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Main Podcast: https://disruptors.fm/itunes

If in-depth, unscripted conversations with the researchers, startups and future thinkers transforming the future of all of us in a Tim Ferriss meets Sam Harris, Kara Swisher and a16z type no-holds-barred interview show is your cup of tea, you’ve come to the right place.

We cover EVERYTHING, from artificial intelligence, the ethics and economics of our coming century and futurism to fighting climate change, fixing blockchain and redesigning democratic politics from the ground up.

Past guests including Douglas Rushkoff of Team Human, Isaac Arthur of SFiA, Cory Doctorow, Nikola Danaylov of SingularityFM, Fraser Cain of Astronomy Cast, Aubrey de Grey, presidential advisors, top economists and more...

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https://disruptors.fm/risk]]>enTechnologyCopyright The Disruptorshttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/88f8464ce7fb6e2e65b24f550861c18a.jpghttps://disruptors.fmWed, 03 May 2023 02:21:42 +0000The DisruptorsMatt Wardmatt@disruptors.fmBite-sized clips with TED level top thinkers, founders and scientists on how advances in biotech & genomics, space travel, IoT, AI and other exponential tech converge to create our collective future and what we can do, from a research and policy perspecti
Main Podcast: https://disruptors.fm/itunes

If in-depth, unscripted conversations with the researchers, startups and future thinkers transforming the future of all of us in a Tim Ferriss meets Sam Harris, Kara Swisher and a16z type no-holds-barred interview show is your cup of tea, you’ve come to the right place.

We cover EVERYTHING, from artificial intelligence, the ethics and economics of our coming century and futurism to fighting climate change, fixing blockchain and redesigning democratic politics from the ground up.

Past guests including Douglas Rushkoff of Team Human, Isaac Arthur of SFiA, Cory Doctorow, Nikola Danaylov of SingularityFM, Fraser Cain of Astronomy Cast, Aubrey de Grey, presidential advisors, top economists and more...

For the full Disruptors experience and interviews and to download our Existential Risk guide:

Visit our site and download our FREE Existential Risk Guide:

https://disruptors.fm/risk]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-the-real-future-of-publishing-and-media-karen-dillon--19863333
To listen to the entire episode, visit:
https://disruptors.fm/92-education-isolationism-and-power-of-clayton-christensens-market-creating-innovations-karen-dillon/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19863333Thu, 14 Nov 2019 13:27:01 +0000The DisruptorsKaren Dillon (@kardillon) is the former editor of Harvard Business Review magazine and co-author of the three books with Clayton Christensen, including the forthcoming The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty and...
To listen to the entire episode, visit:
https://disruptors.fm/92-education-isolationism-and-power-of-clayton-christensens-market-creating-innovations-karen-dillon/]]>136barons,combat,crisis,dangers,economy,education,entrepreneurship,giants,income,inequality,innovation,isolationism,media,poverty,prosperity,publishing,robber,tech,topfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-it-was-like-working-directly-with-bill-gates-ramez-naam--19862949
His other (non-fiction) books include: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet and More than Human: Embracing the Promises of Biological Enhancement.

He’s currently co-chair of energy and the environment at Singularity University and earlier in his career led teams at Microsoft working on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing where he co-patented 20 inventions, many alongside Bill Gates.

To listen to the entire episode, visit:
https://disruptors.fm/94-how-renewable-energy-killed-coal-and-why-radical-life-extension-isnt-going-to-happen-ramez-naam-of-singularity-university/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19862949Sat, 09 Nov 2019 14:04:00 +0000The DisruptorsRamez Naam (@ramez) is a computer scientist, futurist, angel investor and award-winning author best known for his Nexus Trilogy: Nexus, Crux and Apex His other (non-fiction) books include: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet...
His other (non-fiction) books include: The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet and More than Human: Embracing the Promises of Biological Enhancement.

He’s currently co-chair of energy and the environment at Singularity University and earlier in his career led teams at Microsoft working on Outlook, Internet Explorer and Bing where he co-patented 20 inventions, many alongside Bill Gates.

To listen to the entire episode, visit:
https://disruptors.fm/94-how-renewable-energy-killed-coal-and-why-radical-life-extension-isnt-going-to-happen-ramez-naam-of-singularity-university/]]>166angel,attitudes,bestselling,brain2.0,carbon-emitting,computer,crispr,cyborgs,energy,fiction,incentives,innovation,investor,renewable,scientist,sci-fi,secret,shift,societal,technologistsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-mark-thinks-we-can-redesign-government-for-the-21st-century-mark-stevenson--19862485
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/95-how-to-fix-politics-redesign-education-and-stop-climate-change-cold-mark-stevenson/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19862485Tue, 05 Nov 2019 13:23:00 +0000The DisruptorsMark Stevenson (@optimistontour) is a reluctant futurist, bestselling author, frequent speaker and occasional comedian. He’s one of the world’s most respected thinkers on the connection between technology and society, helping governments, NGOs and...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/95-how-to-fix-politics-redesign-education-and-stop-climate-change-cold-mark-stevenson/]]>17521st,arts,century,change,climate,comedy,cynism,education,future,futurist,government,innovation,literacy,optimism,profitable,progress,redesign,societal,system,worldfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-john-became-a-board-member-of-the-make-a-wish-foundation-john-doran--19461869
John’s passionate about the transformative power of education to disrupt poverty, and help young people succeed. He’s a board member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a TEDx speaker and frequently called on to speak all levels of organizations, government, and educational institutions.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/98-becoming-an-opportunistic-optimist-and-saving-our-kids-from-soul-crushing-effects-of-school-john-doran/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19461869Thu, 31 Oct 2019 13:07:41 +0000The DisruptorsJohn Doran(@awaytowellbeing) has been a teacher and guidance counselor for over 24 years and is the author Ways to Wellbeing,. a book about creating a positive educational experience in the 21st century which taught in over 140 schools worldwide....
John’s passionate about the transformative power of education to disrupt poverty, and help young people succeed. He’s a board member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a TEDx speaker and frequently called on to speak all levels of organizations, government, and educational institutions.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/98-becoming-an-opportunistic-optimist-and-saving-our-kids-from-soul-crushing-effects-of-school-john-doran/]]>173counselor,drugs,effects,guidance,health,kids,media,mental,mindfulness,optimism,passion,polarized,school,self,social,strategies,system,talk,teacher,worldfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-s-wrong-with-the-gig-economy-and-where-it-heads-rahaf-harfoush--19461604
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/96-polarization-powerful-billionaires-and-the-eroding-effects-of-inequality-rahaf-harfoush/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19461604Tue, 29 Oct 2019 13:32:55 +0000The DisruptorsRahaf Harfoush (@rahafharfoush) is a digital anthropologist, bestselling author, and speaker researching the impacts of emerging technologies on our society and is focused on deep (and often hidden) behavioral shifts that are taking place within...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/96-polarization-powerful-billionaires-and-the-eroding-effects-of-inequality-rahaf-harfoush/]]>229add,ai,anthropologist,automation,billionaires,campaigns,economy,gig,inequality,media,mobs,new,norm,obama,polarizing,privacy,social,trump,warfare,workerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-huawei-actually-a-threat-to-us-infrastructure-eric-cole--19308060
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/99-why-hacking-and-cyberwarfare-is-big-business-for-russia-the-mafia-and-cia-eric-cole/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19308060Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:37:34 +0000The DisruptorsEric Cole (@drericcole) is arguably the #1 cyber security expert in the US with a resume including the Obama administration, the CIA, the Gates Foundation and CTO of McAfee and was inducted into the 2014 InfoSecurity Hall of Fame. To listen to the...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/99-why-hacking-and-cyberwarfare-is-big-business-for-russia-the-mafia-and-cia-eric-cole/]]>171ai,alexa,autonomous,c,cia,cyber,cyberwarfare,devices,expert,future,hacking,home,monopoly,perpetrators,politics,security,smart,social,surveillance,tyrannyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-rohit-thinks-facebook-will-be-broken-up-and-likely-fall-rohit-bhargava--19307461
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/97-the-most-important-non-obvious-techologies-and-trends-of-2019-and-beyond-rohit-bhargava/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19307461Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:38:43 +0000The DisruptorsRohit Bhargava (@rohitbhargava) is an innovation and marketing expert and the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of five books on topics as wide-ranging as the future of business and building a brand with personality. His signature book...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/97-the-most-important-non-obvious-techologies-and-trends-of-2019-and-beyond-rohit-bhargava/]]>166ai,alexa,commerce,expert,facebook,facial,fake,future,likeability,marketing,media,monopoly,news,polarization,politics,recognition,remedy,social,trump,worldfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/where-we-are-headed-with-gene-editing-and-designer-babies-gabriel-licina--19128817
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/100-why-crispr-is-overrated-and-gene-drives-are-terrifyingly-powerful-gabriel-licina/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19128817Sat, 28 Sep 2019 15:10:48 +0000The DisruptorsGabriel Licina (@glimsd) is a Molecular Biologist, Research Consultant, hardcore biohacker and the Chief Research Officer of Scihouse, a research-focused makerspace working to make science and technology accessible for everyone with a variety of...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/100-why-crispr-is-overrated-and-gene-drives-are-terrifyingly-powerful-gabriel-licina/]]>1943d,biohackers,biologist,biology,bioterrorism,botany,capital,crispr,engineering,funding,genetic,health,healthcare,hobbyists,innovation,molecular,power,science,university,venturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ways-to-use-prediction-markets-to-create-better-outcomes-robin-hanson--19127835
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/102-resetting-governments-and-getting-a-new-deal-on-democracy-and-market-driven-dystopian-bliss-robin-hanson/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19127835Thu, 26 Sep 2019 14:27:17 +0000The DisruptorsRobin Hanson (@robinhanson)is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University with a doctorate in social science from CalTech, master’s degrees in physics...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/102-resetting-governments-and-getting-a-new-deal-on-democracy-and-market-driven-dystopian-bliss-robin-hanson/]]>257future,governments,immigration,ineffective,innovation,insurance,isolationism,law,libertarianism,markets,oppression,philosophy,prediction,prison,reform,sadistic,surveillance,system,unconventional,valuesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-debt-based-banking-is-such-a-damaging-and-unsustainable-model-for-our-future-jarl-jensen--19124547
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/101-engineering-the-economy-out-of-its-debt-fueled-destructive-spiral-and-towards-a-sustainable-system-that-also-solves-climate-change-jarl-jensen/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19124547Thu, 19 Sep 2019 12:52:49 +0000The DisruptorsJarl Jensen (@jarljensen) is an inventor, entrepreneur and best selling author. He served as President and CEO of EuroMed, Inc. from 2004 to 2009, has nine issued patents, with many more pending for medical devices which have grossed over $500 million...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/101-engineering-the-economy-out-of-its-debt-fueled-destructive-spiral-and-towards-a-sustainable-system-that-also-solves-climate-change-jarl-jensen/]]>352automation,banks,blockchain,change,climate,debt-based,economy,engineer,future,greed,growth,healthcare,inherent,inventor,jobs,pollution,quality,recession,self-destructing,unsustainablefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-technologies-steve-is-most-excited-about-and-how-they-ll-transform-our-world-steve-sammartino--19020299
He has had multiple tech startups and launched one of the first sharing-economy startups Rentoid.com, before Uber or Airbnb, and sold the company to a public company. Steve now invests in emerging technologies and has multiple advisory board positions. He is heavily involved in the startup scene in Shanghai, a passion for the culture and even speaks Mandarin.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/103-legos-in-space-blockchain-vs-big-tech-and-the-uber-that-ultimately-failed-steve-sammartino/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19020299Tue, 17 Sep 2019 13:09:38 +0000The DisruptorsSteve Sammartino (@sammartino) is an entrepreneur, futurist, author and public speaker focused on finding the truth and creating the future. He has had multiple tech startups and launched one of the first sharing-economy startups Rentoid.com, before...
He has had multiple tech startups and launched one of the first sharing-economy startups Rentoid.com, before Uber or Airbnb, and sold the company to a public company. Steve now invests in emerging technologies and has multiple advisory board positions. He is heavily involved in the startup scene in Shanghai, a passion for the culture and even speaks Mandarin.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/103-legos-in-space-blockchain-vs-big-tech-and-the-uber-that-ultimately-failed-steve-sammartino/]]>165ai,airbnb,blockchain,capital,dividends,education,entrepreneur,frontier,investment,media,pizza,problem-solving,proliferation,smartphones,social,space,technologies,transform,uber,venturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-of-television-entertainment-and-apple-s-role-tom-cheesewright--19020079
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/104-how-to-avoid-dystopian-future-of-climate-change-and-mass-unemployment-by-evolving-democracy-and-education-tom-cheesewright/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19020079Sat, 14 Sep 2019 13:06:37 +0000The DisruptorsTom Cheesewright (@bookofthefuture) is a futurist, speaker, engineer and founder of applied futurism practice, Book of the Future and creator of the Futurist’s Toolkit, a suite of tools for agile organizations. He has a degree in mechatronic...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/104-how-to-avoid-dystopian-future-of-climate-change-and-mass-unemployment-by-evolving-democracy-and-education-tom-cheesewright/]]>246amazon,apple,corporations,cyborgs,economics,education,engineer,engineering,entertainment,future,futurist,gdp,humanity,incentives,local,mechatronic,monopolies,technologies,television,unemploymentfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/which-bubble-pops-first-higher-education-or-healthcare-bryan-alexander--19019795
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/106-education-inflation-a-new-aristocracy-and-peak-employment-and-equality-bryan-alexander/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/19019795Tue, 10 Sep 2019 12:34:04 +0000The DisruptorsBryan Alexander (@bryanalexander) is a futurist, researcher, writer, speaker, consultant, and teacher with an unconventional background in English and Romantic-era literature working in the field of how technology transforms education and blogging at...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/106-education-inflation-a-new-aristocracy-and-peak-employment-and-equality-bryan-alexander/]]>186america,apprentice,aristocratic,automation,bubble,capitalism,change,climate,consultant,economy,europe,futurist,gdp,healthcare,inequality,pops,prosperity,society,surveillance,titansfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-george-s-team-is-working-to-revive-mammoths-to-combat-climate-change-george-church--18926243
It is NO exaggeration to say George’s innovations have contributed to nearly all “next generation” DNA sequencing methods and companies; plus his lab’s work on chip-DNA-synthesis, gene editing, and stem cell engineering resulted in founding additional application-based companies spanning fields of medical diagnostics and synthetic biology/therapeutics (all of which has led to the creation of over 14 biotech companies he’s helped co-found

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/105-george-church-on-synthetic-biology-climate-change-and-the-superhuman-genome-project/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18926243Sat, 07 Sep 2019 13:09:41 +0000The DisruptorsGeorge Church @geochurch) is a professor of genetics at Harvard & MIT, director of the Personal Genome Project, co-author of 509 papers, 143 patent publications and developed methods used for the first genome sequence (1994) & million-fold cost...
It is NO exaggeration to say George’s innovations have contributed to nearly all “next generation” DNA sequencing methods and companies; plus his lab’s work on chip-DNA-synthesis, gene editing, and stem cell engineering resulted in founding additional application-based companies spanning fields of medical diagnostics and synthetic biology/therapeutics (all of which has led to the creation of over 14 biotech companies he’s helped co-found

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/105-george-church-on-synthetic-biology-climate-change-and-the-superhuman-genome-project/]]>276bio-based,biology,bioterrorism,change,climate,dna,editing,engineering,future,gene,genetic,genome,guinea,human,humanity,inequality,mammoths,nature,project,syntheticfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-technologies-steve-is-most-excited-about-and-how-they-ll-transform-our-world-steve-brown--18926063
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/107-ai-a-societal-transformation-like-no-other-and-how-we-can-handle-50-automation-steve-brown/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18926063Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:02:22 +0000The DisruptorsSteve Brown (@baldfuturist) is a speaker, author, strategist, advisor with over 30 years of experience in high tech and is the former futurist and chief evangelist at Intel Corporation. Steve’s been featured on BBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, ABC News, Wired,...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/107-ai-a-societal-transformation-like-no-other-and-how-we-can-handle-50-automation-steve-brown/]]>23521st,5g,ai,automation,blockchain,cars,century,computers,cryptocurrencies,driverless,government,innovation,jobs,sci-fi,society,tech,technology,transformation,wearablesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/could-climate-change-and-automation-be-the-recipe-for-disaster-martin-ford--18861783
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/108-a-deeper-diver-into-ubi-automation-and-the-economy-of-tomorrow-martin-ford/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18861783Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:38:35 +0000The DisruptorsMartin Ford (@MFordFuture) is a futurist and the author of the bestselling, award-winning Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future, Architects of Intelligence: The Truth About AI from the People Building It and The Lights in...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/108-a-deeper-diver-into-ubi-automation-and-the-economy-of-tomorrow-martin-ford/]]>196ai,automated,automation,autonomous,capitalism,change,china,climate,credit,disaster,economy,isolationist,jobs,lethal,social,society,system,ubi,weapons,worldfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-secret-to-pesticide-free-agriculture-fatima-kaplan--18861645
Fatma’s an accomplished scientist with experience in both biology and chemistry focused on isolating biologically active compounds. She discovered the first sex pheromone of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and published in Nature and discovered that pheromones regulate other behaviors in both parasitic and beneficial nematodes.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/110-a-biotech-solution-to-pesticide-free-food-to-feed-the-world-and-mars-colonies-fatma-kaplan/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18861645Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:40:12 +0000The DisruptorsDr. Fatma Kaplan (@KaplanSchiller) is the co-founder and CEO/CSO of Pheronym, a company trying to help solve world food crisis and feed the growing world population, farmers need for a non-toxic way to control pests. Fatma’s an accomplished scientist...
Fatma’s an accomplished scientist with experience in both biology and chemistry focused on isolating biologically active compounds. She discovered the first sex pheromone of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and published in Nature and discovered that pheromones regulate other behaviors in both parasitic and beneficial nematodes.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/110-a-biotech-solution-to-pesticide-free-food-to-feed-the-world-and-mars-colonies-fatma-kaplan/]]>182agriculture,agritech,anti-science,biotech,clean,climate,depletion,fundraising,global,gmo,hormones,hunger,iss,meat,microbiome,movement,nasa,pesticide-free,sex,soilfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/why-we-have-so-many-issues-adjusting-to-technology-and-societal-change-isy-goldwasser--18861491
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/109-neuroscience-bioelectric-biohacking-and-the-future-of-ai-isy-goldwasser/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18861491Sat, 24 Aug 2019 12:17:12 +0000The Disruptorssy Goldwasser (@isythync) is the founder of Thync, a startup creating breakthrough bioelectronic therapies to advance a frontier and create a consumer category that will impact billions of people. Prior to founding Thync, Isy was CEO and on the...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/109-neuroscience-bioelectric-biohacking-and-the-future-of-ai-isy-goldwasser/]]>213ai,automate,capital,editing,emotion,future,gene,healthcare,human,industry,jobs,mechatronic,media,neuroscience,pharmaceutical,race,self-enhancement,social,technology,venturefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/what-can-we-do-to-fix-politics-nancy-giordano--18804192
Nancy’s been recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists, she has spent her career building, shaping and guiding a portfolio of $50 billion worth of major global brands through her work with Play Big Inc.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/111-a-career-fair-for-the-future-of-work-as-we-shift-to-a-post-automation-system-focused-society-nancy-giordano/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18804192Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:58:05 +0000The DisruptorsNancy Giordano (@nancygiordano) is an entrepreneur, futurist, consultant and techno-optimist committed to building societal structures and behaviors that keep up with tech to ensure a safe and thriving future for us all… Nancy’s been recognized as...
Nancy’s been recognized as one of the world’s top female futurists, she has spent her career building, shaping and guiding a portfolio of $50 billion worth of major global brands through her work with Play Big Inc.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/111-a-career-fair-for-the-future-of-work-as-we-shift-to-a-post-automation-system-focused-society-nancy-giordano/]]>20821st,ai,century,diversity,education,engineer,epidemic,future,gdp,health,mental,organizations,pesky,politics,problems,singularity,system,thinking,ubi,universityfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-of-dating-and-online-dating-geoff-cook--18804150
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/112-how-to-save-social-media-and-livestreaming-from-itself-and-why-podcasting-is-the-future-geoff-cook/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18804150Sun, 18 Aug 2019 00:52:16 +0000The DisruptorsGeoff Cook (@geoffcook) is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of The Meet Group (NASDAQ: MEET), a social dating and live-streaming company with a $400+ million market cap. He started his first company from a Harvard dorm and sold it for...
To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/112-how-to-save-social-media-and-livestreaming-from-itself-and-why-podcasting-is-the-future-geoff-cook/]]>2735g,advertising,ai,attention,commoditization,company,dating,economy,facebook,future,humanity,media,online,platform,podcasting,screentime,sex,social,species,videofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-reason-matt-s-worried-about-the-slippery-slope-of-safety-shaun-moore--18804091
Prior to TrueFace, Shaun co-founded two startups in the content and mobile apps space and he’s spoken frequently on the possibilities and possible pitfalls of facial recognition and AI.

To listen to the entire episode, visit: https://disruptors.fm/113-what-minority-report-got-right-and-wrong-and-the-future-of-the-surveillance-state-shaun-moore-of-trueface/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/18804091Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:33:29 +0000The DisruptorsShaun Moore (@shaunpmoore) the founder and CEO of TrueFace, the 500Startups funded computer vision and facial recognition startup focused on making the world safer and smarter by transforming cameras into data. Prior to TrueFace, Shaun co-founded two...
Prior to TrueFace, Shaun co-founded two startups in the content and mobile apps space and he’s spoken frequently on the possibilities and possible pitfalls of facial recognition and AI.

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