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A collection of Studios events I participated in + things Im listening to that weren't available as podcasts. ie: stuff im thinking about and wanted in a pod feed ... think of it as Instapaper for audio (HT GOB!)

John Borthwick


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    Facebook's Rise, Careless Power, and the Future of AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 29:43


    Source articles,

    zuck careless future of ai
    The Age of the Dense network and Averaging ...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 19:20


    Source articles,

    network dense averaging
    Discussion of notes from week 12, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 18:51


    An experiment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 15:36


    Highlight's discussion on Hugging Face submission re: AI Action Plan

    submission action plan hugging
    Emad Mostaque and David Salle at Founders Forum, Oct 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 35:06


    Emad Mostaque and David Salle at Founders Forum, Oct 2022 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    emad founders forum david salle
    Psychedelics, Transitioning, and De-Conditioning ...

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 107:28


    Finders, with Jonathan Robinson --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    transitioning psychedelics conditioning finders
    Two talks by Alan Watts

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2022 92:45


    You Must Do It in Order To Understand It Essential Lectures Part 1: Out of Your Mind - --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    alan watts
    Gregory Bateson - From Versalles to Cybernetics (1966

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 70:13


    Gregory Bateson - From Versalles to Cybernetics (1966) discussion --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    cybernetics versalles gregory bateson
    Gregory Bateson - From Versalles to Cybernetics (1966)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 2:13


    lecture --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    cybernetics versalles gregory bateson
    Asking A Theoretical Physicist About The Physics Of Consciousness | Roger Penrose & Jordan Peterson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2022 100:38


    Roger Penrose & Jordan Peterson in discussion source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi9ys2j1ncg --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    consciousness physics jordan peterson physicists roger penrose theoretical physicist
    The Cathedral w/ Curtis Yarvin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 55:25


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub02qqoaFoU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    cathedrals curtis yarvin yarvin
    Extract from the Melvyn Bragg interview with playwright Dennis Potter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2022 50:04


    A short extract from the Melvyn Bragg interview with playwright Dennis Potter a few months before he died. recorded on 15th March 1994. "it is the whitest, frothiest, blossomest blossom that there ever could be, and I can see it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    playwright extract melvyn bragg dennis potter
    Madeline Albright -- On Fascism and Freedom & Democracy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 115:49


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tboOmm-Vp3Q --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    freedom democracy fascism madeline albright
    Alexander Dugin deep dive: 3x key tapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2022 165:08


    #1: Michael Millerman: Who is Alexander Dugin? (INTRO) #2: The Fourth Political Theory w/ Aleksandr Dugin (HIS THEORY) #3. Bernard-Henri Lévy vs. Aleksandr Dugin – Nexus Symposium 21 September 2019, Amsterdam (DEBATE w/ LEVI, WESTERN LIBERAL IDEAS) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    deep dive tapes alexander dugin bernard henri l fourth political theory
    Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2022 138:22


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    nfts
    David Graeber vs. Peter Thiel: Where Did the Future Go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 63:06


    source: https://davidgraeber.org/videos/david-graeber-vs-peter-thiel-where-did-the-future-go/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    peter thiel david graeber
    Core Studio Public Lecture: Virgil Abloh, “Insert Complicated Title Here”

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 70:30


    source video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qie5VITX6eQ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    complicated virgil abloh public lectures
    David Deutsch on The Fun Criterion, Objective Beauty & Artificial Intelligence

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 73:45


    https://youtu.be/uQ2GHzFYxaI --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    beauty artificial intelligence objective criterion david deutsch
    Dissolving Pain: Simple Brain-Training Exercises for Overcoming Chronic Pain

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 28:08


    Les Fehmi and Jim Robbins --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    overcoming simple exercises chronic pain dissolving brain training
    Twitter Spaces Conversation w/ Fingerprints DAO

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 41:38


    Fingerprints DAO collaborates with creators to build experiments at the intersection of art, economics and social coordination. Fingerprints has the 3rd largest collection of Autoglyphs, the largest collection of DEAFBEEFs, one of the largest collection of Mutant Garden Seeders and other significant pieces. Luiz DT Founding member of Fingerprints DAO, co-founder at Polvo Technologies, a crypto quant fund. Previously worked at Goldman Sachs and Blackstone. Dollar Monopoly Fingerprints DAO member --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    conversations spaces goldman sachs blackstone fingerprints
    Interview with Sönke Ahrens -- How to Take Smart Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 61:40


    All about how to take smart notes. @soenke_ahrens book is super -- this is a pretty good summary of the book by Tiago Forte https://fortelabs.co/blog/how-to-take-smart-notes/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    smart ahrens tiago forte
    Ben Rhodes Live at Betaworks Studios

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 76:47


    Interviewed by @YaelEisenstat and @borthwick --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    interview studios ben rhodes betaworks
    To Be or Not to Be Hacked | Audrey Tang and Yuval Noah Harari in Conversation With Puja Ohlhaver

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 78:37


    source: https://radicalxchange-replayed.simplecast.com/episodes/to-be-or-not-to-be-hacked-audrey-tang-and-yuval-noah-harari-YgOFHjEn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    conversations hacked yuval noah harari puja audrey tang
    More of Pirsig on motorcycles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 13:06


    More of Pirsig on motorcycles --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    motorcycles pirsig
    The future of aging with James Peyer PhD at Studios

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 72:37


    James Peyer, PhD is the Founder and CEO of Cambrian Biopharma -- far ranging discussion about aging and the future of death --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    ceo founders phd studios peyer
    Robert Pirsig on motorcycles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 12:53


    Pirsig on motorcycles --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    motorcycles robert pirsig pirsig
    Eben Alexander: A Neurosurgeon's Journey through the Afterlife

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 98:57


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbkgj5J91hE --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    afterlife neurosurgeons eben alexander
    Record of Vernon Jordan at Lazard's dinner, Nov 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2021 23:30


    source: https://vimeo.com/519277755/957b6795ba --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    record dinner lazard vernon jordan
    Owen Barfield Q&A - Jung, Dante, Steiner, Lewis, imagination & meaning

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 78:33


    source: https://youtu.be/FHnTr0lZ_N4 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    meaning imagination jung steiner owen barfield
    Fixing Social Media | Ethan Zuckerman

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 82:28


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y2yjcxBVcI&feature=emb_logo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    social media fixing ethan zuckerman
    Medicalizing Mysticism: Religion in Contemporary Psychedelic Trials

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 87:12


    Harvard Divinity School source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkbXqG0kOM0&feature=youtu.be --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    religion trials psychedelics contemporary mysticism
    Address by Justice Samuel Alito [2020 NLC Live] to the Federalist Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 49:15


    #Youtube, #[[Individual Rights]], #Libertarian, #[[COVID and Data Rights]] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    covid-19 address libertarians samuel alito individual rights federalist society
    Episode 22: Cloaking Your Photos with Fawkes - Language Models

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 25:53


    source: https://digitalvillage.org/episodes/fawkes-language-models --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    language models photos fawkes cloaking
    UnCommon Core | Love vs. Friendship in Hamlet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 41:57


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxp8Qsobuuk&list=PL13D24FA6BAE86401&index=28&t=0s --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    friendship hamlet uncommon core
    Interview and Q&A with Sönke Ahrens on How to Take Smart Notes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 57:42


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXnR7qX3BDc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    smart ahrens
    Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation: A Conversation between Matt Hartman and Computer & Information Science Professor Michael Kearns

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 106:49


    Recorded at Studios in Zoomland --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    conversations technology guide design professor computers studios algorithms ethical regulation information science michael kearns matt hartman
    Why lockdowns are the wrong policy - Swedish expert Prof. Johan Giesecke

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 34:53


    Unherd.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    prof policy swedish lockdowns
    German virologist Covid-19 is less deadly than we thought

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 30:57


    Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYjjEB3Ev8 UnHerd.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    covid-19 german deadly virologist
    Prof. Neil Ferguson defends UK Coronavirus lockdown strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 36:00


    Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cYjjEB3Ev8 UnHerd.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    strategy prof ferguson defends coronavirus lockdown
    Writers and company / cbc radio may 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 54:01


    100 years after the Treaty of Versailles, Niall Ferguson and Margaret MacMillan on the lasting impact of WW I --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    writers treaty versailles cbc radio niall ferguson margaret macmillan
    Richard Lang / making sense

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 92:24


    Discussion --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    making sense richard lang
    2019 Wriston Lecture: The End of the Computer Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 42:43


    Peter Theil --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    computers lecture computer age
    Longevity discussion between John & James Peyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2019 65:06


    Discussion at betaworks Studios Nov 14th --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    longevity john james peyer
    René Girard CBC interview by David Cayley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2019 269:55


    Hard to find, published by greatstephen3 on YT / see source audio (no video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wimFvlhKQcU --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    yt ren girard cayley
    Insights with Rene Girard

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 36:32


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNkSBy5wWDk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    rene girard
    Is There an Afterlife? Discussion: Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, David Wolpe and Bradley Artson Shavit

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2019 97:54


    Audio feed from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjKJ92b9Y04&feature=share .... "Christopher, how are you feeling?" "I am dying, but so are you. Thanks for asking." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    afterlife sam harris christopher hitchens wolpe artson
    Two Robert Pirsig Interviews ...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2019 13:06


    Robert Pirsig Interview on BBC Radio This programme was first aired by the BBC on their Radio 4 FM station on 31 October, 1993 at 19:30 GMT. source: http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a0fb6cf0ce1d453fba868d2d1a0de25e Pirsig on motorcycles In these previously unpublished video promos, we hear Robert Pirsig discuss his personal experience with motorcycles (amongst other things) and also from John Sutherland - his late Sixties motorcycle riding buddy www.newsngn.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    radio bbc sixties robert pirsig john sutherland
    Robert M Pirsig NPR Interview July 12, 1974

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 26:12


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RULOIr4MJII --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    robert m pirsig
    Friedrich von Hayek and Robert Bork in discussion / 1978

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 116:05


    source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KER-KYK0-0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/johnb/message

    friedrich hayek robert bork
    Apple: End to end design

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2017 1:30


    Podcast of the week #4: How end to end design distinguishes Apple as a technology company.

    apple design
    Tech and regulation / my pick #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2017 24:05


    tech regulation margrethe vestager

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