Episode #369

Jason Silva, Duncan Trussell, Ari Shaffir

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Jason Silva, Duncan Trussell, and Ari Shaffir discuss psychedelics, consciousness, mortality, technology, and the potential of emerging tools to reshape society. They explore attention, creativity, personal growth, media diets, religion, mental health, privacy, surveillance, decentralization, and whether technological change can support a more peaceful and abundant future despite risks such as authoritarianism, inequality, and weapons.

What they talked about

  • Singularity conference and AI robots
  • Da Vinci's genius and future-thinking
  • Psychedelics and the cyberdelic connection
  • Self-improvement and dealing with personal issues
  • Asteroid mining and space resources
  • Attention economy and information diet
  • Privacy, surveillance, and government overreach
  • Technology's potential for good and evil

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