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with @michaeldell @martin_casado @pmarca @smc90

It's rare to see a company go public then private then back to public again, as Dell Technologies did -- and which also pulled off one of the most epic mergers of all time with Dell + EMC + VMWare. How does one not just start, but keep -- and transform -- a company and business, especially as it adapts to broader, underlying tech platform shifts like demise of PC, end of cloud, cloud wars, and much more? This is really a story about innovation: who decides, who judges, who does it, and where.

The Danny Miranda Podcast

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• “Ruling institutions often go from being service providers to rent-seekers”– Mike Maples Jr.
  • The ability to exit is what gives your voice its power
    • Bitcoin provides you an exit opportunity from the centralized financial system
    • Covid has digitally separated work from location, creating exit power over local governments
  • Governments are being forced to treat us more like customers again rather than assets because more options emerge from the decentralization of products/services
• Category Design: Trying to be the better choice isn’t credible, being different is believable
  • “I’m not the best, I’m the only. You want to force a choice and not a comparison.” – Mike Maples Jr.
• Scalable start-ups that design new product categories are the way to defeat your susceptibility to inflation
  • Contributing towards existing institutional product categories only creates further dilution of the dollar down the corporate production line – feeding the machine per se
  • The phrase ‘the robots are going to eat your job’ is political speak to uphold industrial-era social contracts that maintain organizational power
  • Don’t subordinate your creativity as a trade-off for organizational hierarchy
• Software gives people the ability to create a scalable business and participate in a more net positive, competitive, and decentralized business ecosystem
  • Competition drives innovation, the ‘robots’ are going to create more opportunity for the entrepreneur
  • “The future doesn’t happen to us, it happens because of us” – Mike Maples Jr.

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Mike Maples Jr. is the co-founder of Floodgate (early investor in Twitter, Twitch, and Lyft) and the host of the Starting Greatness Podcast.

In this conversation, we spoke about surviving how an entrepreneur survives near-death experiences, the balance of centralization vs. decentralization, why you should seek to join a breakthrough company, and how to manage your own psychology.

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Huberman Lab

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Don’t use cold towels or sponges on the neck! This will send false signals to the brain about your thermoregulation
• Cooling the face, hands, and bottom of your feet will cool you twice as fast as anywhere else
• Heat on hands can hinder performance – keep the palms of your hands cool during exercise: avoid gloves if possible since they trap heat, loosen the grip on handlebars or device when safe
• “Failure” of rep is actually due to how hot the working muscles get, not simply lack of strength
• If you are experiencing hypothermia, try using warm pads or water bottles placed at your feet

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This episode I am joined by Dr. Craig Heller, Professor of Biology at Stanford University and world expert on the science of temperature regulation. We discuss how the body and brain maintain temperature under different conditions and how most everyone uses the wrong approach to cool off or heat up. Dr. Heller teaches us the best ways and in doing so, explains how to offset hyperthermia and hypothermia. He also explains how we can use the precise timing and location of cooling on our body to greatly enhance endurance and weight training performance. He describes how cooling technology discovered and engineered in his laboratory has led to a tripling of anaerobic (weight training) performance and allowed endurance athletes to run further and faster, as well as to eliminate delayed onset muscle soreness. Dr. Heller explains how heat impairs muscular and mental performance, and how to cool the brain to reduce inflammation and to enhance sleep and cognition. We discuss how anyone can apply these principles for themselves, even their dogs! Our conversation includes both many practical tools and mechanistic science.

 

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• CoolMitt Technology - https://www.coolmitt.com 
  
  

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 Introducing Dr. Craig Heller, Physiology & Performance
• 00:02:00 Sponsors: Roka, Inside Tracker, Athletic Greens
• 00:06:45 Cold Showers, Ice Baths, Cryotherapy
• 00:10:45 Boundary Layers 
• 00:11:55 Cooling Before Aerobic Activity to Enhance Performance
• 00:14:45 Anaerobic Activity Locally Increases Muscle Heat
• 00:16:45 Temperature Gates Our Energy Use 
• 00:19:00 Local Versus Systemic Fatigue: Heat Is Why We Fail
• 00:22:10 Cooling Off: Most Methods are Counterproductive
• 00:26:43 Exercise-Induced Brain Fog
• 00:27:45 Hyperthermia
• 00:31:50 Best Body Sites for Cooling: Palms, Foot Pads, Upper Face 
• 00:38:00 Cooling Your Brain via The Upper Face; Concussion
• 00:41:25 Extraordinary (Tripling!) Performance by Cooling the Palms
• 00:45:35 Enhancing Recovery, Eliminating Soreness w/Intra-workout Cooling
• 00:50:00 Multiple Sclerosis: Heat Sensitivity & Amelioration with Cooling
• 00:51:00 Enhancing Endurance with Proper Cooling
• 00:53:00 Cool Mitt, Ice-Cold Is Too Cold, 3 Minutes Cooling
• 00:58:20 How You Can Use Palmer Cooling to Enhance Performance
• 01:01:15 Radiation, Convection, Heat-Transfer, Role of Surface Area
• 01:04:40 Hypothermia Story, Ideal Re-Heating Strategy
• 01:11:40 Paw-lmer Cooling for Dog Health & Performance
• 01:12:45 Warming Up, & Varying Temperature Around the Body
• 01:17:35 Cooling-Enhanced Performance Is Permanent
• 01:19:55 Anabolic Steroids versus Palmer Cooling
• 01:24:00 Female Athletic Performance 
• 01:25:18 Shivering & Cold, Metabolism
• 01:26:55 Studies of Bears & Hibernation, Brown Fat
• 01:31:10 Brown Fat Distribution & Activation In Humans
• 01:34:18 Brain Freeze, Ice Headache: Blood Pressure, Headache
• 01:37:50 Fidgeters, Non-Exercise Induced Thermogenesis
• 01:39:44 How Pre-Workout Drinks, & Caffeine May Inhibit Performance
• 01:43:42 Sleep, Cold, Warm Baths, Screens, & Socks
• 01:48:44 Synthesis
• 01:49:30 Supporting the Podcast & Scientific Research 

 

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MInd Pump

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• The “secrets” of jacked prisoner inmates is pretty simple: (1) frequency, (2) consistency
• Anecdotally, former inmates are known to break up their day with 2-4 blocks of exercise throughout the day
• Best glute exercises: hip thrusters, barbell squats, deadlifts, single-leg deadlifts, heavy kettlebell swing, good mornings
• Building stronger glutes is not just about choosing the movement, you have to mitigate any quad dominance that might be taking place by starting with activation sets (e.g., donkey kicks, glute bridges, etc.)
• Do not bench press with feet off the floor! You will reduce the effectiveness of move because stability comes from the lower body

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In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about how men get jacked in prison if they are not eating in a calorie surplus, good glute exercises to build the butt, bench pressing with feet off the floor, and how the Mind Pump founders connected and decided to start the show.

• Adam addresses the haters in his DM’s. (4:41)
• The difference between discipline and motivation. Plus, the importance of having a trust circle. (7:42)
• Another example countering the risk of consuming too much dairy fat. (28:34)
• Dairy or nut milk with your Organifi Gold Juice? (32:52)
• Mind Pump Recommends, Star Wars: Visions and What If…? on Disney+. (38:03)
• Another glowing review for the benefits of Caldera. (40:33)
• What is the deal with vaccine mandates and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement? (42:10)
• #Quah question #1 – How do men get jacked in prison if they are not eating in a calorie surplus? (50:20)
• #Quah question #2 – What are some good glute exercises to build the butt? (58:01)
• #Quah question #3 – What do you think about bench pressing with feet off the floor? (1:01:18)
• #Quah question #4 - How did you guys get connected to start Mind Pump? (1:06:04)

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• Biomarkers of dairy fat intake, incident cardiovascular disease, and all-cause mortality: A cohort study, systematic review, and meta-analysis
• Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Promo code “MINDPUMP” at checkout**
• Watch Star Wars: Visions | Disney+
• What If...? | Disney+ Originals
• Visit Caldera Lab for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout for the discount**
• BLM leader in NYC threatens national 'uprising' over 'racist' vaccine mandates after three Texas women attacked hostess at Carmine's in vax passport feud
• Visit MASSZYMES by biOptimizers for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Promo code “MINDPUMP10” at checkout**
• Mind Pump #1362: What You Can Learn About Building Muscle from Inmates, Gymnasts and Sprinters 
• Mind Pump #1640: Five Steps to Build Muscle Without Adding Fat 
• Mind Pump #1370: The 4 Reasons Your Butt is Not Building 
• How To Grow Your Glutes (FREE Butt Building Guide)
• Vince GiRonda’s Guillotine Press
• Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
• Mind Pump Free Resources

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Huberman Lab

Podcast Notes What Is Dopamine?

• Dopamine lies at the heart of all addictions
• We can increase dopamine through behaviors, with rapid and long-lasting results
• “Dopamine is a currency and it’s the way that you track pleasure, track success, track whether or not you are doing well or poorly.” – Dr. Andrew Huberman
• Experience of life and motivation or drive is relative to how much dopamine you have at any given moment
• The ability to experience motivation and pleasure next is dictated by how much motivation and pleasure you experienced in the past
• Learn to spike dopamine from effort itself: focusing only on the reward at the end of effort can undermine the process, making the process feel more painful and time feel longer
• Cold plunge (water temperature depends on cold adaptation) can increase dopamine levels 2.5x for longer periods of time, up to three hours post-exposure

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This episode serves as a sort of “Dopamine Masterclass”. I discuss the immensely powerful chemical that we all make in our brain and body: dopamine. I describe what it does and the neural circuits involved. I explain dopamine peaks and baselines, and the cell biology of dopamine depletion. I include 14 tools for how to control your dopamine release for sake of motivation, focus, avoiding and combating addiction and depression, and I explain why dopamine stacking with chemicals and behaviors inevitably leads to states of underwhelm and poor performance. I explain how to achieve sustained increases in baseline dopamine, compounds that injure and protect dopamine neurons including caffeine from specific sources. I describe non-prescription supplements for increasing dopamine—both their benefits and risks—and synergy of pro-dopamine supplements with those that increase acetylcholine. 

 

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Links:

• Review on Dopamine: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-021-00455-7
• Cold Exposure & Dopamine: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs004210050065 

 

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 Introduction & Tool 1 to Induce Lasting Dopamine
• 00:04:48 Sponsors: Roka, InsideTracker, Headspace
• 00:09:10 Upcoming (Zero-Cost) Neuroplasticity Seminar for Educators
• 00:09:58 What Dopamine (Really) Does
• 00:15:30 Two Main Neural Circuits for Dopamine 
• 00:18:14 How Dopamine Is Released: Locally and Broadly
• 00:22:03 Fast and Slow Effects of Dopamine
• 00:25:03 Dopamine Neurons Co-Release Glutamate
• 00:28:00 Your Dopamine History Really Matters 
• 00:30:30 Parkinson’s & Drugs That Kill Dopamine Neurons. My Dopamine Experience 
• 00:36:58 Tool 3 Controlling Dopamine Peaks & Baselines
• 00:40:06 Chocolate, Sex (Pursuit & Behavior), Nicotine, Cocaine, Amphetamine, Exercise
• 00:46:46 Tool 4 Caffeine Increases Dopamine Receptors
• 00:49:54 Pursuit, Excitement & Your “Dopamine Setpoint”
• 00:56:46 Your Pleasure-Pain Balance & Defining “Pain”
• 01:00:00 Addiction, Dopamine Depletion, & Replenishing Dopamine
• 01:07:50 Tool 5 Ensure Your Best (Healthy) Dopamine Release
• 01:15:28 Smart Phones: How They Alter Our Dopamine Circuits
• 01:19:45 Stimulants & Spiking Dopamine: Counterproductive for Work, Exercise & Attention
• 01:22:20 Caffeine Sources Matter: Yerba Mate & Dopamine Neuron Protection
• 01:24:20 Caffeine & Neurotoxicity of MDMA
• 01:26:15 Amphetamine, Cocaine & Detrimental Rewiring of Dopamine Circuits
• 01:27:57 Ritalin, Adderall, (Ar)Modafinil: ADHD versus non-Prescription Uses
• 01:28:45 Tool 6 Stimulating Long-Lasting Increases in Baseline Dopamine 
• 01:37:55 Tool 7 Tuning Your Dopamine for Ongoing Motivation
• 01:47:40 Tool 8 Intermittent Fasting: Effects on Dopamine 
• 01:53:09 Validation of Your Pre-Existing Beliefs Increases Dopamine
• 01:53:50 Tool 9 Quitting Sugar & Highly Palatable Foods: 48 Hours
• 01:55:36 Pornography
• 01:56:50 Wellbutrin & Depression & Anxiety
• 01:58:30 Tool 10 Mucuna Pruriens, Prolactin, Sperm, Crash Warning
• 02:01:45 Tool 11 L-Tyrosine: Dosages, Duration of Effects & Specificity
• 02:05:20 Tool 12 Avoiding Melatonin Supplementation, & Avoiding Light 10pm-4am
• 02:07:00 Tool 13 Phenylethylamine (with Alpha-GPC) For Dopamine Focus/Energy
• 02:08:20 Tool 14 Huperzine A
• 02:10:02 Social Connections, Oxytocin & Dopamine Release
• 02:12:20 Direct & Indirect Effects: e.g., Maca; Synthesis & Application
• 02:14:22 Zero-Cost & Other Ways To Support Podcast & Research

 

Please note that The Huberman Lab Podcast is distinct from Dr. Huberman's teaching and research roles at Stanford University School of Medicine. The information provided in this show is not medical advice, nor should it be taken or applied as a replacement for medical advice. The Huberman Lab Podcast, its employees, guests and affiliates assume no liability for the application of the information discussed.

 

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In Episode 212, Demetri Kofinas speaks with telecom industry veteran and author of “Wireless Wars,” Jon Pelson, about how American companies invented cellular technology, transferred that technology to China, and then sat by and watched as their Chinese competitors drove them out of business.

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Check out All-In Episode Page & Show Notes

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org

Show Notes:

0:00 Bestie Guestie Balaji Srinivasan is introduced

6:01 Balaji's day in the life, Coinbase background, comparing crypto with early 2000's p2p music industry, China's lawful evil

16:09 China declares crypto transactions illegal, comparing and contrasting the US and China's future outlook

39:43 Chances of a revolution in China, predictions for the next 1-2 decades

48:37 Decentralized citizen journalism, the end of corporate journalism

58:11 Facebook's tough stretch continues: leaker might come forward with SEC, lawsuit over FTC payouts, public sentiment turning on big tech, decentralized social media

1:18:43 How decentralized media platforms would work mechanically

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Intro Video Credit:

https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect

Referenced in the show:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-declares-bitcoin-and-other-cryptocurrency-transactions-illegal-11632479288

https://www.wsj.com/articles/xi-jinping-aims-to-rein-in-chinese-capitalism-hew-to-maos-socialist-vision-11632150725

https://www.readingthechinadream.com/

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/1993-06-01/clash-civilizations

https://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550

https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Chain-Defending-America-High-Tech/dp/031653353X?asin=031653353X&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

https://www.amazon.com/Gray-Lady-Winked-Misreporting-Fabrications/dp/1736703307

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/12/vitalik-buterin-donates-1-billion-worth-of-meme-coins-to-india-covid-relief-fund/

https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1386288771872673793?lang=en

https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/1386024429629558784?s=20

https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Machine-Blockchain-Future-Everything/dp/1250114578

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOWRembdPS8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/09/23/facebook-testify-kids-safety-lawmakers-probe-whistleblowers-revelations/

https://www.facebook.com/business/news/navigating-change-and-improving-performance-and-measurement

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/21/facebook-paid-billions-extra-to-the-ftc-to-spare-zuckerberg-in-data-suit-shareholders-allege-513456

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2021-177

https://www.wsj.com/articles/voters-want-to-curb-the-influence-of-big-tech-companies-new-poll-shows-11632405601?st=qnnf9nvvwigp

https://medium.com/craft-ventures/masks-should-be-the-law-3f53f08709cc

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/01/social-media-ads-russia-wanted-americans-to-see-244423

https://balajis.com/yes-you-may-need-a-blockchain/

Huberman Lab

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca generally afford less controllable experiences than MDMA which has a relatively low chance of a “bad trip” with MDMA
• MDMA is unique and has a potential clinical indication for trauma specifically because it leads to an increase in dopamine and serotonin simultaneously
• The theory is that the more you try to hold on and control the experience, the worse your trip will be
• A psychedelic experience is shaped by the environment: psychedelic experiences can be destabilizing if not done in the proper setting
• Psychedelics are contraindicated if someone has bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychotic thinking, hallucinations – or – any first or second degree relative with any of the above
• The greatest improvements in therapeutic psychedelic use are in macro or “heroic” doses – not microdosing
• Microdosing holds promise as an anti-depressant but more research needs to be done on the efficacy
• Two psychedelics have been designated as breakthrough therapies by FDA: (1) Psilocybin for depression; (2) MDMA for trauma

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This episode I discuss medical research on psychedelic compounds with Dr. Matthew Johnson, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. We discuss the biology and medical clinical-trial uses of psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca, DMT, and LSD. Dr. Johnson teaches us what the clinical trials in his lab are revealing about the potential these compounds hold for the treatment of depression, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, ADHD, and other disorders of the mind. Dr. Johnson describes a typical psychedelic experiment in his laboratory, start to finish, including the conditions for optimal clinical outcomes. And he explains some of the potential hazards and common misconceptions and pitfalls related to psychedelic medicine. Dr. Johnson explains flashbacks, the heightened risks of certain people and age groups using psychedelics and the ever evolving legal and pharmaceutical industry landscape surrounding psychedelics. Dr. Johnson also explains how the scientific study of psychedelics is likely to set the trajectory of psychiatric medicine in the years to come. Dr. Johnson is among a small handful of researchers who have pioneered the clinical study of these powerful compounds. He has unprecedented insight into how they can be woven into other psychiatric treatments, changing ones sense of self and of reality.

 

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Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 Introducing Dr. Matthew Johnson
• 00:02:10 Supporting Sponsors
• 00:06:40 ‘Psychedelics’ Defined
• 00:14:09 Hallucinations, Synesthesia, Altered Space-Time Perception
• 00:19:56 Serotonin & Dopamine 
• 00:23:50 Ketamine & Glutamate 
• 00:28:00 An Example Psychedelic Experiment
• 00:37:30 ‘Letting Go’ with Psychedelics
• 00:44:10 Our Mind’s Eye
• 00:48:00 Redefining Your Sense of Self 
• 00:58:56 Exporting Psychedelic Learnings to Daily Life
• 01:04:36 Flashbacks
• 01:12:10 Ayahuasca, & ASMR, Kundalini Breathing
• 01:15:54 MDMA, DMT
• 01:26:00 Dangers of Psychedelics, Bad Trips, Long-Lasting Psychosis
• 01:38:15 Micro-Dosing
• 01:56:45 Risks for Kids, Adolescents & Teenagers; Future Clinical Trials
• 02:03:40 Legal Status: Decriminalization vs. Legalization vs. Regulation
• 02:18:35 Psychedelics for Treating Concussion & Traumatic Brain Injury 
• 02:27:45 Shifting Trends in Psychedelic Research, Academic Culture
• 02:44:23 Participating in a Clinical Trial, Online Survey Studies, Breathwork 
• 02:50:38 Conclusions, Subscribing & Supporting the HLP, Supplements
  
  

Please note that The Huberman Lab Podcast is distinct from Dr. Huberman's teaching and research roles at Stanford University School of Medicine. The information provided in this show is not medical advice, nor should it be taken or applied as a replacement for medical advice. The Huberman Lab Podcast, its employees, guests and affiliates assume no liability for the application of the information discussed.

 

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Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Check out Impact Theory Episode Page & Show Notes

Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.org

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Whether you believe that humans and other species have evolved or you believe in a creator of living things, this episode is going to excite you or challenge you to think outside the box. Both scenarios are worthwhile, as Tom is joined by the world renowned evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins. Trying to fully grasp how the human mind works and what role evolution plays with our emotions, thought processes and sexual selection can be overwhelming. Tom highlights the inspiring works from Richard and discusses some complex ideas from his latest book, Books Do Furnish A Life. This is a deep dive into what evolution is, and raises the question of whether or not science, technology, and the human search for meaning and exploration has surpassed our basic evolutionary need for survival. Where does that leave humanity and what options are potential solutions worth exploring?

 

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SHOW NOTES:

 

0:00 | Introduction Richard Dawkins

1:34 | How The Mind Works

7:28 | Nature of Thought & Emotion

14:01 | Emergent Properties Beyond Survival

21:13 | Lack Of Evolving Creativity

29:30 | The Great Leap Forward

30:46 | Evolution of Sexual Selection

41:25 | The Handicap Principle

45:17 | Human Sexual Selection

57:13 | Genetic Variance

1:04:07 | Finding Origin of Life

1:10:55 | Natural Selection & DNA

1:27:29 | Writing Sci-Fi & Morality

1:37:58 | Hard Problem of Consciousness

1:41:32 | Memes + Hyper Connectivity

 

QUOTES:

 

“What I tried to do in my writing career is to emphasize the rational, thoughtful side of the brain, and to not deny the existence of the emotional, but to try to foster the control of the emotions by reason.” [6:48]

 

“What the human mind achieves today, in the form of science in particular, technology, is utterly bewildering when you think about it in an evolutionary context. It is so far beyond what we're ever naturally selected to do.”

 

“The origin of life on this planet is not a highly implausible event, it’s not a very rare event...” [1:09:49]

 

“The idea that every particle in the universe has a minute mote of consciousness seems to me to be complete rubbish.” [1:39:17]

 

“It's got to be a manifestation of great complexity of interacting units. No, one of which is conscious in itself, but when you put them together, consciousness emerges from the interactions among them.” [1:40:47]

 

“Cultural evolution is a real phenomenon, it really looks like evolution, it really has the same progressive qualities as evolution does.” [1:42:39]

 

“I introduced the idea of the meme as a virus of the mind. Something that goes viral is this successful meme.” [1:45:56]

 

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