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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:14) – University of Austin (UATX)
(42:09) – Sam Harris
(1:00:36) – Elon Musk
(1:08:55) – Money
(1:18:50) – Hyperinflation
(1:24:15) – Bitcoin
(1:40:57) – Ethereum and smart contracts
(1:49:43) – Worst disasters in human history
(2:11:41) – How history will remember the current pandemic
(2:25:16) – Hope for the future
(2:33:46) – Love
(2:40:24) – Meaning of life
#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics
#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
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