Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchOur Future, AI and Veganism: 6 Reasons Why I Went Vegan
I have now been vegan for almost 9 years and people keep asking me how I feel and why I did it. So let me share a quick health update as well as the original 6 reasons why I went vegan. Since going v…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
It’s Ethics. Not Tech Ethics.
I have noticed that almost every startup in almost every industry is claiming “a revolutionary AI or blockchain breakthrough.” [Often both.] More recently I’m flabbergasted to see a similar fad in th…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
Modern Bard Dr. Martin Shaw: Be a Story-maker for Your Times
Dr. Martin Shaw is the best oral storyteller that I know of. He is also the only person who can impromptu tell the entire Odyssey by his imagination alone. Martin is well versed in a variety of stori…
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
Kevin Kelly on Wisdom and Excellent Advice for Living
When I started blogging and podcasting back in 2009 topics like wisdom were near-invisible, if not considered irrelevant to the conversations of AI, transhumanism, genetic engineering, and human enha…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Émile Torres on Transhumanism, Longtermism and Existential Risks
My goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopefully, a midwife to your best ideas rather than a disseminator of a specific movem…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Nikolas Badminton on Facing Our Futures: Futurism is Activism
My podcast guest today is Nikolas Badminton. Nik is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. He has worked with over 300 organizations in foresight, strategy, and disruption – including NASA, the United N…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
My NBF Contest Pitch: The Greatest Leadership Opportunity of the 21st Century
This is my 4 min video pitch for the 2023 Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest. Hope you enjoy it but feel free to let me know if that’s not the case 😉 The Greatest Leadership Opportunity in the 2…
Published on 2 years, 8 months ago
Massimo Pigliucci on Story, Virtue, Character and AI
Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy. Massimo has Ph.D. degrees in Genetics, Evoluti…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Ukrainian Transhumanist Alex Padalka: A War Against Our Democratic Values
When the war in Ukraine started, I asked myself if I could do anything to help. I have no friends or family in Ukraine, but I remember that a couple of years ago, I was interviewed by someone from Do…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Ursula Eysin on Uncertainty and Future Scenarios
Ursula Eysin is the founder of Red Swan, a consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemistry…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago