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FUTURATI PODCAST — 171 episodes
Episode 172: Capitalism Evolving—or Collapsing | Any Hines
Ep. 171: China, Communism, and Bitcoin | Roger Huang
Ep. 170: The story of the first AGI | David Jilk
Ep. 169: Fractal University, Scenius, and the future of higher ed. | Andrew Rose
Ep. 168: Should we put AI in charge of governance? | Roko Mijic
Ep. 167: Are games the key to building AGI? | Julian Togelius
Ep. 166: The story of SpaceX | Eliana Sherriff
Ep. 165: Existential risk, existential hope, and the secrets to winning at life. | James Norris
Ep. 164: The frontiers of neuromorphic quantum computing | Clifford Mapp
Ep. 163: AI and the coming cognitive revolution. | Nathan Labenz
Ep. 162: Making and losing millions in crypto | Nat Eliason
Ep. 161: Bitcoin is resistance money | Andrew Bailey
Ep. 160: What makes generative AI so powerful? | Nick Frosst
Ep. 159: Top AI Trends for 2024 | David Shapiro
Ep. 158: abstraction and agency | John Wentworth
Ep. 157: Aristotle, AI, and what philosophy offers futurism | Gregory Salmieri
Ep. 156: Algorithms won't get us to AGI | Johannes Jaeger
Ep. 155: The history of invention | Anton Howes
Ep. 154: How the government works (and why you should care). | Daniel Golliher
Ep. 153: AI, Alignment, and the Scaling Hypothesis | Dwarkesh Patel
Ep. 152: Building the future at venture studios | Taylor Black
Ep. 151: Opening the final frontier--for everyone | Emery Gunselman
Ep. 150: Conservative futurism--oxymoron, or the way forward? | Jim Pethokoukis
Ep. 149: Blockchain forensics and the war in Ukraine | Nicholas Smart
Ep. 148: Makin' it rain (with science) | Augustus Doricko
Ep. 147: Could heuristic imperatives solve the AI alignment problem? | David Shapiro
Ep. 146: Will AI replace humans? | Peter St Onge
Ep. 145: The free market can fund scientific research | Terence Kealey
Ep. 144: The next generation of batteries | Dr. Qichao Hu
Ep. 143: Evolution, values, and AI Safety | Quintin Pope
Ep. 142: Privacy and data sovereignty with blockchain | Zenobia Godschalk
Ep. 141: Entrepreneurship in the final frontier | Scott Tibbitts
Ep. 140: The power of human ingenuity | Robert Hendershott
Ep. 139: Biomarkers and personalized medicine | Mohit Jain
Ep. 138: There's still so much potential for web3 | Julian Rodriguez
Ep. 137: AI is changing software development. Here's how. , Matt Genovese
Ep. 136: The case for taking AI Safety seriously | Rob Miles
Ep. 135: Navigating the spacefaring economy | Elizabeth Varghese
Ep. 134: Cleaning fossil fuels and the energy transition | Noel Carroll
Ep. 133: Supercharging AI applications with SuperAnnotate | Tigran Petrosyan
Ep. 132: The era of personalized AI is here | Suman Kanuganti
Ep. 131: Decentralization, 5G, smart cities, and the internet of things | Timothy Kravchunovsky
Ep. 130: Should we halt progress in AI? | Zvi Mowshowitz
Ep. 129: Applying the 'security mindset' to AI and x-risk | Jeffrey Ladish
Ep. 128: Silicon Valley Bank, the Balajis bet, price theory, AI | Thomas and Trent
Ep. 127: Powering the space economy with AI and an interplanetary internet | Chris Mattmann
Ep. 126: microbiomes, mycology, and the next major pandemic. | Mahmoud Ghannoum
Ep. 125: Revolutionizing education with knowledge avatars | Emiliano De Laurentiis
Ep. 124: How can companies stay innovative? | Alex Goryachev
Ep. 123: Is ChatGPT going to take all the jobs? | Trent Fowler & Thomas Frey
Ep. 122: Complexity theory and the future of civilization | Jane Gatsby
Ep. 121: Is Quantum Computing a Threat to Bitcoin? | Michael Strike
Ep. 120: Quantum computing explained | Anastasia Marchenkova
Ep. 119: Complex systems, futurism, and beaming power down from space. | Roger Spitz
Ep. 118: Could this be the next big application for drones? | Alex Bäcker
Ep. 117: Artificial intelligence, digital twins, and China | Handel Jones
Ep. 116: Bitcoin is Venice. | Allen Farrington & Sacha Meyers
Ep. 115: Bringing crypto to everyone | Defi Danny
Ep. 114: Scaling Synthesis and tools for thought | Rob Haisfield
Ep. 113: What's the state of artificial intelligence (and should we be afraid?) | Steve Kommrusch
Ep. 112: The future of leadership | Jacob Morgan
Ep. 111: Human-to-human interfaces and collective intelligence | Malcolm Ocean
Ep. 110: Bitcoin and climate change | Margot Paez
Ep. 109: Don't be a feminist. | Bryan Caplan
Ep. 108: Are we close to a technological singularity? | Trent Fowler
Ep. 107: How to invest in emerging technologies. | Rohit Krishnan
Ep. 106: Neurotech and the future of law | Allan McCay
Ep. 105: Is this the future of bitcoin mining? | Josh Moore
Ep. 104: Fixing healthcare with decentralized applications | Leah Houston
Ep. 103: Mining bitcoin with the ocean will get us to Kardashev I | Nathaniel Harmon
Ep. 102: Genetic engineering and the biological basis of intelligence. | Steven Hsu
Ep. 101: Asteroid mining and the future of space. | Joel Sercel
Ep. 100: Thomas and Trent look back on 100 episodes!
Ep. 99: What is the future of money? | Kirk Hutchison
Ep. 98: How humans came to see (and shape) the future. | Byron Reese
Ep. 97: Could bitcoin mining fix climate change? | Troy Cross
Ep. 96: How will bitcoin change the world? | Jack Ronaldi
Ep. 95: Pandemics, population decline, and the Fermi Paradox. | Robin Hanson.
Ep. 94: fiction, flow, and imagining the impossible. | Steven Kotler.
Ep. 93: NFTs and the art of the future. | Michael Maizels
Ep. 92: The psychology of ambition, achievement, and greatness. | Gena Gorlin
Ep. 91: Building cities on the high seas. | Patri Friedman
Ep. 90: Can we build an immortal human society? | Samo Burja
Ep. 89: Bitcoin is crucial to U.S. national security. | Matt Pines
Ep. 88: We need to scale the blockchain. Here's how. | Jeremy Clark
Ep. 87: What's the blockchain good for? [2022] | Scott Ruoti
Ep. 86: Space exploration (and why it matters) | Sarah Cruddas
Ep. 85: Is Monero better than Bitcoin? Nam Sardar thinks so.
Ep. 84: Russia, cybercrime, and the future of war, with Rik Ferguson.
Ep. 83: Science, business, and the coming revolution in smart homes, with Gary Rockis.
Ep. 82: Will bitcoin become a global reserve currency, with Eric Yakes.
Ep. 81: Nathan Young on forecasting, prediction markets, and designing good policy.
Ep. 80: George Selgin on monetary economics and cryptocurrency.
Ep. 79: John Spencer on the future of space tourism.
Ep. 78: Elaine Pofeldt on building a very small, very profitable business.
Ep. 77: Velina Tchakarova on geopolitics, energy economics, and the Russian of Ukraine.
Ep. 76: Samo Burja on Russia, Ukraine, and the new, emerging global order.
Ep. 75: Michael Cushman on materials science, synthetic biology, and AI-powered education.
Ep. 74: Lyn Alden on inflation, investing, and cryptocurrencies.
Ep. 73: Trent Fowler explains how the blockchain works.
Ep. 72: Jeffrey Booth on deflation, blockchain, and progress
Ep. 71: Vance Crowe on culture, narrative engineering, and the future of social media.
Ep. 70: Kerry Vaughan on the history of science and building intellectually generative communities.
Ep. 69: Ben Landau-Taylor on social technology, institutions, and the future.
Ep. 68: Teresa Grobecker on the intersection of real estate and the blockchain.
Ep. 67: Gary Bolles and the future of work
Ep. 66: Danica Remy on protecting the Earth from asteroids.
Ep. 65: Brad Templeton on the Metaverse, VR applications, and genetic privacy.
Ep. 64: Max Galka on building a universal search engine for the blockchain.
Ep. 63: Radhika Iyengar-Emens on enterprise blockchain and deeptech.
Ep. 62: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on the Great Resignation
Ep. 61: Peter McCormack on the present and future of Bitcoin.
Ep. 60: NFTs, quantitative finance, and liquidity cascades with Corey Hoffstein
Ep. 59: Market design, entrepreneurship, and innovation with Irene Ng.
Ep. 58: Dark matter, deep learning, and astrophysics with Aleksandra Ćiprijanović.
Ep 57: Victoria Ransom on entrepreneurship and the future of education.
Ep. 56: Joel Comm on blockchain, NFTs, and cryptoassets.
Ep. 55: Seth Levine on cryptocurrencies and the future of finance.
Ep. 54: Visakan Veerasamy on golden ages, networks, and the future of social media.
Ep. 53: Mauro F. Guillén on the world in 2030.
Ep. 52: Bob Coecke and Konstantinos Meichanetzidis on quantum natural language processing.
Ep. 51: Tim Errington on reproducibility and the science of science.
Ep. 50: Velina Tchakarova on geopolitics and the world after COVID.
Ep. 49: Joel Chan on metascience, creativity, and tools for thought.
Ep. 48: Geoff Anders on knowledge and its role in society.
Ep. 47: Dr. Peter Langland-Hassan on imagination, philosophy, and technology.
Ep. 46: Shermon Cruz on gamification, engaged foresight, and the methodology of futurism.
Ep. 45: Scott Young on ultralearning, brain-computer-interfaces, and AI in education.
Ep. 44: Zanele Njapha on the importance of learning and unlearning in preparing for the future.
Ep. 43: Gary Wolf on the Quantified Self movement.
Ep. 42: Philip Rosedale on Second Life, virtual worlds, and economic systems.
Ep. 41: Complexity science and its applications with Geoffrey West.
Ep. 40: Quantum computing and bringing revolutionary technologies to market with Justin Ging.
Ep. 39: Ruben Harris on Career Karma, coding bootcamps, and the future of education.
Ep. 38: Kurtis Lockhart on charter cities and the future of governance.
Ep. 36: Jules Polonetsky on privacy and its future.
Ep. 35: Mark Ryan on deep learning with tabular data.
Ep. 34: Marshall Brain on entrepreneurship and facing existential risk.
Ep. 33: Dave Taylor on the importance of storytelling.
Ep. 32: Elaine Pofeldt on million-dollar one-person businesses.
Ep. 31: Brad Templeton on autonomous vehicles, privacy, and ethics.
Ep. 30: Andreas Schleicher on educational policy in the 21st century.
Ep. 29: Jason Crawford on the philosophy and roots of progress.
Ep. 28: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on SPACs
Ep. 27: Steven Kotler on the science of peak human performance.
Ep. 26: Thomas Moynihan on the past and future of x-risk.
Ep. 25: Frederick Turner on complexity, time, and the union of art and science.
Ep. 24: Woody Wade, scenario planning expert,talks to us about strategic forecasting.
Ep. 23: Jungwon Byun, Andreas Stuhlmüller, and the future of research.
Ep 22: Logan Thrasher Collins talks to us about synthetic biology, aesthetics, and his academic research.
Ep. 21: Peter Leyden on predicting the future and the world in 2100
Ep. 20: Luca Dellanna on antifragility, ergodicity, and building a better business.
Ep. 19: Karl Dakin on small business fundraising and the economic consequences of COVID19.
Ep. 18: Dr. Erik Istre discusses his research on the foundations of mathematics.
Ep. 17: Kai Faust on the promise and peril of spatial computing.
Ep. 16: Roman Yampolskiy on AI safety.
Ep. 15: Kristin Lindquist on rationality and decision making under uncertainty.
Ep. 14: Kristinn R Thórisson on building an artificial general intelligence
Ep. 13: Steve Meyer on entrepreneurship and building a successful company.
Ep 12: Michał Stęchły on building software for quantum computers.
Ep 11: Olusola Amusan on the impact of autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence.
Ep. 10: Nell Watson on cosmology, quantum computing, and how AI will change society.
Ep 9: Galen Wolfe-Pauly wants to build a more human-centric internet.
Ep 8: Mark Jackson talks about quantum computing and its applications.
Ep 7: Neuroscientist Colin Hoy fills us in on the frontiers of neurotechnology.
Ep 6: Renowned science fiction author David Brin shares his latest thoughts on the future.
Ep 5: Jarred Bultema on machine learning and automated science.
Ep 4: Scientist and author Brian Enke talks about our future among the stars.
Ep 3: Design expert Brian Baker on the present and future of design.
Ep 2: Researcher David Jilk on artificial intelligence
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