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FUTURATI PODCAST — 171 episodes

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Episode 172: Capitalism Evolving—or Collapsing | Any Hines

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 166: The story of SpaceX | Eliana Sherriff

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 161: Bitcoin is resistance money | Andrew Bailey

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

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

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Ep. 158: abstraction and agency | John Wentworth

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

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

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Ep. 155: The history of invention | Anton Howes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 139: Biomarkers and personalized medicine | Mohit Jain

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

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

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

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Ep. 135: Navigating the spacefaring economy | Elizabeth Varghese

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 120: Quantum computing explained | Anastasia Marchenkova

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 115: Bringing crypto to everyone | Defi Danny

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

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

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Ep. 112: The future of leadership | Jacob Morgan

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

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Ep. 110: Bitcoin and climate change | Margot Paez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 67: Gary Bolles and the future of work

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 28: Thomas Frey and Trent Fowler on SPACs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep. 16: Roman Yampolskiy on AI safety.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Ep 2: Researcher David Jilk on artificial intelligence

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