The Foresight Institute Podcast
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Welcome to the Foresight Institute’s podcast! Since 1986, Foresight has advanced technologies for the long-term benefit of life, focusing on science and technology too early-stage or interdisciplinary for traditional institutions to support.Our podcast features technical seminars in Molecular Machines, Biotech, Intelligent Cooperation, Neurotech, and Spacetech, alongside our Existential Hope content and special episodes.To view presentations of our technical work and to stay up-to-date on new content, subscribe on YouTube and follow us on Twitter. The Foresight Institute Podcast is AI-searchable using Fathom.fm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Existential Hope podcast: Clay Routledge | Why Meaning and Agency Matter More Than Ever
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Cate Hall | What Philanthropy Can Do That Others Can’t
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Sam Rodriques | AI for Scientific Progress
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Tom Kalil | Renaissance Philanthropy: Agenda Setting is Underrated
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Steven Pinker On Why the Future Looks Better Than You Think
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Jennifer Garrison | Healthy Longevity for Women
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Existential Hope Special: Ada Palmer | On How Speculative Worlds Can Help Us Demand A Better Future
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Abhishek Singh | Decentralizing Machine Learning
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Zach Weinersmith | A City on Mars
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress | Career Counselling
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Allison Duettmann & Beatrice Erkers | A Vision of Existential Hope for the New Year
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Caleb Watney, Institute for Progress | Career Counselling
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Zan Huang | Adapting Neurological Structures to AI
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Adam Marblestone | Solving Science’s Biggest Gaps
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Michael Levin | Agential Interventions
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Sam Jardine | The Dawn of Astropolitics?
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Anna Chekovisch | Bitcoin as a Path to Freedom
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Eric Drexler | Advanced Nanotechnology
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston | The Future Loves You
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Molly MacKinlay | New Decentralized Mechanisms for Funding Public Goods
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Anders Sandberg | Whole Brain Emulation Ethics
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Barbara Diehl | Innovation and Funding Mechanisms at SPRIND
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Eli Dourado, Abundance Institute | Accelerating Progress
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Gustavs Zilgavis | The Path to Mars Governance
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Amanda Ngo | Innovating With AI for Wellbeing
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Jeffrey Ladish | AI Threat Models, Hacking, Deception, and Manipulation
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Kristian Rönn | The Darwinian Trap That Explains Our World
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Divya Siddarth | Collective Intelligence for Collective Progress
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Siméon Campos | Governing AI for Good
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Dean Woodley Ball | Humanity’s Next Leap: Thoughts on the Frontiers of Neural Technology
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Dana Watt | A Neuroscientist's Guide to Starting a Company
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: James Pethokoukis | Conservatism Meets Futurism
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Existential Hope: The Flourishing Foundation at the Transformative AI Hackathon
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Roman Yampolskiy | The Case for Narrow AI
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Worldbuilding: 1st place | Cities of Orare
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Christian Schroeder de Witt | Secret Collusion Among Generative AI Agents: Toward Multi-Agent Security
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Worldbuilding: 2nd Place | Rising Choir
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Evelyn Yehudit Bischof | Healthy Longevity Medicine in the Clinical Practice
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Worldbuilding: 3rd Place | FloraTech
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Stuart Buck | What is Good and Bad Science
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May 30, 2024 |
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Tom Burns, Cornell University | At the Interface of AI Safety and Neuroscience
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May 24, 2024 |
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Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress | Sustainable Technological Futures | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
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May 17, 2024 |
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Robert Lempert, RAND | On the How & Why of Worldbuilding | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
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May 10, 2024 |
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Anthony Aguirre, FLI | Why Worldbuilding? | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
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May 03, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Hannu Rajaniemi | On Being a Sci-Fi Author and Biotech Entrepreneur
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Allison Duettmann | On Existential Hope & Existential Risk | Xhope Worldbuilding Course
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Jeff Sebo | Investigating Digital Minds
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Jules Hedges | Compositional Game Theory – Towards Incentives Modelling at Scale
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: David Pearce | A Future without Suffering
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Sumner Norman | Neurotech for Mental Health
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Trent McConaghy | A Solarpunk Vision from AI, Web3 & BCI
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Vision Weekend France: Biotech Panel
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Vision Weekend France: Energy and Space Panel
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Existential Hope: Danielle Strachman | Education, Agency, and the Ability to Experiment
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Vision Weekend France: Intelligent Cooperation Panel
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Vision Weekend France: Neuotech Panel
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Vision Weekend France: Molecular Machines Panel
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Gus Docker | Beyond Survival
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Dr. Scott Hubbard | Exploring Mars: Following the Water
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Mark Hamalainen | A Coherent, Executable Plan to Achieve Unlimited Healthy Lifespan
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Jason Crawford | Progress: An Ever-Evolving Journey
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Casey Handmer | Why Mars is Hard
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Matjaz Leonardis | Interpretability and Security of AI Models
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Dr. Anders Sandberg | WBE History and Overview
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Kipply Chen | Fireside Chat on AI Alignment
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Trent McConaghy | From Starships to Tokens: Pioneering Futures
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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David Dalrymple | Rethinking Uploading Given 10-Year AI Timelines
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Special: Six Hopeful Visions of the Future
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Jan Leike | Superintelligent Alignment
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Emilia Javorsky | The Future of AI, Bioengineering, and Human Empathy
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Mark Miller | Paperclips and Pyramids: Misdiagnosing AI Risks
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Dr. Thomas Macrina | AI for Whole Brain Circuit Mapping
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Robert Zubrin | The Mars Society
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Joe Carlsmith | Infite Ethics and the Sublime Utopia
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Sumner Norman | What To Expect From The Next Generation Of Brain-Computer Interfaces
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Stuart Russel | Human Compatible AI
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Nathan Johnson, Space Court Foundation | Space Court Foundation’s Research Into Foundations and Evolution of Space Law
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Steven Byrnes, Astera Institute | Challenges for Safe and Beneficial Brain Like AGI
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Liv Boeree | Game Theory, Moloch & Our Hopeful Future
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Sonia Arrison, Longevity Mentorship | Career Counselling
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Lewis Hammond, Cooperative AI | Introduction to Cooperative AI
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Daron Acemoglu | New Paths For Human-Technology Synergy
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Joseph Mascaro | The Evolution of Space Technology: From Spin-offs to Exaptation
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Divya Siddarth | Collective Intelligence for Collective Progress
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Chris Eliasmith, University of Waterloo | How to Build a Brain
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Sara Walker | Unraveling Life's Beginnings with the Cosmic Perspective
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Reason, Fight Aging | Towards Biotechnology to Finally Defeat Cholesterol
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Kevin Kelly | Pioneering Visions of a High-Tech Future
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May 25, 2023 |
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Career Advice from Jaan Tallinn | Future of Life Institute, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
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May 18, 2023 |
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Zaki Manian, Iqlusion | Shielded Transaction Special
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May 10, 2023 |
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Natalie Dullerud | CaPC – Confidential and Private Collaborative Learning
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May 04, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: David Deutsch | On Beauty, Knowledge, and Progress
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Avichal Garg, Electric Capital | What does the future hold for shielded transactions?
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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V. Gladyshev, M. Moqri, V.Sebastiano | Quantifying Aging
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Neurotech Special: Whole Brain Emulation and Artificial General Intelligence
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Anders Sandberg | Grand Futures & The Post-Human Coral Reef
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Marta Belcher, Filecoin Foundation | Privacy & Law in the Age of AI | Shielded Transaction Special
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Bryan Johnson | Blueprint Rejuvenation Athlete
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Robin Hanson, George Mason University | Deflecting The Sacred
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Lee Cronin | Catalyzing Progress through Chemistry
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Allison Duettmann, Foresight Institute | The Long term Potential of Cryptocommerce
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Mark S. Miller, Agoric | Computational Markets & Agoric Systems
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Juan Benet, Filecoin | Crypto Tools for Paretotopia
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: David Leigh | Exploring the possibilities of nanotechnology
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Adam Brown | A Theoretical Physicist's Take on the Future
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Career Advice from Sonia Arrison, 100+ Capital
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Robin Hanson | On Futurism and his Best Career Advice
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Emil Kendziorra, Max More | How do you sign up to cryonics?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Balaji Srinivasan | The Pseudonymous Economy & Transhumanism
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Creon Levit | On the future of space
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Jason Crawford, Roots of Progress | Why We Need A New Philosophy of Progress
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Richard Mallah, FLI | How Aligned AI Could Help Us Create A Flourishing Future
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Shielded Transactions | Who Should Control Your Privacy? (with Whyrusleeping)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Tom Kalil | Career Counseling with Chief Innovation Officer at Schmidt Futures
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Shielded Transactions | Bitcoin's Privacy Problem (with Zooko Wilcox)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Morgan Levine | On Aging and the Future
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Stuart Armstrong & Robin Hanson: Iterate The Game | Gaming the Future Chapter 10
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Trent McConaghy & Steve Omohundro: Welcome New Players | Gaming the Future Book Club Chapter 9
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Shielded Transactions: Andrew Miller, IUIC, ZCash Foundation, IC3 | Shielded Transactions Special
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Gernot Heiser: Defend Against Cyber Threats | Gaming the Future Chapter 8
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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David Brin: Defend Against Physical Threats - Multipolar Active Shields | Gaming the Future Chapter 7
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Allison Duettmann and Mark Miller: Genetic Takeover - Cryptocommerce | Gaming the Future Ch. 6
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Glen Weyl, Kate Sills, Paul Gebheim | Gaming the Future Chapter 5: IMPROVE COOPERATION | Info, Money, New Rights to Do Things
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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David Friedman | Gaming the Future, Chapter 4: SKIM THE MANUAL | Intelligent Voluntary Cooperation.
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Chiara Marletto | The Science of Can and Can’t and The Possibilities of Physics
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Juan Benet, Crypto Tools for Pareto(r)opia | Gaming the Future Book Club
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May 30, 2022 |
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M. Miller, C. Peterson, A, Duettman: What's at Stake in the Game? | Gaming the Future Book Club
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May 20, 2022 |
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Chris Own | Whole-Brain Circuit Maps
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May 13, 2022 |
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Karl Pfleger | Longevity Investing
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May 09, 2022 |
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Christian Angermayer | Longevity Investing
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May 02, 2022 |
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Emil Kendziorra, Dina Radenkovic, Stephen Malina, JJ Ben-Joseph, Amit Deshwar | Biotech Opportunities
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Mark Miller, Peter Norvig, Joscha Bach, Rosie Campbell, Brewster Kahle | Computing & AI
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Adam Brown, Robin Hanson, Chris Kemp, Gaia Dempsey, Christine Peterson | The Far Future & Space
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Zaki Manian, Kate Sills, Jazear Brooks, Christine Webber, Josh Tan | Cryptocommerce & Web 3
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Worldbuilding | Anthony Aguirre & Anna Yelizarova from Future of Life Institute
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Tom Kalil, Adam Marblestone, Ben Reinhardt | Nanotech Tools
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Primavera de Filippi, Silke Elrifai | Cryptocommerce & Web 3
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Allison Duettmann, Aaron King, Evan Miyazono | DAOs & Tech trees to Fund Nano, Bio, Neurotech
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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The Computing & AI Tech Tree | Ben Garfinkel, Jan Goetz, Tom Van Cutsem, Matjaz Leonardis
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Decentralized Science: (De)Science | Philipp Koellinger, Vincent Weisser, Niklas Rindtorff
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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The Longevity & Rejuvenation Tree | Karl Pfleger, Greg Fahy, Martin Borch Jensen, Laurence Ion, Jose Luis Ricon
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Existential Hope Podcast: Christine Peterson | On a Positive Turning Point for Human Longevity
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Improving Science: (De)Science | Alexey Guzey, Evan Miyazono, William Zeng, Aaron King, Lawrence Wu, Allison Duettmann
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Samo Burja, Anders Sandberg, Stuart Armstrong | Space, Neurotech & The Far History & Future
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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David Manheim | Eucatastrophes & Dynamic Stability; Exploring Tensions between Risk & Opportunities
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Reason | Q&A on How to Fight Aging
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Emil Kendziorra & Aschwin De Wolf | Biostasis & Cryonics Q&A
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Anders Sandberg | Game Theory with Aliens on the Largest Scales
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Sergey Young, Neil Littman | Longevity Investing Q&A
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Adam Brown | Cosmology, Inflation and Black Holes
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Mark Miller & Dean Tribble | The Agoric Approach to Computing
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Daniel Ives | Cellular Rejuvenation to Stop Aging
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Samo Burja | Civilization: Institutions, Knowledge and the Future
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Robin Hanson | Anthony Aguirre | Paul Gebheim | Thomas Pfeiffer | Martin Koeppelmann | Chris Hibbert | Prediction Markets
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Lee Cronin | The First Programmable Turing Complete Chemical Computer
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Kate Sills | NFTs and Engineering Property Rights
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Peter Norvig | A Modern Approach to AI
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Brewster Kahle | Locking the Web Open
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Adam Marblestone & Ben Reinhardt | FRO & PARPA: Innovating in Scientific Innovation
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Toby Ord | Existential Risk and Existential Hope
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Mark S. Miller | Civilization as relevant superintelligence
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Christine Peterson | Meatspace & Cyberspace: How Can We Get the Best of Both
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Trent McConaghy, Peter Schlecht, Jessy Kate Schingler | AI DAO's, Brain Computer Interfaces, & Lunar Governance
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Emil Kendziorra, Tyler Golato, Paul Kolhaas, Ole Mensching | Longevity + Cryonics + Crypto
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Anders Sandberg | Post-Scarcity Civilizations & Cognitive Enhancement
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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David Baker | De Novo Protein Design
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Alex Zhavoronkov | Longevity as a Service
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Nir Barzilai | Targeting Aging with Metformin
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Morgan Levine & Jamie Justice | On Biomarker Standardization
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Daniel Ellsberg | Nuclear Risks: Doomsday (Still) Hiding in Plain Sight
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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Chiara Marletto| On Quantum Computing and the Science of Can and Can’t
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Robin Hanson | The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives and Social Agendas
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Tyler Cowen | Civilization as Crusonia Plant, Stubborn Attachments and Future Discounting
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Tom Chi | Understanding Investment and Fundraising
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Audrey Tang | Digital Tools for Openness in Asia and Beyond
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Aubrey de Grey | Reaching Escape Velocity in Longevity for Most People Alive Today
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Scott Aaronson | Quantum Computing: History, Near-term Applications, Future Possibilities
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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What's Foresight? Start Here
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Balaji Srinivasan | The Network State: Bootstrapping Cloud Cities
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Jun 22, 2021 |