We’ve all seen the meme. Two images, side by side. On the left, a photo of Jeff Bezos circa 1998. His hair is receding, his smile geeky, his sweater bulky and brown. The caption? “I sell books.” Then, on the right, there’s Jeff in 2017. His pate is as smooth as Lex Luther’s, his biceps as bulbous as Vin Diesel’s, a satisfied look on his sunglassed face. "I s ... Show More
Jun 4
Want to Be Happier? Try Talking to Strangers.
Nicholas Epley is a mind reader. But he doesn’t have ESP or practice hypnosis. He's not telepathic or clairvoyant. Sure, you could ask him to read your fortune, but you'd be better off with a Magic 8 Ball. When we say Nick is a mind reader, what we mean is he studies mind reading ... Show More
1h 16m
Jun 1
Best Of: Gretchen Rubin’s Guide to Getting Out of Your Head and Into the World
What do your five senses — sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch — have to do with happiness? According to Gretchen Rubin, a great deal. The world around us, she says, has the potential to dazzle, to entertain, to trigger a state of rapture. If only we pay attention. Today on the ... Show More
54m 32s
Sep 2021
Business Weekly: Exponential, with Azeem Azhar
We are entering the Exponential Age. Between faster computers, better software and bigger data, ours is the first era in human history in which technology is constantly accelerating.
Azeem Azhar - writer, technologist, and creator of the acclaimed Exponential View newsletter - ... Show More
42m 43s
Sep 2023
Peter Thiel // The Diversity Myth, 30 Years Later
Nearly 30 years after publishing “The Diversity Myth,” Peter Thiel sits down with Mike Solana to unpack what the book got right and wrong. Thiel argues that social distractions have stunted scientific progress, slowed economic growth and weakened our geopolitical standing. How di ... Show More
1h 8m
Sep 2022
David Wallace-Wells on Empowering the Future
<p>Ryan talks to journalist David Wallace-Wells about his new book <a href="https://geni.us/LziM1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming</a>, seeking out information, challenging assumptions, and becoming empowered through better un ... Show More
1h 11m
Dec 2021
In Machines We Trust: Attention shoppers, you’re being tracked (Update)
Cameras in stores aren’t anything new—but these days there are AI brains behind the electric eyes. In some stores, sophisticated systems are tracking customers in almost every imaginable way, from recognizing their faces to gauging their age, their mood, and virtually gussying th ... Show More
27m 8s
Sep 2021
Azeem Azhar (Part 1) - The Impact of Exponential Growth and Why Technology is Innate to Humanity
Today's guest is Azeem Azhar, one of the leading names in technology and podcasting in the English speaking world.With my new book, Scary Smart, releasing September 30th, and Azeem's new book, Exponential, releasing September 7th, I thought this would be a perfect conversation t ... Show More
41m 5s
Apr 2024
Becoming human in the AI age and tapping into prosperity with Derek Rydall
On today’s episode, I’ll be speaking with Derek Rydall, the #1 bestselling author of EMERGENCE: Seven Steps for Radical Life Change, which reveals the revolutionary principle, the Law of Emergence, showing people how to tap into the pattern of perfection in any area of their life ... Show More
58m 55s
Jun 2021
The end of our 50-year stagnation | Tyler Cowen
Some believe our world has changed at a rapid pace in recent decades. From the rise of the internet to the proliferation of startups spinning out inventions, it can certainly seem that way. In this episode, though, economist Tyler Cowen argues that none of this has really transfo ... Show More
58m 27s
Jun 2021
The end of our 50-year stagnation | Tyler Cowen
Some believe our world has changed at a rapid pace in recent decades. From the rise of the internet to the proliferation of startups spinning out inventions, it can certainly seem that way. In this episode, though, economist Tyler Cowen argues that none of this has really transfo ... Show More
58m 27s