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Ep. 23 - The Future of Smart Homes Jan 01, 2019

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Your ideal future home? 🤔💭🏠

Happy New Year! 🎇 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore discuss their ideal future smart homes, as well as potential future scenarios related to smart home and IoT technology. 🔭

Questions Asked & Answered:

What function does a home serve, fundamentally?
Assuming all tech is possible, what is your ideal future smart home?
Ideal bedroom, office, play room, kitchen, living room, laundry room, garage, and any other type of room?
Robotic chefs, robotic maids, and a smart, fully-integrated OS?
How important is a non-tech, faraday cage-like control room?
How big of a trend will co-living spaces such as "WeLive" become?
What will the average home in the year 2050 look like?
Who will have access to your smart home's data droves of data?
How might advertisers, governments, and hackers leverage your smart home data for their own purposes?
How might overpopulation, urbanization, autonomous vehicles, joblessness, and UBI impact The Future of the Smart Homes?

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Ep. 22 - The Future of Religion Dec 25, 2018

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Religion in 2050? 🙏

In this episode, Justin and Mattimore explore how religious beliefs will change and evolve in the future.

Questions Asked & Answered:

What’s similar about all the major world religions?
What’s different about all the major world religions?
Is science at odds with religion?
Which religions are growing the fastest and why?
Which religions are declining and why?
How do different generations view religion?
How might technology (mass joblessness, UBI, VR/AR, smart homes, etc.) impact religion?
How might war, politics, global climate change, and other factors impact religion?
What new religions might be created in our lifetime and why?
Which religion(s) are best suited for the 21st century?

Mattimore and Justin conclude the episode by addressing the worst case, best case, and most likely scenarios for "The Future of Religion."

Ep. 21 - The Future of Death Dec 18, 2018

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What does it mean to die? 🌌 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore explore the topic of death. Questions Asked & Answered: • Is thinking about death useful? • How do different cultures view death? • How do different cultures deal with burial? • Is dying bad, good, or neutral? • What does it mean to “die well”? • When (if ever) is suicide justified? • When (if ever) is euthanasia justified? • What is the best way to die naturally? • How might we overcome fear of pain/death? • How do psychedelics affect end of life care? • What does it feel like to be dead (trick question)? • How might the experience of death change in the future? • If the technology is there, SHOULD people live forever? Mattimore and Justin conclude the episode by addressing the worst case, best case, and most likely scenarios for "The Future of Death." ☠️ Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/c/hencethefuturepodcast #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 20 - The Future of Reality Dec 11, 2018

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What is real? 🤔 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin explore philosophical questions related to consciousness, free will, higher dimensions, quantum uncertainty, and of course, the nature of reality itself. Questions Asked & Answered: • What is reality? • How have our ancestors perceived reality? • How do modern people perceive reality? • What are some different states of perceiving reality? • How does one perceive reality as a child versus as an adult? • What is reality like for those who lack senses, such as Helen Keller? • How do religious people perceive reality versus non-religious people? • How do depressed or addicted people perceive reality differently? • What is it like to perceive reality as a bat with echo-location? • What is it like to perceive reality as a tree, mushroom, or forest? • What do psychedelic states of mind teach us about our own reality? • How do "enlightened beings" perceive reality differently? • How do split brain patient perceive reality differently? • How much of reality is dependent on us being earthlings? • What role does conscious play in the nature of reality? • How will virtual reality and augmented reality change our perceptions? • What's wrong with the dichotomy of feeling like a god, or like a puppet? As always, Mattimore and Justin conclude the episode by addressing the worst case, best case, and most likely scenarios for "The Future of Reality." Enjoy! 🌐 Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/c/hencethefuturepodcast #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 19 - The Future of Cities Dec 04, 2018

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How to Build Smart, Green, Livable Cities 🌇 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore are joined by NYC architect and urban planning expert Tim Galano in exploring "The Future of Cities." Questions Asked & Answered: • What is a city? How has the nature of cities changed over time? • What are the main principles / best practices of good urban planning? • How do we move from urban sprawl to walkable, livable cities again? • What challenges do we face in building cities and urbanization? • What does the mass exodus from Silicon Valley teach us about the future of cities? • What does the Amazon HQ2 City Search teach us about the future of cities? • How will self-driving technology impact the future of cities? • How will mass unemployment as a result of automation impact the future of cities? • How should cities deal with the problem of homelessness? • What are some ideal, futuristic cities we should be aware of? As always, Mattimore and Justin conclude the episode by addressing the worst case, best case, and most likely scenarios for "The Future of Cities." Enjoy! ☁️ Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/c/hencethefuturepodcast #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 18 - The Future of Healthcare Nov 27, 2018

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How to Solve America's Healthcare Woes 👩‍⚕️🇺🇸 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore are joined by health tech entrepreneur (founder of Preferral) Jon Gautch in diagnosing and proposing solutions for America's healthcare woes. Specifically, we address: • How the quality of healthcare has changed throughout history • How life expectancy has changed throughout history • What we can learn from countries that have the best healthcare • What we can learn from countries that have the worst healthcare • What America’s priorities are when it comes to the National Budget • How much of our healthcare problems are technological in nature • How much of our healthcare problems are systemic in nature • Whether or not it's feasible to ask the government to pay for every citizen's healthcare costs; and if so, how it might be implemented • How longer life expectancies will impact the future of healthcare • How joblessness and automation will impact the future of healthcare • How private companies like Amazon may tackle healthcare differently As always, the episode concludes with projections about the worst case, best case, and most likely scenarios for "The Future of Healthcare." Don't miss out on this episode - it could save your life! 🙌 Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/c/hencethefuturepodcast #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 17 - The Future of Media Nov 20, 2018

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How Does Media Shape Human Development? 📺⚡️🧠 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore explore how media consumption of all forms (TV, Movies, Video Games, Audio, News, Social Media, VR/AR) impacts the course of human development. Specifically, we discuss: • How algorithms determine what people talk and car about • How TV is giving way to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube + others • Why people are spending more and more time consuming media • How audio consumption is shifting from traditional radio to podcasts • Why social media, and social stories, are growing the fastest of all • How "immersive gaming" is different, and what that means for society • Why content is still king. And why it's not a substitute for "Real Life" Also discussed are the questions: "Will ad-revenue models continue to push people toward the ideological extremes?" "Will our data continue to be harvested and sold to the highest bidder?" "Will fake news become indistinguishable from real news?" "What would a better alternative be?" As always, Mattimore and Justin end the episode by delving into the worst case, best case, and most likely scenarios for The Future of Media. Don't miss out on the latest in media! Tune in to Episode 17 today 🎧 Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/c/hencethefuturepodcast #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 16 - The Future of Transportation Nov 13, 2018

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Ready for an autonomous world? ♻️🚁 In our latest episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss the rapidly changing transportation industry with Daniel Carney. Daniel is a technologist who works at a San Francisco company that develops advanced sensor hardware and vision algorithms for autonomous cars and drones. Questions Asked & Answered: • When will self-driving cars become mainstream? • Who is currently in the lead (Google? Tesla?) • What are the pros and cons of flying cars vs tunneling? • What can we do to prevent "hacking" of autonomous vehicles? • How does Lidar work compared to Radar and Mapping? • How will society grapple with the loss of geo-spatial free will? • Should autonomous vehicles be programmed to protect the driver at all costs; or, should the vehicle aim to save as many lives as possible, even if that means killing the driver? What other ethical dilemmas are there? • How will autonomous vehicles and 5G create "smart cities?" As always, Mattimore and Justin finish the episode by exploring the worst case, best case, and most likely future scenarios alongside their special guest. Delve into the Future of Transportation! Listen to Episode 16 today 🎧 Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/c/hencethefuturepodcast #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 15 - The Future of Politics Nov 06, 2018

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It's election day! 🇺🇸 What will be the future of US politics? In this episode, Mattimore and Justin sit down with government relations specialist and public affairs strategist, Brett Ewer, to discuss how four (4) levers are driving the future of American politics... 1. The Power of the Media (news, pundits, social media, algorithms, etc) 2. The Power of Persuasion (visuals, fear, identity politics, etc) 3. The Power of the Vote (electoral college, voter suppression, etc) 4. The Power of Money (special interests/lobbyists, ad spend etc) They also discuss the core philosophical differences between liberalism and conservatism, post-truthism including "deep fakes," and (as always) the worst case, best case, and most likely future scenarios. Don't miss out! Listen to Episode 15 today 💥 Website: hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: facebook.com/hencethefuture/ YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCvLXcznIkLGiHxr2TSgmJiQ #HTF #HenceTheFuture

Ep. 14 - The Future of Robotics Oct 30, 2018

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Will robots inherit the universe? 🤖 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin explore what might happen once humanity creates something more intelligent and capable than itself... This includes a discussion of the various robots that exist today, and how these robots may evolve and change going forward into the future: • Boston Dynamics "humanoid" and "dog" robots • Google machine-learning sorting robots • Asimo human companion / servant robots • Bomb-dissembling robots • Military surveillance and strike drones • Satellites and robots intended for space warfare • Deep sea exploratory robots • Da Vinci medical and prosthetic robots • Build-Your-Own factory and personal robots Also discussed: the relationship between hardware and software, the question of whether robots can be conscious, and (as always) the worst case, best case, and most likely future scenarios. Tune in now to learn the latest in robotics! Available now 💥 Website: www.hencethefuture.com/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/hencethefuture/ Twitter: twitter.com/hencethefuture Facebook: www.facebook.com/hencethefuture/ #HTF #HenceTheFuture

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