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  • Creating Healthy Consumer Brands to Feed Humanity and Solve Climate Change | Filipp Chebotarev and Polina Chebotareva
    Polina Chebotareva is a co-founder of Cambridge Companies SPG, a social mission-oriented VC firm on fixing nutrition, farming, and health worldwide. Prior to Cambridge, Polina was an Executive VP and Partner at a real estate investment firm with $350M Equity AUM.

    She is a Board Member for The Laguna Art Museum, helps raise awareness and funding for environmental issues and has devoted her time and resources to The Village of Hope Rescue Mission which helps struggling parents restore stability in their lives and the lives of their children.

     

    Filipp Chebotarev is COO and Managing Partner of Cambridge Companies SPG. After working with California Congressman Ed Royce to manage the relationship between business, government, community, and other constituencies, Filipp went on to corporate, later finding impact investing.

    Filipp is a major donor to Harvesters – Food Bank in Orange County, the JNF, and Actively Involved with Shoes That Fit, a 501C3 empowering children in low-income areas.

    The pair emigrated to the US after the USSR’s collapse, and their fund is now investors in the likes of organic and health food/product companies: Once Upon a Farm, Wild Friends Foods, Matchabar, and dozens of others.




    Listen and Learn:


    * How health-focused food and beverage companies are creating a better world
    * Why GMOs (specifically the pesticides they enable) are ruining our health
    * The future of foodtech and clean meat
    * Ways to increase access to organic and quality food
    * Why we’re all excited about lab-grown meat
    * How impact investing changes the world and drives returns
    * The challenges and realities of immigrating to the US, without speaking English
    * What tech trends Filipp and Polina are most excited about
    * Why IPOs and acquisitions aren’t necessarily the endgame for consumer companies
    * The importance of founder-investor alignment
    * Why Filipp’s not worried about 23andme or genetic privacy
    * The reason there’s not enough money invested in foodtech
    * Why millennial consumers are driving better company practices
    * What’s the future of e-commerce and it’s relation to retail



     

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    Polina Chebotareva is a co-founder of Cambridge Companies SPG, a social mission-oriented VC firm on fixing nutrition, farming, and health worldwide. Prior to Cambridge, Polina was an Executive VP and Partner at a real estate investment firm with $350M Equity AUM.

    She is a Board Member for The Laguna Art Museum, helps raise awareness and funding for environmental issues and has devoted her time and resources to The Village of Hope Rescue Mission which helps struggling parents restore stability in their lives and the lives of their children.

     

    Filipp Chebotarev is COO and Managing Partner of Cambridge Companies SPG. After working with California Congressman Ed Royce to manage the relationship between business, government, community, and other constituencies, Filipp went on to corporate, later finding impact investing.

    Filipp is a major donor to Harvesters – Food Bank in Orange County, the JNF, and Actively Involved with Shoes That Fit, a 501C3 empowering children in low-income areas.

    The pair emigrated to the US after the USSR’s collapse, and their fund is now investors in the likes of organic and health food/product companies: Once Upon a Farm, Wild Friends Foods,
    57 min
  • The Mathematics of War and Future of US-China Relations, Plus AI, Automation and Mutually Assured Destruction | Sean Gourley
    Sean Gourley is a physicist, founder and CEO of AI company, Primer, an expert on the mathematics of war, TED Fellow, speaker and political advisor.

    Before that, he was CTO and co-founder of Quid, an augmented-intelligence company and also worked on self-repairing nano-circuits at NASA. Sean was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford focused on complex systems and the mathematical patterns underlying modern war which was published on the cover of Nature.

    He has served as a political advisor, briefed USCENTCOM at the Pentagon and addressed the United Nations in Vienna, serves on the Board of Directors at Anadarko (NYSE:APC).

    Sean is also a two-time New Zealand track and field champion and sits on the Knight Commission focused on reforming collegiate athletics.




    Listen and Learn:

    * The future of the US-China relationship, and possible war
    * What differentiates AI creativity from humans
    * The automation law that ALWAYS leads to occasional epic consequences
    * Should we develop autonomous weapons? Will we
    * What are the biggest predictors of war and civil strife
    * Why San Francisco is anything but a model city
    * Are cyborgs and genetic superhumans inevitable
    * How long until we have human-level AI
    * Why economic war creates the conditions for actual fighting
    * What works well with mutually assured destruction
    * How to engineer equality into our economy
    * Why Sean is worried about deep fakes breaking democracy
    * How to think about dynamic geopolitical decisions
    * The importance of education and what its future holds





     

    Sean’s Twitter: @sgourley

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    Sean Gourley is a physicist, founder and CEO of AI company, Primer, an expert on the mathematics of war, TED Fellow, speaker and political advisor.

    Before that, he was CTO and co-founder of Quid, an augmented-intelligence company and also worked on self-repairing nano-circuits at NASA. Sean was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford focused on complex systems and the mathematical patterns underlying modern war which was published on the cover of Nature.

    He has served as a political advisor, briefed USCENTCOM at the Pentagon and addressed the United Nations in Vienna, serves on the Board of Directors at Anadarko (NYSE:APC).

    Sean is also a two-time New Zealand track and field champion and sits on the Knight Commission focused on reforming collegiate athletics.




    Listen and Learn:

    * The future of the US-China relationship, and possible war
    * What differentiates AI creativity from humans
    * The automation law that ALWAYS leads to occasional epic consequences
    * Should we develop autonomous weapons? Will we
    * What are the biggest predictors of war and civil strife
    * Why San Francisco is anything but a model city
    * Are cyborgs and genetic superhumans inevitable
    * How long until we have human-level AI
    * Why economic war creates the conditions for actual fighting
    * What works well with mutually assured destruction
    * How to engineer equality into our economy
    * Why Sean is worried about deep fakes breaking democracy
    * How to think about dynamic geopolitical decisions
    * The importance of education and what its future holds





     

    Sean’s Twitter: @sgourley

    1 hr 6 min
  • Why the US and China are Already in a Cold War, the Economics of Inequality and Future of Capitalism | Geoff Colvin
    Geoff Colvin (@geoffcolvin) is FortuneMagazine’s Senior Editor-at-Large, an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on the most significant trends and issues impacting business, politics and the economy. Geoff’s work has earned him millions of loyal fans and 7M weekly listeners on CBS Radio Network
    He’s the author of four books including groundbreaking bestsellers Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else and Humans are Underrated on the future of work and how humans fit into a workplace filled with robots and smart technology.
    Geoff has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, Squawk Box, CBS This Morning, ABC’s World News Tonight, CNN, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, and dozens of other programs. He also served as anchor of Wall $treet Week with Fortune on PBS and has moderated panels with or interviewed Jack Welch, Henry Kissinger, Richard Branson, the Prince of Wales, Bill Gates, Alan Greenspan, Steve Case, Tony Blair, Michael Dell, Ted Turner, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and many others.


    Listen and Learn:

    * The US relationship with China and why we’re already in the Cold War
    * Geoff’s thoughts on the decentralization and breakup of big tech
    * What we both think about the separatist movements spreading worldwide
    * Why Geoff’s skeptical of long term centralized economies
    * What the business roundtable CEO stakeholders memo means
    * Thoughts on economics and when the trickle-down effect died
    * What does Brexit mean for the economy
    * Why loneliness and isolation is the biggest threat to humanity
    * How to re-engineer the economy to fight inequality
    * Will AI be net positive or negative
    * What’s the future of education and where did it go wrong
    * Where should students look for the careers of the future
    * A public markets debate about incentives and timeframes

    Geoff’s Twitter: @geoffcolvin
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Geoff Colvin (@geoffcolvin) is FortuneMagazine’s Senior Editor-at-Large, an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on the most significant trends and issues impacting business, politics and the economy. Geoff’s work has earned him millions of loyal fans and 7M weekly listeners on CBS Radio Network
    He’s the author of four books including groundbreaking bestsellers Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else and Humans are Underrated on the future of work and how humans fit into a workplace filled with robots and smart technology.
    Geoff has appeared on Today,
    58 min
  • AI, VR and a World Without Privacy as We Explore the Cosmos and What it Means to be Human | August Bradley of Mind & Machine
    August Bradley is a futurist business consultant, founder/host of the Mind & Machine podcast and former COO of the pioneering virtual reality company Kite & Lightning. August’s worked with brands including Coke, Xbox, Kia, Gap, J.Crew, Banana Republic, Fisker Automotive, and many more.
    He is also a Board Member & Director of the AI & Machine Learning Society, Chairman of the Technarte International Conference, technology series moderator for The Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC) and head of the Los Angeles Self Driving Car Meetup.


    Listen and Learn:

    * Why August and I won’t let voice assistants in our homes
    * What happens next with VR and where it is headed
    * Which technologies worry August most and why
    * What does privacy look like in a more connected world
    * How Amazon helps transform healthcare
    * The reason AI and automation will be net-negative on jobs
    * What we have to look forward to when it comes to future technologies
    * The reason space exploration is so important and exciting
    * What do we do about big tech and regulation
    * Why August isn’t worried about AI consciousness or superintelligence
    * The reason food science and clean meat is such a promising field to pursue
    * Why immigration is a stupid topic to focus on when it comes to jobs


    August’s Twitter: @augustbradley
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.August Bradley is a futurist business consultant, founder/host of the Mind & Machine podcast and former COO of the pioneering virtual reality company Kite & Lightning. August’s worked with brands including Coke, Xbox, Kia, Gap, J.Crew, Banana Republic, Fisker Automotive, and many more.
    He is also a Board Member & Director of the AI & Machine Learning Society, Chairman of the Technarte International Conference, technology series moderator for The Los Angeles World Affairs Council (LAWAC) and head of the Los Angeles Self Driving Car Meetup.


    Listen and Learn:

    * Why August and I won’t let voice assistants in our homes
    * What happens next with VR and where it is headed
    * Which technologies worry August most and why
    * What does privacy look like in a more connected world
    * How Amazon helps transform healthcare
    * The reason AI and automation will be net-negative on jobs
    * What we have to look forward to when it comes to future technologies
    * The reason space exploration is so important and exciting
    * What do we do about big tech and regulation
    * Why August isn’t worried about AI consciousness or superintelligence
    * The reason food science and clean meat is such a promising field to pursue
    * Why immigration is a stupid topic to focus on when it comes to jobs


    August’s Twitter: @augustbradley
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    56 min
  • Energy, Infrastructure, Fracking and the Future of Journalism | Russell Gold
    Russell Gold is an author and award-winning investigative journalist and energy reporter at The Wall Street Journal best known for covering the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. They were awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for best business story of the year and were finalists for the Pulitzer.

    He’s the author of The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World and his new book, Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform Energy tells the story of Michael Skelly, who helped created the wind energy industry in the US in a push for sustainability.





     
    Listen and Learn:


    * How to speed the transition to renewable energy
    * The pros and cons of fracking and why it has a bad rap
    * Why the energy industry is so fragmented in the US
    * What we need MOST to see renewables replace the grid
    * How batteries are holding back cleantech
    * The pros and cons of monopolies in public infrastructure
    * Why Silicon Valley doesn’t invest much in energy
    * How one innovator can change the course of history and energy consumption
    * What we NEED to do to combat climate change
    * Why Andy thinks going public is the way to go
    * Thoughts on Elon, Tesla and the future of transportation
    * What will journalism look like in ten years
    * Are billionaire-owned media corporations a net positive



    Russell’s Twitter: @russellgold

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Russell Gold is an author and award-winning investigative journalist and energy reporter at The Wall Street Journal best known for covering the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. They were awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for best business story of the year and were finalists for the Pulitzer.

    He’s the author of The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World and his new book, Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform Energy tells the story of Michael Skelly, who helped created the wind energy industry in the US in a push for sustainability.





     
    Listen and Learn:


    * How to speed the transition to renewable energy
    * The pros and cons of fracking and why it has a bad rap
    * Why the energy industry is so fragmented in the US
    * What we need MOST to see renewables replace the grid
    * How batteries are holding back cleantech
    * The pros and cons of monopolies in public infrastructure
    * Why Silicon Valley doesn’t invest much in energy
    * How one innovator can change the course of history and energy consumption
    * What we NEED to do to combat climate change
    * Why Andy thinks going public is the way to go
    * Thoughts on Elon, Tesla and the future of transportation
    * What will journalism look like in ten years
    * Are billionaire-owned media corporations a net positive



    Russell’s Twitter: @russellgold

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    51 min
  • Elon Musk’s Wrong, Driverless Cars Make Things Worse and Buses are the Future of Transportation | Jarrett Walker
    Jarrett Walker is an international public transit network design and policy consultant and the author of popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. This book is a friendly, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy.

    His background integrates an arts and humanities Ph.D. with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker, teacher, and facilitator of decision-making processes.





    Listen and Learn:

    * How to engineer cities so ALMOST everyone wins
    * What does the future of urban transit look like
    * Why autonomous vehicles actually lead to more traffic
    * The reason Uber and Lyft are part of the problem
    * The geometric test to any transportation claim
    * Why the Boring Company is bogus
    * The law of induced demand and its implications
    * How tech marketing twists issues and creates bigger problems
    * What Jarrett thinks about electric scooters and micro-mobility
    * Where we’re at in the IoT hype cycle
    * Thoughts on regulating and market distortions
    * Why cars are a dead-end future



     

    Jarrett’s Twitter: @humantransit

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

    Jarrett Walker is an international public transit network design and policy consultant and the author of popular public transit blog HumanTransit.org, and the book Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives. This book is a friendly, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy.

    His background integrates an arts and humanities Ph.D. with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker, teacher, and facilitator of decision-making processes.





    Listen and Learn:

    * How to engineer cities so ALMOST everyone wins
    * What does the future of urban transit look like
    * Why autonomous vehicles actually lead to more traffic
    * The reason Uber and Lyft are part of the problem
    * The geometric test to any transportation claim
    * Why the Boring Company is bogus
    * The law of induced demand and its implications
    * How tech marketing twists issues and creates bigger problems
    * What Jarrett thinks about electric scooters and micro-mobility
    * Where we’re at in the IoT hype cycle
    * Thoughts on regulating and market distortions
    * Why cars are a dead-end future



     

    Jarrett’s Twitter: @humantransit

    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

    57 min
  • Andy Rachleff on Founding Benchmark, Wealthfront and Fixing F’ed Up Finance Industry with Big Data
    Andy Rachleff  is the co-founder and Executive Chairman (prev CEO) of Wealthfront, an automated investment service startup to provide wealth advisor-like management to everyday folks. Andy co-founded Benchmark Capital in 1995 (one of the most successful venture capital firms of all time) and was a general partner until 2004. Prior to Benchmark, he was a GP with Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre. He has frequently been named to Forbes’ Midas List as a top tech venture investor.
    He teaches courses on technology entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, chairman of the board of overseers for its School of Engineering and Applied Science and vice chairman of its endowment investment committee.
    He is also a board member of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
    NOTE: I use and love Wealthfront for managing my personal finances. Get $5k managed for free with this link!


    Listen and Learn:

    * How to win at investing despite all the contradictory advice
    * What makes for an investible landmark business
    * Why Matt uses Wealthfront to manage his finances
    * Where automation is headed in regards to jobs
    * How the finance industry screws you sideways and rigs the game
    * The problem with science and biotech research and how Andy’s solving it
    * Why data and AI is the biggest thing happening today
    * How the venture capital landscape is changing with the rise of SoftBank
    * What does the future of blockchain look like
    * Why Andy thinks going public is the way to go
    * Thoughts on regulating tech monopolies and industries cycles
    * What index investing does for average consumers

    Andy’s Twitter: @arachleff
    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.Andy Rachleff  is the co-founder and Executive Chairman (prev CEO) of Wealthfront, an automated investment service startup to provide wealth advisor-like management to everyday folks. Andy co-founded Benchmark Capital in 1995 (one of the most successful venture capital firms of all time) and was a general partner until 2004. Prior to Benchmark, he was a GP with Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre. He has frequently been named to Forbes’ Midas List as a top tech venture investor.
    He teaches courses on technology entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate School of Business and is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, chairman of the board of overseers for its School of Engineering and Applied Science and vice chairman of its endowment investment committee.
    He is also a board member of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
    NOTE: I use and love Wealthfront for managing my personal finances. Get $5k managed for free with this link!


    Listen and Learn:

    * How to win at investing despite all the contradictory advice
    * What makes for an investible landmark business
    * Why Matt uses Wealthfront to manage his finances
    * Where automation is headed in regards to jobs
    * How the finance industry screws you sideways and rigs the game
    * The problem with science and biotech research and how Andy’s solving it
    * Why data and AI is the biggest thing happening today
    * How the venture capital landscape is changing with the rise of SoftBank
    * What does the future of blockchain look like
    * Why Andy thinks going public is the way to go
    ...
    55 min
  • Moving Beyond Meat, Burning Down The Amazon and Business for Good | Paul Shapiro
    Paul Shapiro is the bestselling author of Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, the CEO and co-founder of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the co-host of the Business for Good Podcast, and a long-time leader in food sustainability.
    He’s been interviewed by hundreds of news outlets from CNN to StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson as an authority on food sustainability issues, and also published hundreds of articles in publications ranging from daily newspapers like the Washington Post to magazines like FORTUNE to academic journals. Prior to co-founding a plant protein company, he spent his career lobbying for better agricultural sustainability policies. Paul’s also the VP of the Humane Society in the US


    Listen Now:

    * How soon you’ll see plant-based meat in stores
    * The sad truth about animal agriculture and emissions
    * Why Paul thinks we’ll have multiple forms of clean meat
    * The food spoilage problem and how to solve it
    * Why the Amazon fires are caused by cow herding
    * What the daily-free milk movements tells us about the future of food
    * How to use business for good
    * Lessons learned from Whole Foods
    * What’s the future of biotech and GMOs
    * The economic incentives that will end animal farming
    * Ways Paul organizes his life and focus
    * How to feed 10 billion people
    * Which runaway climate effects scare Paul most
    * Why Paul thinks we’ll have a mix of large and small scale agriculture
    * Why business is the best way to change the world


    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.
    Paul Shapiro is the bestselling author of Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World, the CEO and co-founder of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the co-host of the Business for Good Podcast, and a long-time leader in food sustainability.
    He’s been interviewed by hundreds of news outlets from CNN to StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson as an authority on food sustainability issues, and also published hundreds of articles in publications ranging from daily newspapers like the Washington Post to magazines like FORTUNE to academic journals. Prior to co-founding a plant protein company, he spent his career lobbying for better agricultural sustainability policies. Paul’s also the VP of the Humane Society in the US


    Listen Now:

    * How soon you’ll see plant-based meat in stores
    * The sad truth about animal agriculture and emissions
    * Why Paul thinks we’ll have multiple forms of clean meat
    * The food spoilage problem and how to solve it
    * Why the Amazon fires are caused by cow herding
    * What the daily-free milk movements tells us about the future of food
    * How to use business for good
    * Lessons learned from Whole Foods
    * What’s the future of biotech and GMOs
    * The economic incentives that will end animal farming
    * Ways Paul organizes his life and focus
    * How to feed 10 billion people
    * Which runaway climate effects scare Paul most
    * Why Paul thinks we’ll have a mix of large and small scale agriculture
    * Why business is the best way to change the world


    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

    52 min
  • How Sharing Cities Saves the World From Destructive Big Tech Capitalism and Libertarianism | Neal Gorenflo
    Neal Gorenflo is the co-founder of Shareable, award-winning news, action, connection hub for the grassroots sharing transformation.

    Neal’s worked with startups like P2P asset sharing platform Moogul.com, an online DVD exchange, a spinout of Cisco’s corporate asset sharing platform, and Divvy.com. He co-organized The Abundance League monthly salons in SF between 2005 and 2010, consulted with Institute for the Future, Stanford, Lowe’s, and has been featured by The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Wired and Fast Company and appeared at SXSW, Sustainable Brands, and SOCAP.

    He is co-editor of the books Share or Die: Voices of The Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis and Policies for Shareable Cities, the first sharing economy policy guide and is an adviser to governments and NGO initiatives. Grab his free book here!





    In today’s episode we discuss:



    * How US zoning policies institutionalized racism
    * What participatory budgeting can do for revitalizing civic life
    * Why the capitalism experiment of the free market failed
    * The power of local networks and connections
    * How we should rethink cities and urban planning
    * Why Neal isn’t that excited about driverless cars
    * The huge problem with America’s suburbs system
    * Why the gig economy is eroding our future
    * How Neal views the future of government
    * Why blockchain isn’t the answer to our problems
    * What libertarianism gets massively wrong
    * Why big tech is the most dangerous force today
    * How hundreds of cities are saving the world through sharing
    * Why Airbnb and Uber aren’t sharing companies at all







    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

    Neal Gorenflo is the co-founder of Shareable, award-winning news, action, connection hub for the grassroots sharing transformation.

    Neal’s worked with startups like P2P asset sharing platform Moogul.com, an online DVD exchange, a spinout of Cisco’s corporate asset sharing platform, and Divvy.com. He co-organized The Abundance League monthly salons in SF between 2005 and 2010, consulted with Institute for the Future, Stanford, Lowe’s, and has been featured by The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Sunday Morning, Wired and Fast Company and appeared at SXSW, Sustainable Brands, and SOCAP.

    He is co-editor of the books Share or Die: Voices of The Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis and Policies for Shareable Cities, the first sharing economy policy guide and is an adviser to governments and NGO initiatives. Grab his free book here!





    In today’s episode we discuss:



    * How US zoning policies institutionalized racism
    * What participatory budgeting can do for revitalizing civic life
    * Why the capitalism experiment of the free market failed
    * The power of local networks and connections
    * How we should rethink cities and urban planning
    * Why Neal isn’t that excited about driverless cars
    * The huge problem with America’s suburbs system
    * Why the gig economy is eroding our future
    * How Neal views the future of government
    50 min
  • How Universal Basic Income Makes Us Richer, How to Pay for It and Why Our Economy is in Trouble | Jim Pugh
    Jim Pugh (@dr_pugh) is a co-founder of the Universal Income Project, a fiscally sponsored organization focused on raising awareness and support for UBI.

    Jim’s also the founder and CEO of ShareProgress, a social-good startup that helps progressive organizations use the power of data and technology to grow their base and win their campaigns.

    He previously served as the Director of Analytics and Development for President Obama’s Organizing for America (OFA) and the Democratic National Committee and was the founding Chief Technology Officer at Rebuild the Dream.





    In today’s episode we discuss:



    * Why we NEED universal basic income before the robots come
    * The true impact of giving people free money
    * How to pay for UBI
    * The problems and possibilities of universal basic income
    * How we should rethink immigration, especially if we enact UBI
    * Why America’s two-party system is fundamentally flawed
    * The surprising truth about working in politics
    * Why Jim thinks we need to fix antitrust
    * How grassroots movements and decentralization go forward from here
    * Why universal healthcare is so connected to universal income
    * The reason governments need to run more pilot programs
    * Why Trump broke (and fixed) politics in the US
    * What’s the future of capitalism in America



    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

    Jim Pugh (@dr_pugh) is a co-founder of the Universal Income Project, a fiscally sponsored organization focused on raising awareness and support for UBI.

    Jim’s also the founder and CEO of ShareProgress, a social-good startup that helps progressive organizations use the power of data and technology to grow their base and win their campaigns.

    He previously served as the Director of Analytics and Development for President Obama’s Organizing for America (OFA) and the Democratic National Committee and was the founding Chief Technology Officer at Rebuild the Dream.





    In today’s episode we discuss:



    * Why we NEED universal basic income before the robots come
    * The true impact of giving people free money
    * How to pay for UBI
    * The problems and possibilities of universal basic income
    * How we should rethink immigration, especially if we enact UBI
    * Why America’s two-party system is fundamentally flawed
    * The surprising truth about working in politics
    * Why Jim thinks we need to fix antitrust
    * How grassroots movements and decentralization go forward from here
    * Why universal healthcare is so connected to universal income
    * The reason governments need to run more pilot programs
    * Why Trump broke (and fixed) politics in the US
    * What’s the future of capitalism in America



    Are you an accredited investor? Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.

    53 min

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