Topics:

(00:04:26) - Who are your influences?

(00:08:57) - When Facts Expire: The Half-life of Knowledge

(00:22:57) - The Playbook behind Boston Dynamics and DeepMind 

(00:28:36) - Research Orgs other than Academia, Govt, and Industry

(00:31:00) - DARPA and Speculative Technologies

(00:39:08) - Ink & Switch

(00:41:13) - Challenges of University Tech Transfer Offices

(00:47:42) - Transforming the future of Education 

(00:52:20) - Using AI tools in day-to-day life

(00:55:40) - Sam’s job at Lux Capital

(00:58:07) - Overperforming and Underperforming Technologies

(01:02:33) - What mental models do you use most frequently?

(01:03:45) - How to corner the market on a high-tech skillset

(01:05:40) - Industries you’re watching that no one else is paying attention to? 

(01:07:41) - Sci-Fi book recommendations

Links for more on Sam:

Sam on Tedx: The Half-Life of Facts

Sam’s books

Sam’s Website

Companies Mentioned:

Boston Dynamics

DeepMind

DARPA

Speculative Technologies

The Foresight Institute

Books Mentioned:

Why Greatness Cannot be Planned by Ken Stanley

The Three-Body Problem Trilogy by Cixin Liu

Neal Stephenson Books

Culture series by Iain Banks

Babel by R. F Kuang

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Don Swanson - Undiscovered Public Knowledge

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