MAX DEPTH

Adam Green is the director of the Lab for Relational Cognition and Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Adam's academic interests lie in understanding how neural processes generate intelligence and creativity. Hope you enjoy our conversation! Stay Classy San Diego.

Timestamps

1:15 “Explanations” vs “Descriptions”

9:00 Basics of Quantum Mechanics // Double Split Experiment

14:00 The Free Will Debate is not Useful // Truth vs Utility

19:40 Gods of the Gaps

34:30 Predictably Altering Brain Function

35:10 Brain Stimulation

42:00 Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Increases Creativity (experiments explained)

47:00 Shape of Thought

50:30 Ideas of God

Today I sit down with the founder and CEO of Astreia: Natalie Rens...

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0:00 Introduction

6:15 Chinese Room Argument

12:00 Consciousness and Metacognition

16:50 Flatland

25:10 Book a Week

33:00 Positioning yourself in history

39:00 How to combat philosophical/existential dread

49:45 Extended Theory of Mind

54:00 BRAIN SCORE

1:05:30 Superintelligence

1:12:30 God is dead—HOLY S* guys, God is Dead!

1:17:00 Are people naturally good?

1:24:00 Conclusion

Dr. Pallav Kosuri received his Ph.D from Columbia, his PostDoc from Harvard, and completed his thesis at CERN. Now he works at the Salk Institute in La Jolla working in a field called DNA Origami. If you have never heard of it, you are in for a wild ride. Essentially, they are constructing nano-scale devices made from DNA to measure previously unseen molecular motion with an almost infinite array of applications.

0:00 Introduction

8:30 The Silos of Science are Destructive

11:40 A Necessary Biology Review

23:00 Resurrecting Mammoths

32:45 The Road to Modern DNA Origami

40:00 DNA Origami Applications

53:15 Current Work

"Simulation is a modern day religion"

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This is what a conversation can sound like. People with different perspectives fiercely trying to get their point across while simultaneously listening to what the other person is saying. This is chaotic, but I think a few halfway decent points were made. I hope you enjoy

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"First off, you are asking super topical questions. I am a big fan of this podcast and what you are doing reaching out to people across different spectrums. Stay curious, keep asking questions, dive down rabbit holes. Always record your thoughts, cool ideas, and interesting concepts you hear through notes or journalling; I think it is an underutilized skill that will benefit people both personally and professionally by consolidating their thoughts and helping them communicate more effectively."

Topics covered:

DeFi

Web2

Web3

Flexibility in thinking

Innovation

Success in investing

Asset Classes

How different Institutional Endowments are Allocated

Alone time

Perspective

Dopamine Linked VR

General Sentiment: If you invested in people like you invest in stocks I would be extremely bullish on Tian Shi.

Favorite Quote: "Time is a F*ing Currency"

Board topics covered: VC, BIOTECH, & ASSESSING TALENT

Thanks for listening. I hope you enjoy!

Cyber attacks have advanced rapidly along with the rest of technology. From flooding the SSA website with bots and crashing the system to the Solar Winds attack on the US Government by Russia, Cyber Attacks are now a huge problem for everyone. Clifton is a PHD student at Northeastern studying network security, recently studying the feasibility of implementing deep learning solutions to prevent attacks. The conversation can roughly divided into a first and second half. First, we discussed Clifton's work and the specifics of different cyber attacks. Second, we discussed the problems and possibilities of exploding technological innovation. Will we be able to build consciousness? Clifton doesn't want to find out. I kinda do.

Enjoy!