per hour (or 600+ mph) passenger pod shooting through a tube hundreds of mile long in a…
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Virtual Humans with the USC Director for Virtual Human Research, Jonathan Gratch
When you combine natural language interface, emotion modeling, CG animation, and various forms of Artificial Intelligence, you get lifelike computer characters with autonomous interaction. This new kind of digital actor is called a Virtual Human, and can be deployed across a wide spectrum of...
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Origin of the Universe & Cosmic Inflation with NASA JPL & Caltech Scientist James Bock
Today we're going investigate the past — the most distant past imaginable: the Origin of the Universe. "How did the universe form" is such a profound question, that it informs everything we do today, and everything that will come next. My guest is James Bock. James is a Caltech Professor of…
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Neuromorphic Computing, AI Chips Emulating the Brain with Kelsey Scharnhorst
Today we explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) through Neuromorphic Computing with computer chips that emulate the biological neurons and synapses in the brain. Neuro-biological chip architectures enable machines to solve very different kinds of problems than traditional computers, the kinds of...
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Building AI Minds & Artificial Intelligence Growth with Michael Miller
Today we look at a fascinating approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in which a mind is created at an infant-like level, with no knowledge and limited ability. Then it learns and develops from scratch through its own experience within the body of a device -- be it a robot body or a toaster. My...
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OpenBazaar: Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer Marketplace with Brian Hoffman
Today we look at OpenBazaar, the leading Bitcoin marketplace for goods and services. Can such emerging platforms challenge the likes of Amazon, Ebay and Etsy? Our guest is Brian Hoffman, founder and project lead of OpenBazaar. Brian is backed by leading VC firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union…
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Media Tech and A Look Into the Future with Joanna Popper
Today we begin with a discussion surveying a wide range of future technologies, then we dive deeper into the changing media landscape. Our guest today is Joanna Popper. Joanna has been the Executive Vice President of Media and Marketing at Singularity University, a pioneering institute teaching…
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ICO + Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) turned "Organisms" with Ismail Malik
Today we explore Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, or DAOs -- blockchain algorithms with the potential to perform the entire functionality of corporations or government agencies... without a single employee. Our guest today is Ismail Malik, a pioneer in Decentralized Autonomous…
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Discovery's Experiential Storytelling in Virtual Reality (VR) with Jeff Abramson
Discovery is pursuing bold new methods of storytelling across their media portfolio (Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, etc...). This week we talk with Jeff Abramson, the Head of Virtual Reality Content Development and Programming for Discovery Communications, and get his...
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Lytro "Light Field" Photography and Image Processing with Steven Swanson
We dive into the emerging arena of "computational photography" -- where cameras capture increasingly complex data that computers process to enable imagery never before possible. One of the most mind blowing areas of "Computational Photography" is "Light Field" imagery, which redefines much of…
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Artificial Intelligence + The Neuroscience of App Addiction with Ramsay Brown
1st Half: The Neuroscience of App Addiction 2nd Half: Artificial Intelligence from a Neuroscience Perspective (at 24:45) Apps are designed to grab us and keep us hooked as long as possible, as often as possible. Addictive traits built into the apps manipulate us at a primal biological level --...
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Weekly interview show with people at the forefront of transformational technologies, scientific research, and bold new thinking that enables humans to operate at higher levels — better able to achieve whatever each person values most in life.This could be in fields as diverse as neuroscience, computer science, psychology, bio-tech, augmented reality, nutrition & fitness and so many more areas of pioneering work.
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