What you’ll hear in this episode:

- A powerful opening story on Ibogaine — a psychedelic treatment transforming the lives of veterans and people struggling with addiction.

- What brain scans from Stanford reveal about neuroplasticity and cognitive rejuvenation.

- How Bold Metrics, co-founded by Morgan Linton, uses AI to predict body measurements and create over 150 million digital twins.

- The shocking truth about apparel industry waste and how AI can help solve it.

- Morgan’s origin story: tinkering as a kid, hacking AOL, and becoming a tech founder.

- A conversation on the rise of AI-powered engineering, advice on the best way for anyone to get started with AI, and the spiritual experiences that shape how we build a more abundant future.

About Love Conquers Fear:

In an era of exponentially evolving AI and robotics, one question looms: Will humanity make it? Love Conquers Fear is where leadership meets love, technology serves humanity, and vision becomes action. Host, Brett Alexander Hurt, tech entrepreneur and investor, sits down with some of the world’s most influential people to ask: Will we unite to create the Age of Abundance for All? These conversations are calls to action, awakening leaders everywhere to rise and help humanity choose the Light.

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Love Conquers Fear on Apple: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-conquers-fear/id1841734456⁠

About Morgan Linton:

Morgan Linton is the co-founder of Bold Metrics, an AI company revolutionizing the fashion industry by predicting body measurements and creating digital twins for over 150 million shoppers worldwide. Their technology powers brands like Patagonia and Vuori, helping to personalize fit, improve customer experience, and drastically reduce fashion waste.

A lifelong technologist and early internet pioneer, Morgan began tinkering with computers as a child, building bulletin board systems and hacking AOL before becoming an entrepreneur. Today, he’s at the forefront of AI innovation, sustainability, and digital retail transformation.

Morgan Linton: https://www.morganlinton.com

Timestamps:

00:00 – Episode preview

01:20 – Brett’s opening: Americans for Ibogaine dinner takeaways

05:00 – Brain “de-aging,” neuroplasticity, and PTSD recovery

09:40 – Introduction to Morgan Linton

11:10 – Early connection through Techstars

12:55 – How Bold Metrics works (AI digital twin, fit simulation)

16:48 – The online apparel return crisis (landfill/incineration)

23:00 – Sustainability & redesigning sizing with real shopper data

25:23 – Morgan’s childhood: circuits, BBS, tinkering

31:32 – AOL exploit → year offline → deep Photoshop/HTML

35:53 – Chaos Tools internship; Macworld at age 13; SF Chronicle piece

47:19 – Teen web-design biz; “GIF TV” real-estate tours

52:26– Carnegie Mellon: humbling rigor & grit

56:59 – Founding Bold Metrics with Daina Burnes (2012)

58:41 – DreamWorks detour to reset purpose

1:00:00 – Sonos interview story; mission - revenue; going global

1:05:54 – 1,000 days since ChatGPT, what will the next 1,000 days bring?

1:08:55 – AI-powered engineering; Cursor’s impact on coding

1:23:20 – Claude Code & agentic workflows

1:29:36 – Real-world AI: Japan trip, dietary research

1:37:45 – Getting started: Perplexity Comet & DIA browser

1:43:37 – Learning acceleration

1:47:50 – The Age of Abundance for All

1:49:36 – Morgan’s grandmother — a formative spiritual moment

1:53:07 – Brett’s mother — a near-death miracle & presence

1:56:00 – Science, spirituality, and psychedelics

1:57:45 – Responsibility of technologists; use AI for good

2:02:00 – Closing reflections: love-centered leadership