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Team Futurism episodes

  • Vivek Is No Andrew Yang
    Peter and Devon discuss Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign and explain why any comparisons to Andrew Yang are entirely misled.
    During this discussion, Peter goes into the arguably scandalous way that Vivek made his money with a failed Alzheimer's drug. To be fair to Vivek, he offers a rebuttal to this claim here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UgCe_k8aR8&t=0s
    30 min
  • Rachel Haywire's Predictions for the Near Future
    In this interview with futurist Rachel Haywire, we discuss her recent article "Predictions for the Near Future." We cover her predictions about the rise of pop-up shops, the death of the town square, the centralization of groupchats, and many other topics.
    Check out Rachel's writing at The Cultural Futurist on Substack: https://culturalfuturist.substack.com/
    Reference: "My Predictions for the Near Future" by Rachel Haywire: https://culturalfuturist.substack.com/p/my-predictions-for-the-near-future
    1 hr 3 min
  • Future of the Atheist Movement - with Thomas Sheedy

    Thomas Sheedy is the founder and president of Atheists for Liberty, an organization that promotes free thinking and the normalization of atheism--without the "woke" ideology that has overtaken other atheist organizations.

    Thomas and Peter discuss concerns with wokeism in atheist communities, the real dangers of Christian nationalists, the future of atheism, the new Satanic panic, and other topics.

    Atheists for Liberty: https://www.atheistsforliberty.org/

    55 min
  • The Next Paradigm Shift - with Chris Marshall
    Chris Marshall is a futurist and behavioral scientist based in Wales. His new book, "Decoding Change," is about understanding the megatrends that will define our future.
    Chris and Peter discuss crypto, block chain technology, performance psychology, AI, and when to expect the next real paradigm shift in technology.
    Link to Decoding Change: https://www.amazon.com/Decoding-Change-Understanding-optimistic-future/dp/173911700X
    Chris's Website The Uncertainty Scientist: https://www.theuncertaintyscientist.com/
    57 min
  • Has San Francisco Collapsed?
    In response to Ron DeSantis and other politicians coming to San Francisco to declare it a "collapsed" city, we discuss what it's really like to walk around the city right now in 2023. The city has lots of problems (homelessness, empty office buildings, stores closing, etc), but highlighting just these issues doesn't give the full picture.
    44 min
  • Transhumanist Politics: Interview with Tom Ross, 2024 Presidential Candidate
    Tom Ross is the Transhumanist Party's 2024 presidential candidate. In this interview, we discuss the viability of the Transhumanist Party, sentient rights, existential risks, and having an AI campaign manager. We also discuss Tom's book "US6 Hexalogy" and his experience hanging out with figures such as Robert Anton Wilson, Marilyn Ferguson, and Timothy Leary.
    1 hr 3 min

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