Frederik is the author of the “Neckar’s Insecurity Analysis” newsletter where he writes about great investors, innovators, masters of the inner game. We talk about:

• Trying to “fit in”
• The Great Reshuffle
• Destroying your ideas and starting afresh
• Synthesizing knowledge
• And MUCH more!

Follow Frederik on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NeckarValue and subscribe to his newsletter at neckar.substack.com

Thomas J Bevan is an author and essayist. He pens The Commonplace newsletter which includes workshops on writing, movie reviews, and essays on life. We talk about:

• Starting a commonplace
• Striking a balance between the physical and digital
• Not defining growth with metrics
• The Soaring 20s Social Club
• And MUCH more!

Follow Thomas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thomasjb3van and subscribe to his newsletter at https://thomasjbevan.substack.com/

Nicholas Gruen is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator. He has advised Cabinet Ministers, sat on Australia’s Productivity Commission and founded Lateral Economics and Peach Financial. We discuss:

• Fast foodification of Democracy
• Isegoria, or equality of speech
• Pros and Cons of a citizen jury
• How citizen juries help in nuanced policy discussions
• Using philanthropy for political experiments
• And MUCH more!

Follow Nicholas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NGruen1 and read his essays at https://clubtroppo.com.au

Lisa is a Neuroscientist, psychologist, and author of the books "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain" and "How Emotions are Made". We talk about:

• How expressing your emotions can help you control them
• Why democracy might not be great for brain's body budgeting
• Brain myths that deserve to die
• The replication crisis in Psychology
• And MUCH MORE!

Follow Lisa on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LFeldmanBarrett and know more about her research and writings at https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/

Diane Macedo is a news anchor at ABC News and author of the newly-released book "The Sleep Fix". Diane helps us understand many sleep disorders and their solutions, and other topics like:

• Are 'Insomnia' and 'Sleep deprivation' the same?
• Sleep efficiency
• Journaling to help you sleep
• How effective are sleep aids?
• And MUCH more!

Follow Diane on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dianermacedo and purchase her book at https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/thesleepfix

Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist and an author. Erik often writes about the intersection of humanities and science, and his debut novel "The Revelations" is a tale of science, murder, and consciousness. Our discussion with Erik includes topics like:

• Are humans really "conscious"?
• Different theories of consciousness
• Neural pruning in babies
• How emotions drives scientific progress
• Accepting the flaws in each of us
• And MUCH more!

Follow Erik on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/erikphoel and read more about his work at https://www.erikphoel.com/

Jay is a scientist in Tucson, AZ. He was trained in philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona on the neural processes of conscious and unconscious visual perception. Our discussion with Jay includes topics like:

• Using ultrasound to cure depression
• Power of placebos
• Mindfulness practices
• Dealing with Complex Adaptive Systems
• And MUCH more!

Follow Jay on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JaySanguinetti and read more about his research on his website: https://www.jaysanguinetti.com/

Jesse Livermore (pseudonym), a Research Partner at OSAM, is back to Infinite Loops for his second appearance to talk about:

• Payments in the Metaverse
• Crypto regulation
• Incentives of governments vs. corporations
• Rise of online education
• Universal Basic Income

Follow Jesse on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Jesse_Livermore), and check out his writing here http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/.

Matt is the Co-founder & CEO at Entrepreneur First, and Co-founder & NED at Code First Girls. We talk with Matt about:

• Internet in an era of "dampened variance"
• Increasing democratic participation
• Bull and Bear case for creativity
• What Matt looks for in people before investing
• Role of geography in entrepreneurship
• And MUCH more!

Follow Matt on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/matthewclifford and subscribe to his newsletter at http://tib.matthewclifford.com/

Ana is a former teacher, an edu-preneur, and the Chief Evangelist at Synthesis School. We have a very intriguing discussion with Ana around:

• Idea and implementation of Synthesis School
• Increasing engagement and ownership among students
• Problems with the traditional education system
• How schools crush creativity
• Beginning of the end of the existing educational system
• And MUCH more!

Follow Ana on Twitter at https://twitter.com/anafabrega11, subscribe to her newsletter at https://afabrega.com/newsletter, and try out the Synthesis experience at https://synthesis.is/oshag