In this installment of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea explores the popular (and sometimes controversial) practice of sensory deprivation using an isolation tank, also known as a float tank. Users have reported psychedelic experiences, altered states of consciousness, easing of chronic pain, and even help with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Ryan goes in the tank to experience sensory deprivation for himself.
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Show Notes
What is floating & sensory deprivation? [1:14]
How did Dave get into floating? [2:20]
A skeptics guide to floatation. What does the research say? [3:30]
Using floatation to rewrite the code of the brain [6:40]
Sensory Deprivation tanks in popular culture. Unreasonable expectations? [7:03]
The relationship between drugs and floating [8:46]
Mental health benefits of floating (anxiety, depression, etc.) [10:50]
Using sensory deprivation to hack the mind and enhance the senses [13:25]
Pairing sensory deprivation with other health & wellness services [15:00]
Minimum Effective Dose - frequency & length [16:33]
What's the experience like? [19:00]
Water filtration process and cleanliness [21:37]
The relationship between art, creatives, and floating [24:10]
Pittsburgh's tech and entrepreneur rise & the float audience [25:50]
The future of floating & the importance of standards & regulation [27:45]
The pitch for floating - why do it? [31:20]
Future Grind audience is awesome, where to find Dave & Levity [32:55]
Ryan's float tank experience & review in detail [33:45]
Mentioned
Fringe (TV series)
Stranger Things (TV series)
Joe Rogan Podcast
Early Sensory Deprivation Pioneer John C. Lilly
John Malecki Custom Fabrication and Design
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In this installment of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea sits down with US Presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan of the Transhumanist Party, a controversial politician aiming to achieve immortality by putting health, science, and technology at the forefront of American politics. Zoltan is the author of the award-winning science fiction novel The Transhumanist Wager and a writer for publications such as VICE, The Huffington Post, Slate, and more. He recently completed a cross country tour in his coffin-shaped Immortality Bus to raise awareness of life extension science, a tour which ended with a delivery of the Cyborg Bill of Rights to the US Capitol Building. In this interview, Zoltan provides some advice on how you can raise your chances of living forever.
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Show Notes
What got Zoltan into transhumanism, and why does it appeal to him? [1:25]
Zoltan's experiences as a war zone reporter for National Geographic [2:10]
Jethro Knights, The Transhumanist Wager, and Teleological Egocentric Functionalism (TEF) [3:00]
Differences between Jethro Knight's TEF and Zoltan Istvan's political policy [4:43]
The coffin-shaped Immortality Bus and spreading the Transhumanist Party [6:30]
The perils of sensationalized media and clickbait [8:30]
The benefits and problems of the term "transhumanist" [10:43]
Are we already transhuman (Ontological Design)? Will we ever be transhuman? [13:50]
How can we avoid disaster? The death of capitalism & preparing for the future [17:30]
Drones, autonomous vehicles, and a lack of government preparedness [20:55]
Keeping America innovative & entrepreneurial [22:50]
Nietzsche and hidden gems in scientific journals [24:33]
America's flawed criminal justice system; rethinking "handouts" & education [27:00]
What happens when we have the resources to follow our passions? [31:33]
Religion, government, and standing up for rational thought [33:20]
The societal value of "shaming" [37:06]
Best strategies for extending your lifespan [38:28]
The importance of journalism; how to promote science and wellbeing [40:20]
Mentioned
Anne Marie-Willis and Ontological Design
Richard Branson
Elon Musk
Jeff Bezos
Mark Zuckerberg
Ayn Rand's Objectivism
Friedrich Nietzsche
Sam Harris
Ray Kurzweil
Maria Konovalenko's Longevity Cookbook
Tim Ferriss
Dave Asprey
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In this installment of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea discusses the future of business with writer B.J. Murphy, an experienced futurist working with the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, Serious Wonder, Planetary Resources, & more.
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Show Notes
What exactly was B.J. do, and why does futurism matter? [1:50]
Maintaining an interest in the dystopian while promoting the utopian [2:55]
From political activism to transhumanism & starting that conversation [4:00]
The Future of Business and the rise of body shops [6:18]
Aesthetic vs. Functional and the importance of access to augmentations [9:07]
A tipping point: the "disabled" become the enhanced // is biohacking medical? [12:51]
The future of evolution - augmentations are abundant, fast, cheap, and safe [16:49]
Economic systems need to evolve to keep up with the times [18:37]
How to impact the world with exponential technologies and redefining "billionaire" [20:12]
Protecting people in the age of abundance [22:35]
The ethics of emerging technologies and the ownership of your body [25:40]
Designer babies, vaccines, and the meaning of "choice" [29:55]
Speeding up scientific discoveries and technological advancement [34:30]
What's on the bookshelf of a futurist? What to read to be prepared [35:30]
Fostering a mindset of optimism, then working towards those goals [39:29]
Mentioned
Transcendent Man and Ray Kurzweil
Rohit Talwar, The Future of Business
Tim Cannon and Grindhouse Wetware
Dangerous Things
Jason Silva and #RedefineBillionaire
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET)
Bookshelf of a Futurist by B.J. Murphy
Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near
Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler's book BOLD
Michio Kaku, The Future of the Mind
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In this installment of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea travels to Washington DC to talk space exploration, Mars colonization, and much more with the innovative founder of TRED Laboratories and United Frontiers, Christopher Jannette.
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Show Notes
Sagan's Telos and how service in the U.S. Air Force served as a catalyst for Christopher [1:39]
What is TRED, partnering with Mars Polar, & exploring the controversial Mars One [5:31]
Using technology to reach a state of abundance [10:35]
Humans are a transcendent species, so why are we stuck on Earth? [12:52]
Space colonization is a much needed insurance policy for life [15:23]
Changing our perspectives - what matters when we outlast countries, or even Earth? [17:00]
Biologically imposed weaknesses need to be overcome, & bioengineering is an option [18:17]
The anthropocene and creation of a new Cambrian explosion [20:34]
Can life overcome the ultimate fate of the universe? [22:32]
Elon Musk, the Hitler Problem, & overcoming the bioengineering fear factor [24:28]
Off-world biospheres & the powerful complexity of nature [26:02]
Collaboration, Robots Without Borders, Luna, and the amazing future of AI [29:25]
The Age of Application, standing on the edge of the Age of Wonder [35:54]
Mentioned
Mars Polar
Mars One
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo
Tim Cannon and Grindhouse Wetware
Ray Kurzweil
Elon Musk
The Long Now Foundation
Science fiction author Larry Niven
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Wait But Why's interview with Elon Musk
Ryan Bethencourt
Biosphere 2, and Paragon Space
Dennis Tito and Inspiration Mars
XPRIZE
Robots Without Borders - Christopher would like you to support them!
Ben Goertzel and Open Cog
Peter Diamandis
No Man's Sky
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The long awaited first episode of the Future Grind podcast is finally here! In this episode host Ryan O'Shea speaks with Tim Cannon, an entrepreneur, software developer, and biohacker that currently heads up the biotechnology startup Grindhouse Wetware. Tim and his company have been featured on the National Geographic Channel, Joe Rogan Questions Everything on SyFy, and publications such as Wired, Popular Science, MAKE Magazine, and many more. He's not satisfied with the biologically-imposed limits on human strength, intelligence, and lifespan, and he is determined to overcome them.
Note: The thoughts of the guests on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Future Grind or Ryan O'Shea. Human augmentation is dangerous and things can go wrong. We strongly advise against self-surgery of any kind, and you should consult with a trained medical doctor before moving forward with any type of human augmentation.
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Show Notes
Tim can open locked doors and sense electromagnetic fields without touching anything [1:34]
Healthcare - the flawed biohacking industry [4:19]
You're already a transhuman biohacker whether you know it or not - everyone is [5:04]
Improving yourself is rational [9:00]
Why organ donation is weird & there's no "magic in the meat" [11:35]
Technology makes us more human & we're living in the best time in history [16:06]
Practical transhumanism - increasing consciousness & extending the idea of the body [19:39]
The potential of Grindhouse's Bottlenose device [22:13]
Future crime & technological risks to humanity (Fermi Paradox?) [25:00]
Business leaders ("the 1%") are preparing; the boat is here [30:04]
The necessity of crowdsourcing and citizen science [32:22]
Zoltan Istvan, the Transhumanist Party, and the need for a mindset change [34:02]
Morphological freedom [37:55]
Tips for getting involved in biohacking and citizen science [40:04]
Mentioned
Tim Ferriss
Dave Asprey and Bulletproof
Amal Graafstra and Dangerous Things
Fitbit
Sam Harris
Elon Musk
Ray Kurzweil
Dmitry Itskov and the 2045 Initiative
Zoltan Istvan and The Transhumanist Party
Steven Kotler and the Flow Research Collective
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