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thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future
by chris kalaboukis
Welcome to thinkfuture, where host Chris Kalaboukis explores the bold ideas shaping tomorrow. From AI-driven creativity and personal growth to leadership in remote work, this podcast delves into the intersection of innovation, technology, and human connection. With visionary guests and thought-provoking conversations, thinkfuture helps listeners unlock new possibilities, challenge the status quo, and create the future they want to see. Tune in for fresh insights, actionable strategies, and unexpected inspiration.
Episodes
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1142 Can You Sleep Better Without Pills? | Gilbert Bouchard on the Future of Stress Relief
See More: https://thinkfuture.com Connect with Gilbert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbert-bouchard-028a99ba/ --- What if your bed could help your body relax—without medication, noise, or wearable devices?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Gilbert Bouchard…
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1141 The Internet Needs Humans Again | Richard Kersey on Building a Bot-Free Social Network
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Richard: https://chirpper.com---What if social media could prove you're talking to a real person?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Richard Kersey, founder of Chirpper, about one of the biggest challenges facing the...
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1140 The Story That's Secretly Running Your Life | Esty Zilberman on Trap Narratives and AI
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Esty https://estyzilberman.substack.com ---What if the biggest obstacle in your life isn't your circumstances—but the story your brain has been telling you for years?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Esty…
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1139 SEO Is Dying | Andreas on AI Search, Research-Grade Content, and the Future of Knowledge
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Andreas https://artios.io ---What if Google isn't your biggest audience anymore... AI is?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Andreas, CEO of Artios.io, about one of the biggest shifts happening online: the transition from...
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1138 Why Most Leaders Are Never Trained | Nicolas Pokorny on Neuroscience, and the Leadership Crisis
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Nicolas https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaspokorny/ ---What if the biggest problem in business isn't bad employees... but untrained leaders?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Dr. Nicolas Pokorny, neuroscientist and...
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1137 Most AI Startups Won’t Survive | Brian Herr on Moats, Agents, and the Future of AI
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Brian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-herr/---The AI gold rush is ending. What comes next?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Brian Herr about where AI is really heading—and why the next wave of winners won’t be the...
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1136 Can Technology Fix Democracy? | Travis Misurell on Citizen Power and the Future of Elections
Subscribe for more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Travis: https://hub.futureis.org---What if the biggest problem in politics isn’t left vs. right—but the middlemen in between?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Travis Misurell, founder of the FINC Coalition,...
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1135 AI Won’t Replace You — But It Will Change What Matters | Peter Ashby-Smith on Stoic Futurism
Subscribe for more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Peter: https://peterashbysmith.substack.com---What if the best way to survive technological chaos… is a 2,000-year-old philosophy?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Peter Ashby-Smith, Australian academic and...
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1134 AI Is Killing Entry-Level Jobs | The “Messy Middle” No One Is Talking About
subscribe here: https://thinkfuture.comconnect with mango aggro: https://techtensions.substack.com---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Mango Aggro (TechTensions Substack) about one of the most overlooked consequences of AI: the collapse of entry-level roles and the...
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1133 Why Success Isn’t Enough | Ashley Butler on Leaving It All Behind and Starting Over
Read more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Ashley: https://notsorryashley.substack.comWhat if the life you built… isn’t actually yours?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Ashley Butler, entrepreneur, former physician, and founder of MySherry, about walking away...
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1132 AI Is Changing Business — But Trust Is Disappearing
Every new technology disrupts business. From the fax machine to email to Slack, each wave of innovation has changed how organizations communicate, collaborate, and build relationships. Now AI is the next major shift. In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Gal Borenstein...
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1131 We’re Entering a Post-Truth Internet | Lee on AI, Trust, and the Future of Content
Read more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Lee: https://substack.com/@winterouroborosWhat happens when you can’t tell what’s real anymore?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with writer Lee Winter (creator of Winter Ouroboros) about the erosion of trust online, the…
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1130 12 Failed Startups Before Success | Orel on WriteStack, Substack Tools, and Solopreneur Grit
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Orel: https://writestack.io---What does it really take to build a product as a solo founder?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Orel, software developer and founder of WriteStack, a tool designed specifically for Substack...
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1129 The Internet Is Over | Nick Richtsmeier on Trust, Techno-Feudalism, and A Humanist Alternative
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Nick: https://www.trustmadegrowth.com---What if the open internet is already dead—and trust is the real battleground?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Nick Richtsmeier, founder of Trust Made Growth, about the collapse…
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1128 Why “Move Fast and Break Things” Is Failing | Gaurab Bansal on Responsible Innovation
See more: https://thinkfuture.comConnect with Gaurab: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurab-bansal/---What happens when technology moves faster than trust, regulation, and social systems?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Gaurab Bansal, founder of Responsible…
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1127 Why Creativity Is Undervalued | Taylin John Simmonds on Monetization, Niches, and AI
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Taylin: https://taylinsimmonds.substack.com---Why is creative work so emotionally powerful—and yet so hard to monetize?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Taylin John Simmonds, musician, educator, and online...
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1126 AI Is Tearing Tech and Creativity Apart | JP Prince on Hype, Backlash, and the Future of Art
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Jordan: https://www.jpprince.com---AI is everywhere—but not everyone wants it. What happens when tech hype collides with creative backlash?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Jonathan Smith (JP Prince), a...
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1125 Why School Still Looks Like a Factory
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Jordan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordon-millward-13115600---Our education system was built for the industrial age—so why are we still using it in the age of AI?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Jordon, a PhD...
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1124 Why the Future Is Getting Harder to Predict | Steve Brown on AI, AGI, and What Comes Next
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Steve: https://stevebrown.ai---What happens when technology moves faster than our ability to forecast it?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Steve Brown, veteran technologist, former Intel futurist, and former...
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1123 Why Data Is Still Broken | Zoher Karu on AI, Personalization & the Future of Everyday Decisions
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Zoher: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zzkaru/---Everyone talks about AI—but it’s data that still decides what works and what fails.In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Zoher Karu, data and analytics leader with a PhD...
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1122 Why Selling Is Broken | Ari Galper on Trust-Based Sales and the Future of Selling
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Ari: https://thetrustbook.com---What if the reason people hate selling… is because selling doesn’t work anymore?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Ari Galper, founder of Unlock The Game and pioneer of...
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1121 Crypto Isn’t the Problem | Jared Busby on Bitcoin, Scams, and the Future of Money
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Jared: https://cryptoconfidence.substack.comIs crypto misunderstood—or deliberately misrepresented?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Jared Busby, writer of the Crypto Confidence Substack, about the real...
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1120 AI Is Transforming Everything | Kevin Surace on Creativity, Automation, and the Future of Work
Connect with the future: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Kevin: https://www.kevinsurace.com---AI isn’t just changing business—it’s changing everything.In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Kevin Surace, a technologist and AI advocate, about how artificial...
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1119 The End of Passwords | Bojan Simic on HYPR, Identity, and the Future of Authentication
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Bojan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bojansimic---Passwords were supposed to die 20 years ago—so why are we still using them?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Bojan Simic, co-founder and CEO of HYPR, a…
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1118 AI in Writing: Greg Wolford on Creativity, Storytelling, and the Future of Fiction
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Greg: https://gregwolford.substack.com---Can AI make you a better writer—or does it risk flattening creativity?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Greg Wolford, a writer who uses AI tools like ChatGPT to...
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1117 Is Success an Illusion? Olga Zalite on Redefining Success and Preserving Human Creativity
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Olga: https://olia.art---If “success” is just a story we’ve been sold—what does it mean to live on your own terms?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Olga Zalite, illustrator and creative thinker, about how our...
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1116 Building Trustworthy AI Agents
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Ibby: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibby/---Can AI actually be trusted to make decisions? In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Ibby, founder of Cotera, a platform making it easier for non-technical people to…
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1115 Fighting Deepfakes with AI | Luke Arrigoni on Loti and the Future of Digital Identity
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Luke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukearrigoni/---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Luke Arrigoni, founder and CEO of Loti, a company on a mission to protect your digital identity. Loti scans the internet to…
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1114 The 17-Year-Old Building AI Startups | Shahzeb Ali on Coding, Python, and the Future of Tech
See more: thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Shahzeb: https://shahzebali.com/---Meet the world’s youngest certified Python developer—and the founder of an AI startup.In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Shahzeb Ali, a 17-year-old entrepreneur from Pakistan who’s...
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1113 Why I Stopped Fearing AI in Art
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.com Connect with Maya: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mackerma/ --- Is AI here to replace creativity—or to unlock more of it? In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Maya Ackerman, generative AI pioneer and founder of WaveAI, one of…
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1112 Google Ads Is Broken? David on Groas, AI Optimization, and the Future of Advertising
Google Ads is getting more complex, more automated—and harder for small businesses to control. Can AI level the playing field? In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with David, founder and CEO of Groas, to talk about how AI is reshaping advertising and why his company is...
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1111 Authentic Communication in the Age of AI | Loreta Tarozaite on People, Process, and Presence
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Loreta: https://www.loreta.today---As AI-generated content floods the workplace, how do companies keep communication authentic and human?In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Loreta, founder of Loreta Today, to...
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1110 Why I Stopped Trusting AI Demos
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.com Connect with Phillip: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillip-swan/--- Every week, it seems, a new AI demo makes headlines. But as Phillip Swan, co-founder of Iridius, points out—most of these flashy prototypes never make it into production. Why? Because...
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1109 The Death of SEO? Bruce Clay on AI Search, PreWriter, and the Future of Traffic
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Bruce: https://bruceclay.com---AI is changing search forever—and the old rules of SEO may no longer apply.In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Bruce Clay, an early pioneer of search engine optimization who…
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1108 Curious AI: Rethinking How Machines Learn the Real World | Sam Bigdeli of KavAI
See More: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect With Sam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-bigdeli-5310b923/---Why the next wave of AI won’t just answer questions—it will explore, sense, and predict.In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Sam Bigdeli, co-founder and CEO…
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1107 Why I Stopped Playing Safe | Jillian Reilly on Embracing Change and Reclaiming Agency
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Jillian: https://tenpermissions.com---Learning how to embrace change, reclaim agency, and build a future on your own terms.In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Jillian Reilly, founder of Antacara, about how to...
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1106 The Robots Checked Me In
See more: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Matt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcasella/---How hospitality automation is evolving to work with humans, not replace them.When you think of robots in hospitality, you might picture cold, impersonal service. But Matt, co-founder of...
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1105 Why Performative Social Media Is Toxic
See more here: https://thinkfuture.substack.comConnect with Hasmukh: https://www.hasmukhkerai.com/the-learning-curve---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Hasmukh, founder of The Learning Curve, a business dedicated to helping freelancers, creators, and small...
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1104 Can AI Predict the Future? Dan Schwarz on Forecasting, GPT, and the Next Decade of AI
Connect with Dan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-schwarz-3805b854/Read More: https;//thinkfuture.substack.com---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis speaks with Dan Schwarz, CEO and co-founder of FutureSearch, an AI startup on a mission to push the boundaries of forecasting.…
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1103 Reinventing Online Shopping with Agentic AI
Connect with Stephen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenbsavage/Subscribe for more: https://thinkfuture.substack.com---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Stephen Savage, founder of Rezolve AI, to explore how agentic AI is transforming digital commerce by…
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1102 AI, CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIETY
Connect with Jeff: https://jeffburningham.comConnect with Chris: https://thinkfuture.substack.com---In this thought-provoking episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis sits down with Jeff Burningham—a tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and former Utah gubernatorial candidate—to explore…
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1101 REVIVE SALES LEADS WITH AI
Connect with Tamara: https://leadreviver.proConnect with Chris: https://thinkfuture.substack.com---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Tamara, founder of Lead Reviver, about how artificial intelligence is reshaping sales, lead generation, and the way we build customer...
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1100 How Writing Letters Can Transform Your Life
Connect with Joel: https://www.gratitudetiger.com---In this heartfelt episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Joel Zuckerman, founder of the TIGER method—short for Tapping Into Gratitude Engenders Rewards. Joel shares the personal and powerful journey behind his habit of writing...
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1099 The Future of Leadership: How to Lead in an AI-Driven World
Connect with Uma: https://thelimitlessleaders.com---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis talks with Uma Subramanian, founder and CEO of Limitless Leaders, about what leadership really looks like in today’s fast-changing, AI-powered world. With 20 years at Microsoft and now…
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1098 Why Most Companies Are Doing Automation Wrong
Connect with Peter https://www.itstoilville.com---In this episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis is joined by Peter Swinn, founder of the AI-first automation consultancy Toilville, to explore the real state of artificial intelligence in the workplace. If you've ever wondered why your…
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1097 Mind Meets Machine: How Bioelectronics, Blockchain, and Brain Implants Are Shaping the Future
In this fascinating episode of thinkfuture, host Chris Kalaboukis is joined by bioelectronics researcher Konstantinos Kallitsis for a deep dive into the wild and rapidly evolving frontier of human-machine integration.Konstantinos unpacks the incredible potential of bioelectronics—technologies…
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THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, AI, AND EVOLUTION | SAM RAD X CHRIS KALABOUKIS
In this mind-expanding episode of THINKFUTURE, futurist anthropologist Sam Rad joins Chris Kalaboukis to explore the powerful intersections of artificial intelligence, human creativity, and the next stage of evolution. From biohacking and brain-computer interfaces to the future of work, politics,...
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1094 AI-Powered Customer Support: Gradient Labs’ Game Plan
In this episode of "ThinkFuture," I sit down with Dimitri, the CEO and co-founder of Gradient Labs AI, to explore how they’re revolutionizing customer support in regulated industries like financial services. Dimitri shares how their AI agents can handle up to 40% of customer queries without even...
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1093 WHY CHANGING YOURSELF IS SO HARD (BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE!)
In this episode of "ThinkFuture," I get real about change—something we all crave but fear at the same time. I’ve been saying it for over a decade on this show: life is change, yet humans cling to a steady state because chaos freaks us out. We’re surrounded by a universe of chaos, with our orderly...
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1092 REVOLUTIONIZING BACKGROUND CHECKS
In this episode of "ThinkFuture," I chat with Chris Harper, an entrepreneur who’s shaking up the background check game with his company, ZippedScript. Harper kicks things off with his wild journey—from selling light switch covers and Christmas caroling as a kid to tackling the outdated background...
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Welcome to thinkfuture, where host Chris Kalaboukis explores the bold ideas shaping tomorrow. From AI-driven creativity and personal growth to leadership in remote work, this podcast delves into the intersection of innovation, technology, and human connection. With visionary guests and thought-provoking conversations, thinkfuture helps listeners unlock new possibilities, challenge the status quo, and create the future they want to see. Tune in for fresh insights, actionable strategies, and unexpected inspiration.
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