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This week Iām glad to share a special Future Fossils Live recorded at one of the coolest places I have ever seen, the Junkyard Social Club in Boulder, Colorado! Itās a menagerie of interesting brilliant weirdos, including my old friend and original co-host/robotics engineer Evan Snyder, soul-searching serial community-development entrepreneur Ryan Madson, former rocket scientist turned tech advisor Roger Toennis, former Google employee turned Director of Consciousness Hacking CO Aaron Gabriel Neyer, and āself-metaprogrammerā Tom Bassett aka Juicy Life.
In a rather fast-paced hour, we explore what is emerging in an age of learning machines and reimagined urban spaces and radical new modes of social order. This was one of those delightful in-the-flesh discussions that CLEARLY left us all enriched and hopeful for a world that, while out of our control, still shines with tasty possibility.
Chapters and keywords provided by my AI buddies at Podium.Page:
(0:00:00) - Exploring Interdependence and Community Dynamics
(0:03:50) - The Responsibility of Technology and Parenting
(0:15:48) - AI's Impact on Art and IP
(0:23:21) - The Intersection of Technology and Physicality
(0:31:25) - Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Shifts
(0:41:00) - The Future of Technology and Ethics
(0:45:58) - Technology and Interdependence in Society
(0:50:19) - The Interplay Between Interdependence and Technology
(0:55:47) - Technology, Culture, and Individual Impact
(1:01:27) - Tensegrity and the Future of Work
(1:05:37) - Exploring Hope and Creating New Paradigms
Interdependence, Community Dynamics, COVID-19, Human Connection, Urban Spaces, Technology, Parenting, Holistic Thinking, Future Tech, Corporate Power, Open-Source Language Models, Artificial Intelligence, Cultural Shifts, Individual Purpose, Operating System, Individualistic Consciousness, Tensegrity, Hope, Paradigms, Funemployment, Fractal Pods, Neural Nets, Fractal Tribe
Enjoy and do not hesitate to reach out if this kindles something in you!
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šø Live at Honeymoon Brewery Full-Concert Video
Enjoy this full-length video I captured at one of my favorite concerts in over twenty years of music! This show at Honeymoon Brewery (RIP) was what I always wanted: outside, under a lovely tree, surrounded by family and friends, my kids playing with my friendsā kids, great kombucha, cool autumn air. My daughter wore the new dress she had earned by making and then selling art with me. I got to show off my new eight-string strandberg guitar and fresh original material. We all got wonderfully buzzed. Iām heartbroken that Honeymoon closed this location (curse you, Santa Fe, for killing their amazing outdoor concert series!) but at least we have this fossil.
š Episode 207 Extended Show Notes & Transcript
Thanks everyone for your support! This year has not been easy and youāre helping me buy time to be with my burned-out family and finish major projects before Iām subsumed by yet another bout of soul-destroying busywork.
