USIA Podcast

Maria Ho is a Taiwanese-American poker player and television host/commentator. One of the top-ranked female poker players in the world, and a Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee, she has over $4,000,000 in live tournament winnings. OUTLINE: 0:00​ Introduction 0:59​ Maria’s Path to Becoming a Poker Professional 4:25​ How to Improve at Poker 6:47​ Mathematics vs. Psychology 8:11​ Evolution of the Game 10:40​ Misconceptions about Poker 13:04​ How can poker attract more female players? 15:41​ Thoughts on Ladies-Only Events 18:38​ Can poker continue to grow? 21:37​ Outlook for the 2021 World Series of Poker 24:17​ Future Goals 26:47​ How to Follow Maria CONNECT: Subscribe to the USIA YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-tCGWd0hX8x2bZIMCkZfsA United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation​

EPISODE LINKS: Ian Terry's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TulaneTerry​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​ OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 1:25​ - Big Brother Strategy 5:47​ - Reality TV Experience 9:48​ - Cost-Benefit Analysis and Probabilistic Thinking 16:49​ - Living with Autism 19:23​ - Teaching and Education 28:33​ - Backgammon 31:01​ - Impact of AI 33:48​ - Game-theory Optimal vs. Exploitative Play 39:12​ - Gender Disparities in Strategy Games CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation

Ellen Jane Langer is a professor of psychology at Harvard University. She became the first woman ever to be tenured in psychology at Harvard. OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 0:50​ - What is mindfulness? 4:28​ - A revolution in consciousness 6:30​ - The impact of social media on mindfulness 9:05​ - The need to let go of absolute categories 11:40​ - How can we become more mindful? 14:26​ - Should we try to be mindful all the time? 17:34​ - Mindfulness as a tool to get what we want 18:50​ - Our relationship with aging 21:37​ - Work-life integration 24:33​ - Mindfulness during Covid-19 29:07​ - The myth of mind-body dualism 32:03​ - Further reading and resources CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBottUSIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation

Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Cambridge, UK and Mountain View, California, USA, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to combating the aging process. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, the world's highest-impact peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging. EPISODE LINKS: SENS Research Foundation Website: https://www.sens.org/​ Aubrey de Grey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aubreydegrey​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​ OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 1:43​ - How to define "aging" 3:25​ - The importance of ending aging 4:05​ - Why a "pro-aging trance" exists 5:59​ - Why repair is better than prevention 8:49​ - The central causes of aging 10:44​ - The impact of CRISPR 13:11​ - Rapid vs. Incremental Progress 14:36​ - "Eureka" Moments 15:56​ - Motivation to work on rejuvenation 17:51​ - Background as an AI researcher 18:38​ - When to "break the rules" 20:41​ - Problems with how research is funded 24:43​ - The "triangular logjam" 28:08​ - How to support human longevity research 29:07​ - How human values might change CONNECT: Subscribe to this YouTube channel United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ USIA Twitter:

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. EPISODE LINKS: Howard Gardner's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrHowardGardner​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​ OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 1:52​ - What is synthesizing? 4:43​ - The importance of synthesizing 6:31​- How to get better at synthesizing 15:33​ - Interdisciplinary Education 16:58​ - Relationship between synthesis and creativity 22:55​ - When to be non-confirming 28:38​ - Human Synthesis vs. AI Synthesis CONNECT: Subscribe to the USIA YouTube channel United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation

CONNECT: Subscribe to the USIA YouTube channelUnited Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociationOUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 0:48​ - What is intelligence? 1:28​ - Are IQ tests useful as a measure of intelligence? 5:33​ - Genetic vs. environmental influences on intelligence 7:01​ - Differences in Western and Eastern thought 16:11​ - How can we teach reasoning skills? 22:26​ - The replicability crisis in the social sciences 31:05​ - Misaligned incentives in academia 

Lord Martin Rees, Ph.D., OM, FRS is a Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal and was President of the Royal Society from 2005-2010. EPISODE LINKS: Martin Rees' Twitter: https://twitter.com/LordMartinRees​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​ OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 0:45​ - On the Future 2:55​ - Existential Risks 4:18​ - Psychology of Discount Rates 9:24​ - Climate Change 17:50​ - Pandemics 22:20​ - Intelligent Life 30:17​ - Artificial Intelligence 34:15​ - Gene Editing 38:43​ - Wealth Inequality 41:12​ - The Future of Education 43:13​ - Is This Our Final Century? CONNECT: Subscribe to the USIA YouTube channel United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation

Professor Pritchard is a Chair in Philosophy (Epistemology) at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California Irvine, USA.EPISODE LINKS: Duncan Pritchard's Website: https://www.duncanpritchard.org/​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBottOUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 1:07​ - How skeptical should we be? 4:21​ - Implications of extended cognition / neuromedia 6:31​- The evolving purpose of education 12:28​ - The limitations of probabilistic thinking 20:18​ - The relationship between risk and meaning 21:41​ - How to advance discourse and reason CONNECT: Subscribe to the USIA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-tCGWd0hX8x2bZIMCkZfsA United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation

EPISODE LINKS: Mark Coeckelbergh's Website: https://coeckelbergh.wordpress.com/​ Mark Coeckelbergh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/MCoeckelbergh​ Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​ OUTLINE: 0:00​ - Introduction 0:32​ - AI Ethics 3:46​ - AI and Climate Change 6:58​ - Governance of AI 9:29​ - The future of space exploration 13:10​ - Philosophy of Technology 15:25​ - The need for both human and artificial intelligenceCONNECT: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-tCGWd0hX8x2bZIMCkZfsAUnited Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org​ USIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/UsiaPodcast​ USIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USIAssociation​ United Sigma Intelligence Association (USIA): https://usiassociation.org/