Ep. 16 - Ben Cooper on IoClothes & Smart Apparel

March 02, 2018  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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Explore the future of wearable tech, smart apparel, & internet of things technology as Ryan O'Shea sits down with Ben Cooper. Ben was the co-founder and CEO of Sensible Baby, a startup focused on incorporating potentially life-saving sensors into infant clothing. Ben is an veteran smart-apparel entrepreneur that has also served as the Lead Footwear Project Engineer for the US Army and has led innovation research & testing for brands such as The North Face, Timberland and Vans. Learn how you can get involved, and how this tech might ultimately lead to electronics getting under the skin as well!

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Show Notes

  • What is IoClothes? [1:51]

  • The death of “wearable tech” & the birth of smart apparel [3:20]

  • Where are all of the connected clothes? [6:28]

  • State of the Technology Address [11:46]

  • New & more natural interfaces, less screens [14:59]

  • Big data, privacy, & better user experiences [16:20]

  • Sensible Baby & Ben’s journey to smart apparel [19:09]

  • Making smart apparel look good [24:20]

  • The inevitability if implantables [27:26]

  • Technological barriers to overcome [30:21]

  • The Future of Connected Footwear [32:46]

  • What to expect from smart apparel [35:49]

  • How to follow along with Ben & IoClothes [38:39]

Mentioned

Nike Connected Jersey
Ralph Lauren Heated Olympic Jacket
Ministry of Supply Smart Thermal Jacket
SKIIN, Myant
Google/Levi's Jacquard Jacket
Startup Weekend
Ben O’Brien, StretchSense
Gartner Hype Cycle

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Ep. 13 - The Future is Meow with Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow

January 17, 2018  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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In this episode of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O’Shea speaks with Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow. Meow - and yes, that’s his real name - was crowned a “True Leaders Game Changer” by the Australian Financial Review for his efforts to democratize science and technology. These efforts include co-founding Australia’s first open-access molecular biology lab, BioFoundry, in 2014 and being the Science Party candidate for an Australian House of Representatives seat in 2017. Meow teaches courses on cryptocurrency and blockchain, and is currently at the center of a very important legal case that could set a precedent in the emerging field of cyborg law.

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Show Notes

  • Meow’s path to biohacking [1:50]

  • How BioFoundry got it’s start [4:40]

  • Navigating regulation & gaining legitimacy [6:23]

  • Possible futures in gene therapy [8:00]

  • Lab-grown meat, Mars farms, & other BioFoundry projects [9:21]

  • The Hip-Hop roots of the Five Pillars of Biohacking [14:04]

  • Implanting the Opal card, Controversy, & Cyborg Rights [15:33]

  • Meow’s NFC Implants [24:57]

  • Grindhouse, VivoKey, & exciting things to come [26:03]

  • Blockchain & cryptocurrencies [29:38]

  • The Science Party & Meow’s run for office [36:17]

  • BDYHAX & Cyborg Ethics [41:54]

  • Explanation of the name Meow [46:34]

  • Where to find Meow [49:00]

  • VR, Facebook, & Innovation [49:48]

  • Final Singularity God-like Entity [52:22]

Mentioned

BioCurious
IndieBio
Grindhouse Wetware
DIYbio.org
Counter Culture Labs
Josiah Zayner, The ODIN
Liz Parrish, BioViva
Tim Cannon
DEF CON
Amal Graafstra, Dangerous Things
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Amazon Link)
Rich Lee
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Joeltron
VivoKey
Cryptokitties
Science Party
Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist Party
Stelarc
Facebook Spaces
Oculus

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Ep. 12 - The Lepht Anonym Interview

January 10, 2018  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
 

In this episode of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea speaks with the controversial, semi-anonymous, and enigmatic biohacking pioneer Lepht Anonym. Lepht has been featured by WIRED and the BBC and has been documenting its biohacking experiments on it's blog, Sapiens Anonym, since 2007.

Lepht is most well known for a 2010 talk titled "Cybernetics for the Masses" that it gave in at the 27th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany, which detailed Lepht's DIY self-surgery & "homebrewed" implants. This has been referred to as "Scrapheap Tranhumanism", which is also the title of a 2010 article that Lepht wrote for Humanity+ Magazine.

*A word of warning - Biohacking is dangerous and things can go wrong. I 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

  • How transhumanism led Lepht to biohacking [1:34]

  • Practical transhumanism and iterative development [3:27]

  • Cybernetics for the Masses & Scrapheap Transhumanism [4:53]

  • Working (or not) with the medical community [7:44]

  • The story of Lepht’s first DIY implant [9:54]

  • The jump to magnet implants [12:06]

  • Experimenting with magnet placement & coatings [14:15]

  • Lepht’s how-to finger magnet implant guide [19:24]

  • Experience with sepsis & worst case scenarios [22:00]

  • Lepht’s current implants [24:16]

  • Southpaw & in-development implants [27:03]

  • The quest to overcome biological limitations [31:21]

  • Thoughts on life extension & the focus on sensory perception [33:13]

  • CRISPR/Cas9 & genetic engineering [35:17]

  • Anonymity & the meaning of Lepht Anonym [37:39]

  • An update on the life of Lepht [40:39]

Mentioned

Kevin Warwick
Amal Graafstra, RFID Toys
Biohack.me
Humanity+
Battle Angel Alita
Gray’s Anatomy
Steve Haworth
Justin Atkin - The Thought Emporium
  - "The Complete Guide to Magnet Implants"
Sensebridge - Northpaw
Liz Parrish - BioViva
Josiah Zayner
Tristan Roberts - Ascendance Biomedical
"Lepht Anonym: Biohacker" by Voxis Productions

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Ep. 11 - The Future of Human Augmentation at BDYHAX

December 27, 2017  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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In this episode of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea speaks with BDYHAX co-founder Trevor Goodman. BDYHAX, also known as BodyHacking Con, is an annual conference focused on human enhancement, transhumanism, and biohacking. This conference brings together pioneers and thought leaders from varied disciplines, with specific focus on implantable technology, nootropics, health and fitness, wearable tech, and ethics.

Noteworthy attendees have included biohackers Rich Lee, Amal Graafstra, Jeffrey Tibbetts, Moon Ribas, and Neil Harbisson, bionic actress Angel Giuffria, the "Eyeborg" Rob Spence, journalists Quinn Norton and Cory Doctorow, science communicator James Young, and many more.

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Show Notes

  • What is BDYHAX? [2:16]

  • How did BDYHAX get it’s start? [4:43]

  • The focus on personal expression [6:53]

  • Big names at BDYHAX [10:06]

  • The proximity of our (cyberpunk?) future [12:50]

  • Educating the masses about human augmentation [16:30]

  • The difference (or lack thereof) of accepted and taboo modifications [19:13]

  • The media’s fascination with BDYHAX and human augmentation [20:16]

  • Disagreements among various body hacking communities [21:04]

  • Something for everyone at BDYHAX [22:44]

  • Why Austin, Texas? [24:19]

  • The future of BDYHAX [25:16]

  • How to get involved with BDYHAX [26:05]

Mentioned

Dustin Trammell
Quinn Norton
James Young
Grindhouse Wetware
Tim Cannon
John Zerzan
Neil Harbisson
Rob “Eyeborg” Spence
Moon Ribas
Cory Doctorow
Angel Giuffria
NeoSensory
DARPA
Liz Parrish/BioViva
Meow-Ludo Meow-Meow/BioFoundry
NPR story at BDYHAX
Ford Fischer

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Ep 9. - James Young & The Phantom Limb

November 07, 2017  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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In this episode of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea sits down with television host and science communicator James Young to discuss his participation in the Phantom Limb project. Through a partnership with the Metal Gear Solid video game series, James helped to design and received a custom bionic limb - a journey which was featured in the BBC documentary "Bodyhack: Metal Gear Man." We also dove into his new BBC Three documentary "Can Robots Love Us?", and discuss the shortcomings and limitations of both prosthetics and robotics.

Find James online - jamesahy.com, @jamesahyoung

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Show Notes

  • How James became the Metal Gear Man [1:20]

  • The mental impact of a hand-shaped prosthesis [3:47]

  • Should we stop trying to design the human hand? [5:44]

  • Design challenges and the problem of revering evolution [7:18]

  • The engineering challenge & complexity of the human hand [8:21]

  • What is more advanced, prosthetic arms or prosthetic legs? [9:48]

  • Owning multiple prostheses for different uses [12:46]

  • The potential of 3D printing and the costs of prostheses [15:28]

  • The drone-equipped, tricked out Phantom Limb [17:27]

  • The drawbacks and limitations of the Phantom Limb [18:31]

  • Osseointegration - the promise and perils [19:40]

  • Electrode implants, costs, and risks [23:37]

  • Best nerve & muscle options for implanted electrodes [26:26]

  • The romanticized prosthetic limb [28:02]

  • Will prosthetics outperform biological limbs? (Spoiler: Yes) [30:33]

  • The (limited) benefits of prosthetic limbs [32:23]

  • The source of James’ passion for science & tech [34:21]

  • Spreading inspiration & a passion for technology [36:21]

  • Inside BBC’s Can Robots Love Us? [37:20]

  • The future of robots [41:17]

  • Theme: Be realistic about tech [43:26]

  • AI Winter (is coming?) & diversity in tech [43:57]

  • Alexa pipes up [47:31]

Mentioned

BDYHAX
The Alternative Limb Project
Sophie De Oliveira Barata
Angel Giuffria - White Rabbit Project
Osseointegration - Crowd Funding Campaign
Grindhouse Wetware
Oscar Pistorius
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Alexa

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Ep. 8 - Ryan O'Shea on Dangerous Minds

October 15, 2017  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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This special episode of the Future Grind podcast features an interview that the team at Dangerous Minds did with Future Grind host Ryan O'Shea for their podcast, which you can find here - http://www.thejustcast.com/shows/doug-copeland-dangerous-minds-podcast/audioposts/305872

They asked Ryan about his role with Grindhouse Wetware, the philosophical questions surrounding consciousness and identity, Ryan's artificial intelligence startup Behaivior, and when we can expect biohacking technology to gain mainstream acceptance.

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Show Notes

  • What Ryan does [1:15]

  • What is transhumanism? [2:30]

  • The origin of Grindhouse Wetware & Ryan’s role in it [3:05]

  • Handling the media portrayal of biohacking [4:23]

  • The shift in media & public acceptance of biohacking [6:25]

  • Grindhouse roles & when to stay in stealth mode [7:50]

  • The purpose of the Future Grind podcast [9:11]

  • What draws Ryan to the biohacking movement [9:52]

  • Why Ryan doesn’t have an implant yet, & when everyone will [11:38]

  • Going from a niche subculture to a major industry [13:10]

  • The benefits and shortcomings of finger magnets [14:52]

  • What is holding biohacking back from wide acceptance? [16:46]

  • Neuroplasticity, memories, & philosophy of mind [19:01]

  • Morality, humanity, & identity [21:45]

  • What is consciousness & who are you? [23:53]

  • Policy change & future-focused laws [25:28]

  • Closed source vs. open source [26:17]

  • Security vs. privacy [27:51]

  • Unwarranted fears & government tracking [30:11]

  • The evolution of Grindhouse & Cion Labs [31:54]

  • “Getting out of the garage” [33:25]

  • What is a grinder? What is a biohacker? [34:15]

  • When does something become biohacking? [35:56]

  • Differences & similarities between medicine & biohacking [38:14]

  • Looking forward to brain-computer interfaces [41:10]

  • Hacking & viruses - balancing benefit & risk [42:28]

  • Cyborg rights & moratoriums on experimentation [44:36]

  • Cyborgs & self-identification [47:19]

  • Advice to someone interested in biohacking [51:22]

  • Changing minds through conversation & exposure [52:43]

  • Making the world a better place [53:49]

  • What’s next for Grindhouse - Northstar V2, Circadia [54:37]

  • Collaboration within the biohacking community [56:32]

  • NASA & biohacking’s relation to space travel [58:53]

  • How to make biohacking mainstream [1:00:48]

  • How to follow along with Ryan [1:02:46

  • Parting thoughts [1:03:44]

Mentioned

Zoltan Istvan
The Transhumanist Party
Tim Cannon
Grindhouse Wetware
Behaivior
Sam Harris' TED Talk - Science Can Answer Moral Questions
Elon Musk & Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity, Hyperloop
NASA JPL's Solar System Ambassadors
Cyborg Nest
Dangerous Things
Christopher Jannette & Ripple Aerospace

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Ep. 7 - The Ethics of Experimentation with Alex Pearlman

September 30, 2017  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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In this episode of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea interviews bioethicist and journalist Alex Pearlman about the ethics of experimentation, the future of gene editing technology (including CRISPR/Cas9), inclusivity in futurism, and more. Alex is currently receiving an advanced degree in bioethics from King's College London and has written extensively on the subject of gene editing and human enhancement for outlets such as New Scientist, International Business Times, Boston Magazine, Vice, Motherboard, Al Jazeera, WBUR, PRI's The World, and more.

Note - Alex is a new mom, so you may hear some (remarkably cute) baby noises in the background of this podcast.

Find Alex online - alexpearlman.com, @lexikon1

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Show Notes

  • What a bioethicist does [1:09]

  • How do academics react to biohacking? [2:02]

  • Why Alex considers herself a biohacker [3:13]

  • The crossover between medicine & biohacking [5:35]

  • Alex’s experience with an implant and ultimate rejection [7:59]

  • How regimented should biohacking experimentation be? [11:37]

  • How CRISPR piqued her interest in human augmentation [14:53]

  • Which biohacking techniques will be most impactful? [16:34]

  • The precedent set by cosmetic surgery [18:40]

  • The risk of gene editing for nefarious purposes [21:25]

  • Risk of government & corporate overreach [27:40]

  • Accessibility and inclusivity in Transhumanism and Futurism [29:08]

  • America or the UK, which is more futurist friendly? [35:28]

  • The Ethics of Experimentation [37:45]

  • What’s next for Alex [39:37]

  • The future of reproductive health [40:24]

  • Where to find Alex [43:46]

Mentioned

Zoltan Istvan
The Transhumanist Party
Tim Cannon
Grindhouse Wetware
Motherboard, "DIY Cyborg"
CRISPR
George Church
Alex Pearlman, "The Ethics of Experimentation: Ethical Cybernetic Enhancements"

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Ep. 6 - Predicting the Future with Entrepreneur Rohit Bhargava

January 06, 2017  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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In this episode of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O'Shea interviews well known author and entrepreneur Rohit Bhargava about his strategies for curating trends and predicting the future. Rohit is also a professor at Georgetown University, and is known for coining the term Social Media Optimization. We dive into the new edition of his annual Trends Report, Non-Obvious, where we discuss the future of healthcare, invisible technology, self-aware data, the outsider effect, and more.

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Show Notes

  • How to collect ideas and cash them in. [1:20]

  • The added risk (and value) of near-term predictions [1:52]

  • What is a “Trend”? [3:45]

  • Benefit of the “outsider” & studying people [5:15]

  • Rohit’s method of finding trends [7:45]

  • Predicting the Trump phenomena [13:40]

  • Invisible Technology and Self Aware Data [15:19]

  • Interacting with Tech & Self-Driving Cars [17:10]

  • The E-Patient and Algorithm Healthcare [19:12]

  • Tips to prepare for and take advantage of the coming trends [21:35]

  • Moonshot Entrepreneurship and the social good [22:30]

  • The Hunger Games, Star Wars, & Fierce Femininity [23:50]

  • Keeping Focus & Making Time as an Entrepreneur [27:15]

  • The Value of Storytelling [28:05]

  • Importance of mental breaks [31:18]

  • How anyone can predict trends [32:25]

Mentioned

Elon Musk
Ray Kurzweil
Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants & The Inevitable
Martin Lindstrom, Small Data
James Gleick, Time Travel
Richard Branson
MIT Media Lab's DuoSkin
Amazon's Alexa, Google Home, Microsoft's Cortana, and Apple's Siri
Uber Advanced Technologies Center
Slate Organ Shortage Article

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Ep. 5 - Sensory Deprivation Tanks

October 11, 2016  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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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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Ep. 3 - The Future of Business with B.J. Murphy

August 31, 2015  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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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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Ep 2. - Space Exploration and Mars Colonization with Christopher Jannette

August 01, 2015  /  Ryan O'Shea

 
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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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