The Disruptors

Hey guys, my book is finally live! You can grab it FREE for two days (3/26-27) at mattwardwrites.com/cynetic

After this Friday, it'll be $2.99 and up so I recommend getting it while the getting's good. Here's the blurb.

It's 2096, sixty years after ninety percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient half-human, half-animal hybrids. 

The world is anything but equal. Hybrids everywhere are suffering, but sixteen-year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a nose for trouble, doesn’t see an alternative. Except the Resistance, who don’t stand a chance against the world government. His mom always said, “Keep your head down.”

And he does, until his sister is murdered by a pair of cyborgs. Overnight, his simple life is shattered, fracturing the rigid governmental caste as he is thrust into the dangerous world of superhuman hit squads, Resistance uprisings, and secrets better left unsaid.

With only built-in blasters and the advice of a mysterious professor, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.

The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.

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Cynetic Wolf is the first in the Wolfish YA sci-fi dystopian series that features bloody immortality, post-apocalyptic progress, and gene editing that splinters the very fabric of society. If you like dark technothrillers, fast-paced adventure, and surprising sci-fi, are a fan of Divergent, Red Rising, or the Hunger Games, or love classics like the Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World and Ender’s Game, you’ll love this speculative fiction thriller.

Get Cynetic Wolf today for a page-turning dystopian whirlwind… right up to its astonishing conclusion!

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mattwardwrites.com/cynetic

Hey guys, my book is finally about to be published! You can grab it FREE for two days (3/26-27) at mattwardwrites.com/cynetic (link won't activate until 3/26).

After this Friday, it'll be $2.99 and up so I recommend getting it while the getting's good. Here's the blurb.

It's 2096, sixty years after ninety percent died from a man-made Bioplague. Humanity has splintered into four unequal subspecies: immortals, cyborgs, enhancers, and subservient half-human, half-animal hybrids. 

The world is anything but equal. Hybrids everywhere are suffering, but sixteen-year-old Raek Mekorian, a wolfish with a nose for trouble, doesn’t see an alternative. Except the Resistance, who don’t stand a chance against the world government. His mom always said, “Keep your head down.”

And he does, until his sister is murdered by a pair of cyborgs. Overnight, his simple life is shattered, fracturing the rigid governmental caste as he is thrust into the dangerous world of superhuman hit squads, Resistance uprisings, and secrets better left unsaid.

With only built-in blasters and the advice of a mysterious professor, Raek must navigate crushing betrayal, self-doubt, and a limitless enemy whose evil knows no bounds.

The fate of mankind may rest in his hands.

Cynetic Wolf is the first in the Wolfish YA sci-fi dystopian series that features bloody immortality, post-apocalyptic progress, and gene editing that splinters the very fabric of society. If you like dark technothrillers, fast-paced adventure, and surprising sci-fi, are a fan of Divergent, Red Rising, or the Hunger Games, or love classics like the Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World and Ender’s Game, you’ll love this speculative fiction thriller.

Get Cynetic Wolf Thursday for a page-turning dystopian whirlwind… right up to its astonishing conclusion!

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mattwardwrites.com/cynetic - (link won't activate until 3/26)

Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books--including: Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World and Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World. This episode is a reairing of another we broadcast long ago which we thought was especially relevant and worth reiterating today. In addition to his books, Bruce has hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers, his influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram" and his blog "Schneier on Security" is read by over 250,000 people. Bruce has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, AccessNow, and the Tor Project; an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org; and a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer at IBM Resilient.

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In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* The difference between the US, Europe, and Asia when it comes to privacy and data, and what it all means

* Why IoT internet security is one of the biggest problems no one is talking about

* Which tech giants will get broken up and which will reign

* The problem with social media and ideas on how to solve it

* How regulations affect business and monopolies and where we are headed

* Why voting and elections are so susceptible to manipulation

* How Bruce thinks about privacy in a surveillance capitalist economy

* Why your car could kill you and your fridge won't feed you

* The reason Bruce is optimistic and pessimistic about the future

* Why things are going to get worse before they get better

* The sad truth GDPR and data privacy

* What you need to know about China, Huawei, and surveillance

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KE Lanning (@kelanningauthor) is a geophysicist and sci-fi/speculative fiction author of The Melt Trilogy, a series of dystopian fiction novels set in in a world where climate came much faster than anticipated. She also interviews notable science fiction authors and futurists for FUTURISM magazine.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* How sci-fi helps humanity cope and prepare for big societal changes

* What would happen if climate change happened in a generation

* Advantages of self-funding startups

* What would happen if Antarctica became a landgrab 

* Why this will be the century of synthetic biology

* How sci-fi futurists could help government anticipate unintended consequences

* What technology is Karen most worried about and why

* More about Matt's post-gene-editing dystopian sci-fi (get the 1st five chapters FREE here)

* Why we need to build towards better harmony with the world fast

* The enormous potential of fusion power

* Why science and art are two sides of the same coin

* Are we headed towards robot riots

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Morten Bove (@mbove) is the founder and CEO of Wohn Homes, a Danish startup revolutionizing modular, eco-friendly affordable housing designed with tokenized ownership for students. Morten also runs Block21, a blockchain-focused tech podcast on the future of decentralization.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* How recycled plastic can be used to make sustainable housing

* Why inequality is the driving factor in almost all social unrest

* What does the future of cities look like

* Why Morten is big on blockchain and tokenization

* What happens now that the ICO bubble burst, and where crypto is headed

* The big difference between European and US startups

* Why smaller countries make things simpler

* How to build better triple-bottom-line businesses (here's a free guide for founders)

* How business can be used as a force for good

* Why it's so hard for startups to raise funding (ps. here's a free pitch deck guide!)

* The scary truth about surveillance and privacy

* Why Trump pulling out of the Paris accord wasn't all bad

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Carinne Chambers-Saini (@carinnechambers) is the founder and CEO of DivaCup, an eco-tech startup focused on making feminine health more sustainable. She's been awarded the EY Entrepreneur of The Year for Sustainable Products and Services, been recognized as one of Canada’s 40 under 40, and her company, Diva has ranked 138 on the 2018 GROWTH 500 list and 103 on the 2017 PROFIT 500 list, along with being recognized as one of Waterloo’s Top Employers for 2019.

 

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In today's episode we discuss:

* How to design more eco-friendly products and businesses

* Why packaged goods and disposables are ruining our world

* Advantages of self-funding startups

* Why funding's harder for female founders

* Ways Carinne would improve the education system

* The benefits of building a certified B Corp

* Why businesses need to be the ones to drive a better world

* How to build better triple-bottom-line businesses (here's a free guide for founders)

* The reason Carinne's more-than-worried about screen time for her kids

* Why social media is such a powerful force for good, and bad

* How DivaCup is addressing inequality in a big way

* What does the future of jobs look like

* Why focus trumps everything for founders and success

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Amy Harder (@AmyAHarder)is one of the top national energy and climate change reporters in the country, distilling complex energy and climate issues to people outside the industry at Axios.

Amy has appeared on PBS' NewsHour, CSPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, and NPR, among many other media outlets, and regularly speaks at events and panel on climate change.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* The importance of journalistic neutrality

* What the state of climate change today

* How Trump's transformed eco policy

* What carbon capture could do to save our future

* Why governmental climate policies are unlikely

* Which areas of cleantech are most promising for future growth

* Why we need more stories on hopeful climate change

* The big difference between European and US startups

* What a more effective Paris Accord could look like

* How to build better triple-bottom-line businesses (here's a free guide for founders)

* Why sustainability needs economic drivers to success

* The reason Amy's hopeful about our planet's future

* Why a carbon tax won't work and possible alternatives

* Why plastics are ruining the world in more ways than one

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Chip Meakem (@cmeakem) is a co-founder and Managing Partner of Tribeca Venture Partners. Prior to co-founding Tribeca, Chip worked at both Kodiak Venture Partners and DFJ Gotham. Previous notable acquired investments include Appnexus, Ingenio and Q-Link.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* How quantum computing will change the world forever

* What areas Chip sees as the biggest opportunities to invest in

* Why companies like Uber and DoorDash are such powerful democratizing forces

* What is the future of the ad economy

* Are you in a VC bubble, and what happens next

* Thoughts on triple bottom businesses and social entrepreneurship

* Why education inequality is the scariest thing about the US

* Which tech companies Chip would bet big on

* Thoughts on the trade war and its impact on startups and tech

* The unintended consequences of government regulation

* How technology can transform education for the better

* Why Chip isn't a fan of encryption and believes platforms should police themselves

* How business can be used as a force for good

* Why Amazon may end up owning healthcare

* Why cybersecurity is such a big deal

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Derek Sivers (@sivers) is a serial entrepreneur, blogger, author and musician who revolutionized the music industry pre-Spotify with CDbaby, the largest online distributor of independent music which he founded accidentally sold in 2008 for $22 million. Before that, he donated the company to a charity to fund public music education.

Derek also created a viral TED talk called “How to Start a Movement,” blogs on entrepreneurship, life and stoicism at Sivers.org and is the author of Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur.

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In today's episode we discuss:

* Why human beings are a competitive advantage over robotics, software and AI

* F*&k yes, or No!... and how to apply it to your life

* Why less is more when it comes to life

* How bootstrapping a business helped Derek Sivers' CD Baby succeed

* Derek's best advice for all aspects of life

* Why reading the news and social media is a bad idea

* How to achieve mastery at anything, and why you should

* Why Derek doesn't get excited about new technology

* Why Derek gave it all away to charity

* How success can fuel depression and loss of self

* Tons of strategies to live a healthier, more fulfilled life

* Why Derek doesn't ascribe to any -isms

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Andrew Hessel (@andrewhessel) is the CEO of Humane Genomics Inc., a seed-stage company developing virus-based therapies for cancer, starting with dogs and also co-founded the Genome Project-write, an international scientific effort working to engineer large genomes, including the human genome.

Andy has been Singularity University faculty since 2009 and from 2012-2017 was the Distinguished Researcher at Autodesk Life Sciences.

Andy's goal is to help people better understand and use living systems to meet the needs of society and he has written articles on genetic technology for The Atlantic, Wired UK, and Huffington Post and given over 100 invited talks on next-generation biotechnology.

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In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:

* How we can use viruses to kill cancer

* The reason synthetic biology is THE technology of this century

* Why CRISPR babies we an inevitability and why we didn't discuss them beforehand

* How we can prevent biotech from becoming problematic

* Why Andrew isn't all that worried about bioterrorism

* The reason students should study biological systems

* How healthcare and pharma transform as we edit the code of life

* The important differences between our ability to read and write genomes

* What gene drives mean for the future of our species

* Why viruses are the low hanging fruit of fighting disease

* What biotech can mean for the sustainability of our planet

* Why Andrew is fundamentally optimist about our future

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