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FBL27 - Amber Case: Designing Calm & Human-centric Technology Sep 20, 2021

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This week our guest is author and speaker, Amber Case, who amongst many things is well known for her TedTalk titled, We Are All Cyborgs Now, and her book “Calm Technology.”

In this episode we focus almost exclusively on the principles and ideas Amber puts forth in her book, Calm Technology, exploring how we can design technology in ways that won’t dominate our attention and undermine our humanity. We also talk about design for failure and edge-cases. Ultimately, this means promoting design that is more big picture, more human-centric, and more considerate of the actual environment it will be used in.

You can find Amber at https://twitter.com/caseorganic or via her website at: https://www.caseorganic.com/

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL26 - Annie Murphy Paul: Thinking Outside Our Brains Sep 13, 2021

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This week our guest is science writer, Annie Murphy Paul, who just recently released her latest book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain. In the Extended Mind, Annie takes us on a tour of the different types of intelligence we are able to tap into, focusing primarily on three often overlooked forms: thinking with our bodies, thinking with our surroundings, and thinking with our relationships.

In this episode we explore these ideas in much greater detail, and also dig into how these forms of thinking relate to our use of technology and to our lives.

You can find Annie at https://twitter.com/anniemurphypaul & her newsletter at https://anniemurphypaul.substack.com/

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL25 - Amy Webb: Thinking Like A Futurist Sep 06, 2021

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This week our guest is renowned futurist, Amy Webb. Amongst her many accomplishments, she is the founder of the Future Today Institute, a professor of strategic insight at the NYU Stern School of Business, and author of numerous books including The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity and The Signals Are Talking: Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow’s Mainstream.

This is just a small taste of her efforts, but to give you an idea of how significant her influence is, Forbes once listed Amy as one of the 5 women changing the world.

In this episode we take a wide exploration of her work, including how to think like a futurist, how to avoid future-panic, the impact of covid on our technological trajectory, the power of storytelling, China’s influence, the impact of social media, and so much more.

You can find out more about Amy at her website (https://amywebb.io/) or at https://twitter.com/amywebb

And keep your eyes out for her upcoming book, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL24 - Anna Lembke: Dopamine & Digital Addiction Aug 30, 2021

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Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist currently working as the Chief of Addiction Medicine at Stanford’s Dual Diagnosis clinic. She was recently interviewed for the Social Dilemma, the amazing Netflix documentary exploring the dangers of social media.

On this episode, we really dive deep into the heart of addiction--how it starts, how it controls our behavior, and how to escape its magnetic pull. But more specifically, we explore the role of social media and smartphones, and how these tools are hijacking our evolutionary drive for novelty, pleasure, exploration, and connection with other human beings.

Her latest book, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, just released last week.

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL23 - Tan Le: Neuroscience and the Future of Wearable Headsets Aug 23, 2021

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This week our guest is Tan Le, who is CEO of the bioinformatics company Emotiv, which makes wearable EEG neuro-headsets that enable people to collect data on their brain activity. Tan Le has a truly remarkable story, from Vietnamese refugee, to studying Law, to becoming the Young Australian of the Year, all the way to her current role helping to drive the accessibility of neuroscience.

In this episode, we explore her journey, including how someone without neuroscience training can nonetheless create a company that pushes the field forward, and we also dig more deeply into how the headsets work and the future Tan believes we’ll create with such technology.

Read her book, The NeuroGeneration and check out her company, Emotiv.com

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL22 - Reggie Watts: Basic Income & The Failures of Digital Advertising Aug 16, 2021

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Today we are joined by actor, comedian, and musician, Reggie Watts, who many of you might recognize from the Late Late Show with James Corden, where he leads the house band, or from one of his many amazing performances, including TedTalks and music videos that have garnered tens of millions of views.

In this episode, Reggie and I talk about creating content with technology, the failures of the digital advertising model, how to escape the attention economy, the benefits of basic income, and how to bring out the best in people when their needs aren’t being met.

One great example of challenging the current advertising and creator model is Reggie's very own app, WattsApp, which you can find on Apple & on Android phones.

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL21 - Duncan Trussell: The Societal Impacts of Human Transformation Aug 09, 2021

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Today we have one of my favorite comedians, Duncan Trussell, who many of you might recognize from his frequent appearances on the Joe Rogan Podcast, on Drunk History, or his latest Netflix show, The Midnight Gospel. He also has his own podcast, the Duncan Trussell Family Hour, which provides a steady stream of humor and thought-provoking conversation.

On this episode, we take a wide exploration of humanity's relationship with technology and how it's impacting our behavior.

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL20 - Stephen Fry: Myth & Culture's Impact on AI & the Future Aug 02, 2021

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This week our guest is Stephen Fry, famed actor, comedian, writer, and director whose prolific list of creative and intellectual endeavors have touched so many aspects of our lives.

On this episode, we start by exploring the lessons myth can teach us about technology in honor of Stephen’s latest book release, Troy, which follows Mythos and Heroes, a series of compendiums where Stephen retells the myths of ancient Greece, albeit with his trademark proclivity towards wit and wisdom. From there we explore the rise of artificial intelligence and the upcoming technological transformation of humanity, with an emphasis on the role culture plays in steering this future.

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Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

FBL19 - Kevin Kelly: Techno-Optimism, China, & Risk vs Regulation Jul 26, 2021

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This week our guest is the renowned Kevin Kelly, who many of you will no doubt recognize as the founding executive editor of Wired magazine, and author of revelatory books such as What Technology Wants and The Inevitable.

We dig deeply into what drives Kevin’s techno-optimism, the ideas of spiritual technology, China’s future, the regulatory landscape of AI, and ultimately how technology has shaped our species and what we define as the human condition.

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Find Kevin’s work at KK.org, or follow him on Twitter @ https://twitter.com/kevin2kelly

Kevin’s Recommendo Newsletter: https://www.recomendo.com/

Host: Steven Parton - LinkedIn / Twitter

Music by: Amine el Filali

PMP4: Creating Sustainable Organizations with Ryan Kushner & Carola Wijdoogen Jul 19, 2021

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Principle, Meet Practice, with Kyle Nel. Episode 4:

Today we’re going to cover the topic Sustainable Organizations with Ryan Kushner, Co-Founder and Director of Startups at Third Derivative, and Carola Wijdoogen, Director of Sustainability University Foundation.

Creating a sustainable organization is imperative in today’s world. We are living in a critical time to action against the global climate crisis, which has dire effects on ecosystems, agriculture and humanity. If that isn’t enough to push your organization to go sustainable, consider this: 88% of consumers prefer companies that help them live more sustainably according to a 2018 survey. Need one more reason? It’s a trillion-dollar economic opportunity. Today, we’ll talk about why and how your organization should go climate neutral.

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