MIND & MACHINE: Science & Tech of Maximizing Human Capability

The Neuroscience of Consciousness with Christof Koch

Dec 18, 2019

My guest today is Dr. Christof Koch, one of the worlds foremost experts on neuroscience and consciousness. Dr. Koch is the Chief Scientist and President of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. He recently released his latest book, The Feeling of Life Itself – Why Consciousness is Everywhere But Can’t be Computed....

Clean Meat: Lab-Grown Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize the World with Paul Shapiro

Nov 26, 2019

My guest today is Paul Shapiro, author of the national bestseller "Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World". He's also the CEO and co-founder of The Better Meat Co., a four-time TEDx speaker, the co-host of the Business for Good Podcast.

In our conversation today we explore...

Human Enhancement & Personal Performance Hacking with Matt Ward of the Disruptors

Nov 18, 2019

We explore Human Enhancement and Personal Performance Hacking with Matt Ward (@mattwardio), the host The Disruptors podcast, startup investor, adviser and business innovation consultant. Matt and I thought it would be fun to do two episodes, one here on MIND & MACHINE and the other on The Disruptors, where we explore...

First Principles Thinking & Secret Mastermind of Brain Scientists - Donald Hoffman, Cognitive Scientist

Nov 11, 2019

In a follow-up to our previous episode, my guest today is again cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, author of the book "The Case Against Reality".

In this addendum to the previous episode, we explore how Don's First Principles Thinking enabled his remarkably original theory on reality (covered fully in the...

Donald Hoffman: The Case Against Reality (Cognitive Science, Consciousness, Evolution)

Nov 5, 2019

My guest today is cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman, author of the book "The Case Against Reality". Don has been making waves lately in a range of scientific fields with a theory of reality that splinters all of our preconceived notions. What if everything we thought was real -- the physical world around us and the...