A rant, Christopher Sweat

I had a fascinating discussion with Sanjana Singh, which speaks to how we connected - through hearing each other think and philosophize aloud and online. Sanjana shares her views on sentience, psychology, philosophy - specifically Frederich Nietzsche, and so much more.

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Here is a quote from Sanjana’s LinkedIn:

“I define myself as an artistic-human driven with ideas who often express her art in the forms of written pieces, poetry and, prose, public speaking & through other artistic mediums. My main fields are cognitive psychology/psychoanalysis, psychopharmacology/psychedelic studies, artificial intelligence & philosophy. Due to my Multi-Disciplinary nature, I'm also formulating a Theory of Perception with the confluence of study areas like- Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychedelic or Ethnobotanic/Pharmacological Studies.”

Sanjana is so cool. She resides in India, has studied in Israel and other parts of the world, and is someone I will continue to follow. I consider her emerging talent - an individual who will lead her generation in some way meaningful.

Feel free to check out a discussion we are hosting on Clubhouse tomorrow about censorship if you have some time.

The link to the Clubhouse discussion is here.

Otherwise, you can find Sanjana below.

Here is Sanjana’s Substack:

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The Naked Dialogue Podcast

I hosted Karen Tatarian, a Robotics Engineer at SoftBank Robotics Europe, who completed her Ph.D. at Sorbonne Université in France with research focused on robotics and artificial intelligence.

We had a fantastic conversation where Karen shared insight into her work on Robots, the importance of ethics in robotics, and where the future of robotics is heading.

I can’t wait for you to hear the discussion—press play above.

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Here is how to find Karen online:

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SoftBank Robotics Women's Week: Interview with Karen Tatarian

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I hosted Sven Steinmo, a professor of political science at CU Boulder, to discuss his research, interpretations, and opinions of U.S. politics, liberal democracy, and politics more broadly. Steinmo discusses why he thinks we behave the way we do in our interactions with political institutions and breaks down issues with ideas like the American dream. Plus, we discuss Steinmo’s critique on economists like Adam Smith, and the limits of self-interest.

Steimo has researched and lectured around the world and has 20,000+ citations. He’s published books, papers and recieved countless awards over the years.

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Towards the end, I express some of my views about Colorado politics, Denver county in particular. You may find them interesting.

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You can find more of Steinmo’s content here:

http://www.svensteinmo.com

https://www.colorado.edu/polisci/people/faculty/sven-steinmo

Sven Steinmo @ TEDxCU

Twitter: @SvenSteinmo

WARNING: I express some strong opinions in my opening monologue. You already knew that, though.

For context, the frame of this recording is A critique of the "public intellectual."

(*Press Play on the Audio Recording and then read this*)

If you follow me on live audio (Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse), you’ll know that I love impromptu dialogue.

I hosted a conversation on clubhouse last night where the first 10-12 minutes was just myself, doing a monologue, practicing rhetoric, and speaking my mind. Then Lex Fridman joined, and we picked the discussion up from there, which runs for about an hour. I think you’ll love it.

There are some quieter spots early on. Be patient. It builds.

In the meantime:

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Shoutouts

Also, shout out to Brian Keating, who was on Lex Fridman's podcast today. After listening to the clubhouse discussion with myself and Lex, you might find both of their Podcasts interesting.

Lex hosts some household names like Elon Musk and Ray Dalio.

Brian hosts some of the most prolific physics professors, researchers, thinkers, + a lot more. Both podcasts are in my favorite format, long-form.

Here is the latest episode where Lex Fridman is hosting Brian Keating.

I hosted a great discussion with Gissou Nia, a human rights lawyer and currently the Director of the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council. We only had 1 hour, but I hope we will do part 2 in the future to go deeper into many of the topics we discussed.

Our conversation traverses a range of topics focused on international law, the international criminal courts, international relations frameworks, the Rome statute, human rights, and the Middle East.

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(Side note: Apologies for the audio issues (on my end only!) I am troubleshooting. I will resolve the problems, fingers crossed.)

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Additional Information on Gissou Nia:

Gissou Nia is the director of the Strategic Litigation Project, within Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council. The Strategic Litigation Project advises on the inclusion of legal tools as a part of foreign policy, with a focus on prevention and accountability efforts for atrocity crimes, human rights violations, terrorism and corruption offenses.

Nia is a human rights lawyer and non-profit leader. She serves as board chair of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center where she is helping develop and oversee the group’s human rights advocacy and legal programs, which seek to promote accountability, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Iran. She previously served as the Executive Director for the group, and as the Deputy Director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran.

Nia started her career in The Hague, where she worked on war crimes and crimes against humanity trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court. She lectures and publishes widely on human rights developments in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the rule of law in post-conflict and transitional societies.

Excerpt from https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/gissou-nia/

You can find Gissou Nia on Twitter at @GissouNia or on LinkedIn.

Links below to research and commentary:

Commentary on sentencing for crimes against humanity.

Closing the Accountability Gap on Human Rights Violators in the Islamic Republic of Iran through Global Civil Litigation Strategies, by Gissou Nia

Will Iran’s New President be Held Accountable? by Gissou Nia

Please share your thoughts on our discussion by clicking one of the buttons below!

I am asking a question and stepping you through some of my thinking from my last post which you can find here.

Topics Discussed:

* Black Intellectuals

* Dr. Cornel West

* Eric Weinstein

* Glenn Loury

* The idea of public intellectuals

* A mechanism for liberal elites to control narratives?

* Checks and balances on public intellectuals?

* A few other ideas…

This is a short improtu audio recording of what I am working on at the moment.

I’ll keep the text short this evening.

As I mentioned in the audio recording, I would love to start some dialogue with you on the implications of Trump’s involvement in a SPAC and his intent to form a social media entity, Truth social. Click the button below.

Furthermore, I wanted to debate the capital structure of the Trump SPAC with the Bloomberg Opinion columnist I mentioned in my previous post below. Still, that discussion is a bit dry for this medium.

Would you share this post with your friends if they have opinions on campaign finance or have thought about the implications of Trump using a social media platform and a SPAC to fund his next campaign?

The thought of him making a run in 2024 is excruciating. But I am more interested in exploring this reality and uncovering ways to intercept it or anticipate it versus turning a blind eye.