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In this highly informative episode, top industry trainer and Quality Assurance expert Trey Briggs breaks down the stark differences between the BCI training program and AI automated scoring. Trey offers industry-leading solutions based on a unique level of experience, knowledge, and expertise. Check it out!

Peter Diamandis has built more of the future than almost anyone alive. He founded XPRIZE. He co-founded Singularity University with Ray Kurzweil. He started Human Longevity with Craig Venter. And in his new book with Steven Kotler, We Are as Gods, he argues that artificial intelligence isn't just changing what we can do. It's changing what it means to be human. I'm not so sure. This is Peter's fifth time on Into the Impossible, and the conversation I've been waiting years to have. His thesis: AI will deliver not just intelligence at scale, but wisdom — and humanity is already crossing the threshold into godlike capability, whether we're ready or not. My pushback: an experiment one of my students and I ran shows large language models trained only on pre-1911 physics cannot reproduce what Einstein did with the same data. If wisdom were just scale, that shouldn't be true. We go after it for an hour. No hedging, no softening. What you'll hear: — Whether AGI can manufacture genuine wisdom or just better simulations of it — The pre-1911 Einstein test and what it reveals about the ceiling of current AI — The "five forks of humanity": longevity, BCI, off-planet speciation, creators vs. consumers, and uploading — What happens to human purpose when scarcity disappears — Why Peter thinks India dominates the next twenty years of science and technology — Peter's Fermi paradox theory and why he thinks we may be someone else's biosphere experiment — The Future Vision XPRIZE and how dystopian training data may be making AI more dangerous — David Sinclair's epigenetic age-reversal trials, now underway in human eyes Peter says what you did between breakfast and dinner would be godlike to your grandparents. We just stopped noticing. Subscribe if you want science with evidence, not speculation. CHAPTERS 00:00 Diamandis: AGI will generate wisdom by simulating billions of outcomes 04:07 Brian's counterargument: wisdom requires embodiment, not just simulation 07:07 The GPU + LLM architecture may already be a local maximum 09:48 AI is outpacing most math PhDs but the ceiling is still unknown 15:30 Diamandis fires back at the doomers 17:59 AI will eventually untangle the legal systems blocking the future 23:18 The Singularity has religious qualities and both hosts take that seriously 29:37 Post-scarcity splits humanity into creators and consumers 36:08 Peter's Fermi paradox theory: we may be someone else's biosphere experiment 43:07 Dystopian AI training data may be causing misalignment 51:46 Human trials are underway for epigenetic eye age reversal ——— Get the transcript, fascinating bonus content, and my Monday M.A.G.I.C. Message: https://briankeating.com/yt Have a .edu email and live in the USA? You automatically win a meteorite: https://BrianKeating.com/edu Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 Support Into the Impossible on Patreon — get my weekly M.A.G.I.C. Message, unfiltered bonus content, and live monthly Office Hours with me: https://www.patreon.com/drbriankeating Join this channel for perks, monthly Office Hours, and your name in the Member Roster at the end of every episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXH_moPhfkqCk6S3b9RWuw/join My books: Losing the Nobel Prize (memoir): http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/03ezQFu Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner: https://a.co/d/hi50U9U Galileo's Dialogue (first-ever audiobook): https://a.co/d/iZPi9Un More: Peter Diamandis Moonshots Podcast: https://www.diamandis.com/podcast Peter Diamandis Substack: https://metatrends.substack.com/ Future Vision XPRIZE: https://futurevisionxprize.com/ Book We Are as Gods: https://a.co/d/0bfz2pBo Peter Diamandis YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peterdiamandis Follow Peter on X: https://x.com/PeterDiamandis Twitter/X: https://x.com/BrianKeating Substack: https://briankeating.substack.com Blog: https://briankeating.com/blog Audio-only: https://briankeating.com/podcast #intotheimpossible #briankeating #science #physics #astronomy #cosmology #podcast #universe #peterdiamandis #ai #agi #singularity #abundance #longevity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ESG StuffBP removes chairman Albert Manifold over governance issues 9The board said the decision was unanimous. In a statement, Amanda Blanc, BP's senior independent director, described the board as having been caught off guard by what it found: "The board has been surprised and disappointed to learn of governance oversight and conduct issues it deems unacceptable and has taken decisive action."The company did not elaborate on the specific nature of the concerns.Ian Tyler has been named interim chair, BP said, with the board set to begin a formal process to identify a permanent successor: "The Board and leadership team have deep conviction in the strategic direction we have laid out, and the company is moving at pace to deliver it."Manifold took up the chairmanship just last October. At last month's annual general meeting, just 81.8% of shareholders backed his electionAmong the most consequential decisions of Manifold's short tenure: pushing out former CEO Murray Auchincloss and overseeing the selection of Meg O'Neill to succeed him — a hire that marked the first time BP had recruited an external CEO and the first time a woman had led one of the oil industry's largest players.Tulsi Gabbard Exit Marks Fourth Woman to Leave Trump Cabinet 0Apology TourBank boss sorry after describing workers as 'lower value human capital' 7Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters triggered a massive PR firestorm by describing the bank's plan to replace back-office staff with automation as replacing "lower-value human capital" with financial investmentStandard Chartered is cutting roughly 7,800 jobs—representing about 15% of its global back-office corporate support roles—over the next four years to make room for AIAfter internal anger and blistering public criticism, Winters posted a formal apology for his "choice of words." However, he initially fueled the fire by attaching the full interview transcript to justify his broader context, drawing further criticism for being defensiveIn his first attempt to quiet the storm, Winters leaned heavily into the corporate strategy rather than apologizing for the specific phrasing: "I said that lower-value roles are more vulnerable to automation, and that we have a responsibility to help colleagues move into higher-value roles. That is what a responsible employer should do. We will continue to speak honestly about the impact of technological change, and we will continue to act responsibly in helping our people to adapt and succeed."After a barrage of negative comments on his first post, Winters returned to LinkedIn later that day to offer an explicit apology for his phrasing: "I have received a lot of support for the messages in my previous post but still get questions about my choice of words, which I know has caused upset to some colleagues. For that I am sorry.""I think the transcript makes it clear that I value our colleagues – all of them – most highly and that we are totally committed to helping them to cope with the accelerating pace of change in our industry."JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon says bank chief's viral AI comment was 'inartful' Dimon downplayed the viral backlash against Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters—who drew fire for saying his bank would replace "lower-value human capital" with technology—calling it an "inartful" slip-of-the-tongue from a friend.Neopbabies and Dropout babiesJames Murdoch to acquire New York Magazine and Vox Media Podcast Network -1Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn't exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go' 6Bolt CEO Ryan Breslow justified firing his entire Human Resources department by claiming they actively manufactured internal frictionThe aggressive purge follows a brutal 97% collapse in Bolt's valuation—crashing from an $11 billion peak in 2022 down to $300 millionTraditional HR has been entirely swapped for a skeletal "people operations" team, shifting the focus away from employee complaints and internal processes toward basic compliance training and empowering managers to make split-second decisionsAlongside gutting HR, Breslow rolled back employee-friendly benefits like four-day workweeks and unlimited PTO, claiming a culture of complacency had taken over and that 99% of his legacy workforce was simply unwilling to work hardRyan dropped out of Stanford in 2014 to launch BoltThe Middle School Boy Man Babies Rule the WorldMan Drives Cybertruck Into Lake to Test Elon Musk's “Boat” Claims, and It Went About as Well as You'd Guess -10"The passengers abandoned the vehicle and the driver was arrested."Tesla CEO Elon Musk:randomly tweeted that the vehicle would function as a rudimentary flotation device.“It will even float for a while.”“[The vehicle would be able to] traverse at least 100m [330 feet] of water as a boat.”“Cybertruck will be waterproof enough to serve briefly as a boat, so it can cross rivers, lakes and even seas that aren't too choppy.”Jeff Bezos urges US government to stop taxing 50% of America — and claims doubling his taxes won't help ‘that teacher in Queens' 400Jeff Bezos backs Mamdani's tax on luxury second homes, but says Ken Griffin isn't the villainJeff Bezos on Zohran Mamdani's big mistake: ‘When you don't know how to solve a problem, create a villain, blame them'Jeff Bezos says there is ‘no truth' to the ‘buy borrow die' tax strategyBillionaires Openly Use It: Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has historically pledged over $30 billion worth of his Oracle stock as collateral for personal bank loans. Elon Musk has similarly pledged tens of billions of dollars in Tesla shares to secure lines of credit over the yearsHe said he was "skeptical that that's a true loophole," but added, "If it is, and we can fix it, then we should. I don't think such a loophole should exist."Jeff Bezos Praises Trump's Second Term as ‘More Mature' Jeff Bezos Says AI Will 'Elevate' Workers — Despite Amazon's 30,000 Job Cuts Amid $100 Billion AI PushElon Musk compares his company's work to that of Jesus 0In an interview on Monday, the billionaire said his Neuralink brain-implant company is progressing in its development of ‘Jesus-like technologies'Although brain-computer interface (BCI) as a concept has been around since at least the 1970s, the push to commercialize the technology is more recent. According to data from market-intelligence firm Tracxn, more than 130 BCI startups have been launched since 2016.Why Is Mark Zuckerberg Taunting His Employees Before Firing Them? 20Back in April, Meta announced it was laying off 10 percent of its workforce, or around some 7,800 workers. Unlike traditional layoffs, which are enacted relatively quickly, Meta gave its employees a nearly month-long warning period without announcing who exactly would be headed for the unemployment line.In newly leaked audio from an all-hands meeting at Meta, released by More Perfect Union, the Meta CEO seems to actually be taunting the thousands of workers who were about to be let go by pointing to how the company was harvesting employee data to train its in-house AI models ahead of the massive layoffs.“So we're in a phase where basically the AI models learn from heaving real, from watching really smart people do things. And if you're trying to get it to be able to be able to do certain capabilities, having [AI] be able to observe really smart people doing those things is, is very important.”Going on, Zuckerberg explained that it was better to train AI on soon-to-be-former Meta employees, rather than “contract companies.”“In general, the average intelligence of the people who are at this company is significantly higher than the average set of people that you can get to do tasks if you're working through… contractors,” Zuckerberg stammered. “So if we're trying to teach the models coding, for example, then having people internally, um, build tools that, or, or solve tasks that, um, that help teach the model how to code, we think is going to dramatically increase our models coding ability faster than what others in the industry have the capability to do.”Intuit to Cut 17% of Staff, Invest in ‘Big Bets' 3The restructuring cost is estimated at about $300 million to $340 millionAbout 3,100 employees: and invest the savings in “big bets” as it makes artificial intelligence a centerpiece of its business.Woke WarsTexas AG Sues ISS Over ESG Considerations 0Texas AG Ken Paxton (in a senate race) is suing ISS for allegedly “misleading” customers by pushing “radical political agendas” through its proxy adviceNotably, ISS has attempted to obstruct ExxonMobil's planned reincorporation from New Jersey to Texas“ISS has enormous influence over how billions of dollars are invested and managed across this country, and they have abused that influence in order to push woke ideology”Iowa AG Brenna Bird sues ISS, says advice risks retirement savingsIowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is suing the world's largest proxy-advice firm for abusing its influence and threatening Iowans' retirement savings by "lying" to investors.Stakeholders Rule!Wells Fargo must pay $100M to help homebuyers after discrimination lawsuit — 51 cities are eligible 7The settlement, which was recently approved by a federal judge in California, comes after four years of legal disputes involving Wells Fargo shareholders, former employees and job applicants who accused the bank of systemic problems in both lending and hiring practices.While Wells Fargo denied wrongdoing, the company agreed to the deal to avoid prolonged litigation and mounting legal costs.The case centered on allegations that Wells Fargo's board failed to maintain adequate oversight of the bank's mortgage lending operations, exposing the company to regulatory scrutiny and accusations of discriminatory practices.According to reporting from Realtor.com, plaintiffs accused the bank of “widespread and systematic discrimination in lending” and cited concerns over lending algorithms and refinancing approval patterns.The lawsuit stated that Wells Fargo was allegedly the only major lender in 2020 to reject more refinancing applications from Black homeowners than it approved.Airbus, Air France Hit With Manslaughter Charges Over Pilot Training Failures in Deadly 2009 Flight 447 Crash 1A Paris appeals court delivered a dramatic verdict in one of the longest-running and most complex legal sagas in aviation history. The court overturned a 2023 acquittal and found both Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter for the tragic 2009 crash of Flight AF447.The ruling marks a massive victory for the victims' families after a 17-year legal battle. A lower court had previously cleared the European planemaker and the French airline in 2023, ruling that while errors were made, a direct causal link to the crash couldn't be proven. The appeals court completely rejected that logic, declaring the companies "solely and entirely responsible" for the disaster.Ride-Share Drivers in Massachusetts Formally Unionize 100The App Drivers Union said it was the first organization in the country to be formally certified to represent drivers for apps such as Uber and Lyft.In a news release, the organization, the App Drivers Union, said it would represent nearly 70,000 workers in Massachusetts who now have the power to collectively bargain.MATTA very special “who do we blame for SpaceX IPO governance” gameFirst, some S-1 highlights:“Starlink internet is what's being used to pay for humanity getting to Mars.” - MuskTranslation: We don't care much about Starlink, it's just paying our AI billsHe's not kidding: $3.2bn revenue for Starlink, net income of $1.2m$0.6bn revenue for rocket ship, net income of -$0.6bn$0.8bn revenue for AI, net income of -$2.5bnThis isn't a space company - it's classic Musk - you buy the vision (“To build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars.”), but what you're really buying is an internet company that spends all its money on AI and does some rockets on the sideLet someone else invent the car (Tesla) and make them sexy with “big visions” for “humanity”Let someone else invent the rockets, build new ones using someone else's moneyLet someone else invent the satellites, put a whole bunch in space (and buy more satellites from someone else)Musk initially took the role of “Chief Engineer”, but every engineering task seems to have been the other employees - he supplied the moneyShoehorned AI into space exploration because…?Grok is designed as a truth-seeking AI model, built on our founder Elon Musk's mission to enable humanity to understand the universe. We believe that accomplishing this mission requires a truth-seeking approach to AI. We define truth seeking as the active, relentless pursuit of what is objectively true about reality, and grounded in evidence, logic, empirical data, and first principles thinking.AI's ability to revolutionize human potential is directly dependent on meeting exponentially increasing resource demands.We now must go to space to get more resources for AI so we can get to spaceNow the governance who do you blame gameMusk will get:85% voting power (dual class, he owns 94% of Class B 10 vote shares and 12% of Class A shares)The ability to nominate and vote exclusively on >50% of the boardA board which currently includes..TWO execs - Gwynne Shotwell (President) and Musk (three titles)Tesla mafia: Ira Ehreinpreis, Tesla board sycophant, director at the Boring Company and xAI, and longtime Musk hanger on, added Feb 2026Antonio Gracias, ex Tesla director who was explicitly called out in the Tornetta decision as corrupted, cross party transactions with Musk, on boards of Neuralink and Boring Company, added Oct 2010TWO VC bros from DFJ - Randy Glein (SpaceX board observer for 16 years, directors since Feb 2026) and Steve Jurvestson (former Tesla director, director since March 2009) who was ousted from the VC firm with his name on it for sexual harassmentPaypal mafia:Luke Nosek, co founder of PayPal, one of the founders of Founders Fund with Thiel and Ken Howery, invested in DeepMind, director since July 2008Donald Harrison - managed Google purchase of DeepMind, relationship with Nosek, director since Feb 2015Director relationship tenures to Musk: Shotwell: 24 yearsEhreinpreis: 21 yearsGracias: 21 yearsJurvetson: 17 yearsGlein: 16 yearsNosek: 26 yearsHarrison: 11 years (+1 if Nosek/Deepmind connection counts)Texas jurisdiction exclusively (judge shopped) - 3% to sue them, mandatory arbitration, anti-takeover statutes, special meetings ONLY CALLED BY MUSK (no one less than 50% of stock can call a meeting or vote)No written consent - no prior noticeAdvance notice bylaws for the zero shareholder proposals allowedFull omission of board liability - including a provision that automatically allows whatever the conflicts of interest they want with directorsWHO (WHEN) DO YOU BLAME?The US GovernmentDepartment of Energy - in 2010, the DoE gave Tesla a $465m loan, which basically paid for the Model S and helped it buy a factory 6 months before it went public - Musk has said Tesla would not have survived without the loanNevada - in 2014, Nevada gave Musk $1.3bn to build a factory, the most everNASA - spent more than $15bn over years on SpaceX and programs with themThe IRS/Congress - the EV tax credit for $7,500 single handedly pushed Tesla from losing money in 2020 to making money (they effectively got $1.6bn from the US government in 2020), and showing its first profit, which sparked the memefest during COVID and made Musk the richest man on earth - Musk then went on and called for an end to the tax credit since his “competitors” needed it more than Tesla. Tesla made ~$11bn from tax credits aloneThe DoD - started paying SpaceX in 2003 for concept work - and even when the rockets didn't work, the DoD and NASA awarded the company massive contracts anywayJeff Bezos said in 2016 that, “Elon's real superpower is getting government money.”FOMOSpaceX LOSES MONEY - it does not make moneyIf it were a satellite internet company - and NOT THE FIRST - the first was HughesNet in 1996, and Viasat offered it in 2012 - it would make money ($1.2m in income!)Instead, investors are valuing SpaceX as THE LARGEST IPO IN THE HISTORY OF EVER despite the fact that they are burning money on AI, and arguably the worst AIIncluding spending the most on R&D, marketing, and acquisition of Cursor to make up for the fact that Grok suckedIn exchange for FOMO, investors have ENTIRELY GIVEN UP THEIR RIGHTSIt is 100% a private companyTornettaIf Tornetta hadn't sued for Musk's pay, would SpaceX be structured this way?The banks underwriting the dealWho AGREED TO BUY GROK as a term of getting the underwriting, because everyone bends the knee to moneyThe boardI guess

पश्चिम बंगाल सरकार ने अवैध बांग्लादेशी घुसपैठियों को लेकर बड़ा निर्देश जारी किया, ट्विशा शर्मा केस में समर्थ सिंह ने सरेंडर किया और BCI ने उनकी वकालत पर रोक लगा दी, AAP विधायक संजीव झा भूख हड़ताल पर बैठे, NEET 2026 पेपर लीक मामले में CBI ने महिला आरोपी को गिरफ्तार किया, देशभर में हीटवेव का कहर जारी, WHO ने कांगो में इबोला खतरे को बेहद गंभीर बताया, यूरोप में ऊर्जा संकट लंबे समय तक बने रहने की आशंका, पाकिस्तान सेना प्रमुख आसिम मुनीर ईरान दौरे पर पहुंचे, विजय शंकर ने क्रिकेट से संन्यास लिया और IPL में SRH vs RCB मुकाबला जारी है. सिर्फ 5 मिनट में सुनिए रात 9 बजे तक की बड़ी ख़बरें.

In this episode of Diving Into Diets on Bovine Science with BCI, Dr. Brad White and Dr. Todd Gunderson discuss a 2026 study on the high prevalence of bovine leukemia virus in cow-calf operations, implications for cow reproduction, culling, and calf weight. The conversation concludes there is not a great association between culling risk and pregnancy status associated with the ELISA test. Read the article here

En esta nueva edición de Invertir con Visión, el equipo de BICE Inversiones analiza la temporada de resultados del primer trimestre de 2026 y las perspectivas para el mercado accionario chileno.El capítulo aborda el crecimiento esperado en EBITDA y utilidades de las empresas del IPSA, el impacto de SQM en los resultados agregados, el posible ajuste al alza en las expectativas de utilidades para 2026 y los cambios realizados en las carteras recomendadas para mayo, incluyendo la reincorporación de BCI y la incorporación de Enel Américas.Conoce el análisis completo y los principales factores que podrían marcar el desempeño del mercado local en los próximos meses.

En esta nueva edición de Invertir con Visión, el equipo de BICE Inversiones analiza la temporada de resultados del primer trimestre de 2026 y las perspectivas para el mercado accionario chileno.El capítulo aborda el crecimiento esperado en EBITDA y utilidades de las empresas del IPSA, el impacto de SQM en los resultados agregados, el posible ajuste al alza en las expectativas de utilidades para 2026 y los cambios realizados en las carteras recomendadas para mayo, incluyendo la reincorporación de BCI y la incorporación de Enel Américas.Conoce el análisis completo y los principales factores que podrían marcar el desempeño del mercado local en los próximos meses.

This Week In Startups is made possible by:Render - https://Render.com/TWISTNorthwest Registered Agent - https://NorthwestRegisteredAgent.com/TWISTLinkedIn Jobs - https://LinkedIn.com/TWISTToday's show:A beanie that reads your thoughts and turns them into text — no surgery required? Jason grills the Sabi co-founders on their noninvasive brain-computer interface, backed by Vinod Khosla, and calls a cap on the whole thing (until he doesn't).This episode of This Week in Startups covers a lot of ground: Jason's tactical tip of the day on making everyone the CEO of their domain, a deep dive into Sabi's thought-to-text beanie, a live demo of AI-powered podcast sidebars built by the TWiST audience, the announcement of a new $5K bounty for an annotation tool, and Jason's big five wellness framework.Guests:Sabi: Website, Wired articleCo-founder and CEO Rahul Chhabra: LinkedIn, XCompanies and people discussed:Matt Coffin, founder of LowerMyBills.comVinod Khosla, founder of Khosla VenturesNeuralink, a leading BCI companyElevenLabs, a leading voice AI startupCalm, the popular meditation appTimestamps:0:00 Intro & tactical tip: Make everyone the CEO of their domain1:49 Matt Coffin's "CEO of X" management philosophy3:04 Community ownership: Deputizing Ricky, Lawn, Bianca, Maddie, Kabir4:02 Building the Noti Gang: X group chats and community flywheels5:08 Founder takeaways: Activate your top 1%, make someone the CEO of it6:18 The streamer trick, parasocial dynamics, and creator ethics7:59 Plaud: If your work depends on conversations — interviews, meetings, calls — you need a Plaud NotePin. You can check it out at https://Plaud.ai/twist and use code TWIST for 10% off!9:34 Guest intro: Rahul Chhabra of Sabi10:01 What is Sabi? Noninvasive BCI in a beanie with 100,000 sensors10:13 LinkedIn Jobs - Hire right, the first time. Post your first job and get $100 off towards your job post at https://LinkedIn.com/TWIST11:02 How it works: From fMRI to EEG, from hospital to hat13:46 The brain foundation model and thought-to-text decoding15:55 Vetting the founders: BITS Pilani, Stanford, athlete fatigue AI17:22 Vinod Khosla's investment thesis: BCI must be noninvasive19:30 Jason's challenge: Say "Calacanis," or it doesn't count20:11 Northwest Registered Agent: Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at https://northwestregisteredagent.com/twist21:30 Sabi.com: Reserve your device, release by end of 202622:26 Privacy concerns: Does the beanie read everything?25:41 Bounty #1: AI live sidebar contest — demos from the TWiST audience27:04 Oliver's breakdown: What's easy vs. hard about live AI commentary28:40 Demo #1: Armchair (by Mark Colebrook) — fact-checker + troll personas, live30:59 Render: Find out why 5 million developers are already using the all-in-one cloud platform, Render. Go to https://render.com/twist and apply for the Render Startup Program to get $500-$100,000 in free credits, depending on your stage and backers.35:30 Live political violence test: The sidebar in real time on the WHCD shooting38:45 Demo #2: Pod Commentators / SideCast — browser-based, Gemini-powered40:35 Jason's revised Bounty #1 spec: Fact-checker + cynic, public stream or Zoom42:41 Timeline: check-ins May 1, May 8; final winner May 1544:51 Demo #3: BMD Pat (by Patrick Hughes) — instant URL, all-snarky personas46:52 Bounty #2 announced: Annotated.com — a fair-use multimedia annotation tool49:31 Annotated: the delicious.com of media commentary51:11 Contest rules: Jason owns the domain, winner gets $5K + potential ongoing work53:13 Wrap-up: Bounty 1 = AI sidebar, Bounty 2 = AnnotatedSubscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanis

In this episode, we focus on China's rapidly evolving role in BCI development with guest Phoenix Peng, CEO and founder of Gestala, from Chinese communist government policy and healthcare integration to questions around data privacy, ethics, and large-scale deployment of BCI technology in schools, hospitals, and industry. We also explore how China's regulatory environment is shaping innovation, what's currently possible in clinical and consumer settings, and where the line sits between advancement, safety, and oversight in one of the most closely watched tech frontiers in the world. Join us as we get rebelliously curious. Follow Chrissy Newton: Winner of the Canadian Podcast Awards for Best Science Series. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM32gjHqMnYl_MOHZetC8Eg  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingchrissynewton/  X: https://twitter.com/chrissynewton?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingChrissyNewton  Chrissy Newton's Website: https://chrissynewton.com Top Canadian Science Podcast: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/canadian_science_podcasts/   

Latin America is the third-largest fintech and payments market in the world — bigger than India, behind only the US and China. Gastón Irigoyen is Co-Founder and CEO of Pomelo, the fintech infrastructure company powering card issuing and processing for banks, fintechs, and global enterprises across eight markets including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Panama. Pomelo is backed by Index Ventures, Insight Partners, Kaszek, Monashees, and most recently Adams Street Partners in their first-ever Latin American investment.In this episode of The J Curve, Gastón unpacks the contrarian playbook behind Pomelo: why the team went regional from day zero on a $10M seed round instead of nailing one market first, how they built a "plug and play" hiring engine that's stayed at 90%+ since founding, why they tripled revenue without adding headcount, and what it actually takes to win enterprise customers like BBVA, Santander, Bci, Bancolombia, Binance, and Bybit when nobody trusts an infrastructure startup. He also shares the Series B-to-Series C lessons most founders never document — including the end-of-year memo that turned rejections into investor trust — and his framework for the AI transformation a five-year-old company is now being forced to run.This is a masterclass on regional-by-design strategy, B2B fintech go-to-market, founder-led fundraising in down markets, and building world-class companies from Latin America for the world.Subscribe to The J Curve Insider newsletter for deeper insights and follow Olga on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Crystal Clear opens the episode by contributing a brand-new condition to the diagnostic literature: Delusional Debunking Disorder, or DDD. The case study is Mick West, who has spent twenty years insisting Morgellons fibers are lint and Havana Syndrome is crickets. Crystal pivots to chat about Chen Tianqiao, Shanda Group founder and CCP member, who quietly bought roughly 200,000 acres in Klamath and Deschutes counties through a shell company called Whitefish Forest Resources in February 2015h. Second-largest foreign land purchase in American history. The data point that refuses to sit down: Google Trends shows Oregon Morgellons searches at zero the week of the transaction. Five weeks later, March 29, 2015, the spike hits one hundred. Lagged correlation coefficient 0.92. Top two Oregon metros for Morgellons search interest that year: Bend in Deschutes County, and Medford-Klamath Falls. Whatever drove the search spike was not news. It was something people were feeling in their bodies.Crystal traces what Chen did next. One billion dollars committed to neuroscience. The Tianqiao Chen Institute for Neuroscience at Caltech, $115 million. A Fudan University partnership in Shanghai. And NeuroXess, his implantable BCI company, whose chief scientist Tiger Tao specializes in silktrodes. January 2026: NeuroXess breaks ground on a super factory in Nanshang. March 2026: China issues the world's first commercial approval for an invasive BCI device. Enter billionaire number two. Joe Tsai, Alibaba co-founder, funder of the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford, the Wu Tsai Institute at Yale, and a $220 million Human Performance Alliance that includes the University of Oregon. Then the digital twin layer. Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO and Oregon State alum, donated fifty million dollars for an NVIDIA supercomputer at OSU Corvallis built for “complex twin simulations.” Ninety minutes from Eugene, the number five Morgellons search metro in America. Oklahoma State launched its Digital Human Twin Consortium in January 2025, also NVIDIA-powered, and happens to sit on Dr. Randy Wymore's twenty-year Morgellons patient registry, possibly twelve thousand families, the largest biological data repository on the condition anywhere. They still ignore Crystal's open records requests. The sensor layer is Profusa, DARPA and Shanghai-funded, CEO Ben Hwang, manufacturer of injectable hydrogel biosensors. They just partnered with NVIDIA to build the AI portal reading the data. Sensors in, data out, twin built. The deepest cut is the 2001 material. Weinong Fu, computational electromagnetics specialist at Ansoft in Pittsburgh, the company whose software gets implantable devices through FDA approval, posted a web page from his corporate email in May 2001 collecting Morgellons symptom reports from Americans. His wife Li Honglui was simultaneously co-funding a Fudan University paper documenting an unidentified organism producing “creeping eruptions, migratory pain, and neurofilament damage.” American arm, Chinese arm, Pittsburgh modeling layer.The episode closes on the new Morgellons metagenomics preprint that landed on bioRxiv in April 2026, the first substantial research since Middelveen 2018. Crystal notes the venue: bioRxiv runs on Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, home of the Eugenics Record Office until Carnegie pulled funding, and has been bankrolled since 2017 by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The paper itself gets its full deep-dive on Jeremy Murphree's Morgellons Discussion podcast. Check it out!A 0.92 correlation does not care about anyone's opinion. A 2001 paper does not retroactively become a coincidence because it is inconvenient. And nobody buys 200,000 acres in the highest-Morgellons-search state while building a silk fiber brain implant factory unless those two investments are chapters in the same business plan.

A grounded discussion on how brain–computer interfaces are moving from research into real clinical use, with a focus on restoring communication and autonomy for ALS patients. Kurt Hagstrom explains the technical constraints, regulatory realities, and why simplicity, scalability, and long-term reliability matter more than hype. SPONSORS: ElevenLabs: Thanks to ElevenLabs (⁠https://elevenlabs.io⁠) for supporting this episode and powering Tim's voice. Synchron: Our sponsor Synchron has received permission to start their third clinical trial on the BCI investigational medical device that received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation in 2020. You or a loved one may be eligible to participate. The Synchron BCI is a fully implanted system designed to allow users to control digital devices using their thoughts. No eye trackers, voice commands or hand movements are required. Since 2018, they have completed 2 clinical trials that met their respective safety goals. This new INTENT trial will further evaluate safety while also exploring how it may support communication, connection, independence, and quality of life.  To find out more about the INTENT clinical trial and learn about the Synchron BCI device visit SynchronBCI.com. SOCIAL: Website: ⁠https://nlupod.com/⁠ X: ⁠https://x.com/nlutimgreen⁠ Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NLUpod⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/nlupod⁠ PERSONAL: Tackle ALS: ⁠https://www.tackleals.com⁠ Tim Green Books: ⁠https://authortimgreen.com⁠ Tim's New Book - ROCKET ARM: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062796895/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an era of rapid technological change and evolving social dynamics, how can university courses prepare students for the ethical and practical challenges of the professional world? What does it mean to "practice" inclusion and care within a classroom setting? These are the central questions explored by Claudia Padovani (University of Padova) and Silvia Kober (University of Graz), winners of the 2025 Arqus Teaching Excellence Award.As traditional teaching models are challenged, educators must find new ways to engage diverse student bodies through interdisciplinarity, gamification, and hands-on collaboration. This discussion delves into the complexities of "good teaching," emphasizing the importance of valuing student voices and creating meaningful connections between the classroom and global professional networks.For the 47th episode of the Arqus podcast, "How can we bridge the gap between academic theory and real-world practice?", Professor Padovani and Senior Scientist Kober share their unique experiences in transforming the learning environment. They offer a deep dive into how interactive labs and gender-sensitive research can empower students to become active participants in both their education and society.-------Learn more about themClaudia Padovani: Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Padova, Claudia Padovani, her work on the global governance of communication focuses on bridging the gap between media policy and social justice, with a particular emphasis on gender equality and communication rights. Beyond her academic research, she serves as the Director of the Elena Cornaro Center for Gender Studies and is the reference person for the Scholars at Risk network at her university. Nationally and internationally, she co-chairs key working groups within IAMCR and the UNESCO UniTWIN Network, where she is currently exploring the intersections of Gender Justice, AI, and Digital Governance.Silvia Kober Senior Scientist at the University of Graz, Silvia Kober specializes in Neuropsychology and Human-Computer Interaction. With a background as a clinical, health, and emergency psychologist, she heads the neuroscience laboratory "PsyLab," where she employs advanced neuroscientific methods like EEG and fMRI. Her research and teaching are dedicated to the development of innovative technological tools for neuropsychological rehabilitation, including virtual reality and brain-computer interfaces (BCI). Known for her "playful" and hands-on pedagogical approach—including the use of "exit-the-lab" games—she strives to provide students with both the practical skills and the critical perspective necessary to navigate the future of neurotechnology.

Can we control a virtual body as naturally as our own—using only brain activity? This question, inspired by the iconic series Sword Art Online, was set by Taiga Seri, a PhD researcher at Keio University. Answering this question led Taiga to the nomination for the International BCI Award, bringing all of us one step closer to a future once imagined in science fiction.

Today, we're diving into one of the most fascinating and rapidly evolving frontiers: brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, but from a European perspective. Joining us is Dr. Martin Schüttler, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at CorTec, the first German company at the forefront of neural interface innovation. From restoring lost function to potentially redefining how we interact with machines—and even our own biology—BCIs are no longer science fiction. In this conversation, we'll explore Martin's journey into the BCI community, what sets Germany's approach apart on the global stage, and how neural technology could intersect with the complex human nervous system. We'll also tackle big-picture questions around privacy, policy, and power: Who owns brain data? Can global standards keep up with innovation? And what happens when this technology moves beyond the lab and into everyday life? Join us as we get rebelliously curious. Follow Chrissy Newton: Winner of the Canadian Podcast Awards for Best Science Series. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM32gjHqMnYl_MOHZetC8Eg  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beingchrissynewton/  X: https://twitter.com/chrissynewton?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeingChrissyNewton  Chrissy Newton's Website: https://chrissynewton.com Top Canadian Science Podcast: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/canadian_science_podcasts/     

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Biohacks and brain implants are coming fast. From memory upgrades to neural meshes, how will implant culture reshape identity, economics, and civilization itself?Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurWatch my exclusive video Lazarus Protocols: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-lazarus-protocols-reviving-civilizations-after-extinctionCheck out Tech Alter: https://nebula.tv/techaltar?ref=isaacarthurand Day Pass: https://nebula.tv/daypass?ref=isaacarthur

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) have been allowing humans to control objects with their minds for nearly half a century. But in recent years, thanks partly to advances in AI, the technology has evolved dramatically; wearable and implantable devices are now being used to restore speech and movement to stroke survivors, alleviate depression and treat pain. While companies like Elon Musk's Neuralink grab headlines, a somewhat quieter revolution is happening in Canada, where researchers are using BCI to help a historically underserved population: disabled children. In this episode, we explore BCI's potential to transform medicine, the knotty ethical questions at its core and how the tech might just bring us closer together. Featured in this episode: Dr. Adam Kirton is a professor of pediatrics, radiology and clinical neurosciences at the University of Calgary, where he's also the director of the BCI4Kids program. He is also the director of the Calgary Pediatric Stroke Program and is a practicing pediatric neurologist at the Alberta Children's Hospital. He co-founded, and is the CMO, of Possibility Neurotechnologies Anne Vanhoestenberghe is a professor of active implantable medical devices at King's College London and director of MAISi, a facility for the manufacture of active implants and surgical instruments, housed at St. Thomas' Hospital in London, England. Dion Kelly is a clinical neuroscientist and the co-founder and CEO of Possibility Technologies. Dion and Adam launched the company in 2022 to commercialize their brain-controlled technology, which transforms thoughts into actions.  Stephanie Sonnenberg and her daughter, Claire, live outside of Calgary, Alberta. Claire was one of the first users of Possibility Technologies' BCI device, Think2Switch. Further reading: The past, present and future of brain-computer interfaces We've been connecting brains to computers longer than you'd expect. These three companies are leading the way Adam Kirton's Lindenlauer lecture, Columbia University, November, 2024 Altman's Merge raises $252 million to link brains and computers What it's like to have a brain implant for five years Solve for X is brought to you by MaRS, North America's largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity. MaRS supports startups and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges. For more information, visit marsdd.com.

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Send me a DM here (it doesn't let me respond), OR email me: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.comToday I'm honored to have back on the show once again, MK ULTRA, satanic ritual abuse, and organized abuse survivor, overcomer and whistleblower, targeted individual, writer and author of the book “Our Life Beyond MK ULTRA: Then and Now", and a hero who has spent years blinding the darkness with her light, Elisa E!A little bit about Elisa if you missed her other episodes or are new here, and a sneak peek of what you can expect to hear about on today's podcast: Born into a multi-generational, incest-based military family in the mid-20th century, Elisa was ensnared from infancy in the shadowy web of MK ULTRA trauma-based mind control programs. Through her father's military connections - tied to branches like the Office of Naval Intelligence - she was subjected to extreme, systematic abuse starting as a small child. Her programming fractured her psyche into dissociative identities, conditioning her to serve as both a sex slave and a highly trained assassin deployed on covert kill missions for high-level handlers and networks advancing hidden agendas.The horrors she endured were not confined to isolated incidents but spanned decades: ritualistic torture on military bases, repeated sexual and physical violations, forced witnessing of atrocities, and reinforcement through holidays, birthdays, and ongoing "on-task" operations. Even into adulthood, the control persisted - through remote technologies, directed energy weapons, frequency-based targeting, and what she describes as evolving electronic mind control. What began in the 1960s with classic MK ULTRA methods (drugs, hypnosis, electroshock, and occult elements) slid into more advanced eras: remote altar switching in the 1970s–80s, cloning technologies, brain-computer interfaces (BCI), AI-driven algorithms, and biohacking via DNA signatures. Elisa's testimony bridges these eras, exposing how MK Ultra never truly ended but was rebranded, upgraded, and scaled - now affecting targeted individuals globally through corporatized military-intelligence operations. On Elisa's last couple episodes, we dove deep into her testimony - outlining her family's history and ties to MK ULTRA, her experiences in the programs, and the evolution of MK ULTRA across generations and during the lifespan of a victim and survivor going from being a lab experiment to a targeted individual. Today, Elisa will be expanding on this conversation of EMK ULTRA - discussing more about things like nanotech, AI, digital superintelligence and so much more. You won't want to miss a moment of this episode! ELISA E'S PLAYLIST ON 'THE IMAGINATION':https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoojlrL9wVRNOzLMhbI4T92EItNWQJGhgCONNECT WITH ELISA:Purchase her book: https://logosophiabooks.com/book/our-life-beyond-mkultra-then-and-now/CONNECT WITH EMMA:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@imaginationpodcastofficialEMAIL: imagineabetterworld2020@gmail.com OR standbysurvivors@protonmail.comMy Substack: https://emmakatherine.substack.com/BUY ME A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theimaginationVENMO: @emmapreneurCASHAPP: $EmmaKatherine1204All links: https://direct.me/theimaginationpodcastSupport the show

1. China grants market approval for invasive BCI product 2. China's university launches new school to cultivate space exploration professionals 3. Chinese team sets new record for 3D printing speed 4. China Theatre Association vows greater support for rare opera genres

當大眾還在討論 SpaceX 的火箭發射，專業投資人已在佈局「後 ISS 時代」的剛需。2030 年國際太空站（ISS）即將退休，這產生的權力真空與萬億商機，誰能接手？本集邀請 Outliers Fund 創辦人侯海琦 (Poseidon Ho)，深入解析兩大太空新創：挑戰貝佐斯的商業太空站 Vast Space，以及解決 AI 時代白金短缺的 AstroForge。透過數據監控 NASA 訂單，揭開「SpaceX Mafia」如何重塑半導體與能源供應鏈。太空不再是科幻，而是現在進行式的 AI 資料中心。 【聽完這集你會知道】 03:18｜Vast Space 的致勝點： 為何這間最晚成立的新創，能擊敗 Blue Origin 拿到 NASA CLD Phase 2 合約？ 18:00｜AstroForge 的隕石探勘商業模式： AstroForge 如何利用雷射技術提煉 PGM（白金族金屬），並透過 Falcon 9 「二房東模式」在未獲礦產前即實現損益兩平。 37:06｜Paradromics 可望挑戰 Neuralink 的關鍵： Paradromics 致力於實現「腦機數據萃取」 ，讓人體神經網路與數位世界無縫接軌。從創投觀點來看，為什麼現在正是投資腦機介面（BCI）的最好時機？ 41:50｜從台大資管大四赴 MIT Media Lab 訪問研究的一年「誤打誤撞」開啟創投生涯，到精準佈局區塊鏈、太空科技與 AI 賽道。擺脫傳統科技人的成長框架，Poseidon 證明了透過自主研發的軟體工具監控政府合約與人才流向，學生也能在矽谷頂級投資圈中佔有一席之地。 【本集金句】 「太空產業不只是情懷，它是 NASA 2030 年 ISS 退休剛需下的萬億商機，更是 AI 與電動車供應鏈的最後一塊拼圖。」 #SpaceX #NASA_CLD #VastSpace #AstroForge #太空產業 主持人：天下雜誌總主筆 陳良榕 來賓：Outliers fund 創辦人 侯海琦（Poseidon Ho） ＊到官網看最新文章，立即訂閱： https://bit.ly/3TuL8eb ＊意見信箱：bill@cw.com.tw -- Hosting provided by SoundOn

Evan Greenfield is Managing Director and Head of ESG for the Private Equity division at BCI. He recently published a paper with Stanford called "ESG Value Creation in Private Equity: From Rhetoric to Returns" that explains exactly how sustainability strategies produce financial returns in portfolio companies. In this episode, Evan joins Jenn to explain why ESG is good for value creation, and why speaking the language of finance matters more than ESG jargon.Useful Links:Follow Evan on LinkedIn hereFind out more about BCI hereRead Evan's book recommendation: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarlClick here for the episode web page. This episode is also available on YouTube.For more insights straight to your inbox subscribe to the Future in Sight newsletter, and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram This podcast is brought to you by Re:Co, a tech-powered advisory company helping private market investors pursue sustainability objectives and value creation in tandem. Produced by Chris AttawayArtwork by Harriet RichardsonMusic by Cody Martin

La Chine veut prendre position sur l'un des terrains technologiques les plus sensibles du XXIe siècle : les interfaces cerveau-ordinateur. Pékin a officiellement classé ce domaine comme secteur stratégique national. Une feuille de route prévoit même l'émergence de deux à trois entreprises « de classe mondiale » d'ici 2030. Parmi les candidats potentiels figure NeuroXess, une start-up fondée en 2021 à Shanghai.Son approche diffère de celle de son concurrent le plus médiatisé, Neuralink, la société d'Elon Musk. Pour comprendre l'enjeu, il faut rappeler ce qu'est une interface cerveau-ordinateur, ou BCI pour Brain-Computer Interface : il s'agit d'un dispositif capable de capter l'activité électrique du cerveau et de la traduire en commandes numériques, par exemple pour déplacer un curseur ou contrôler un appareil. NeuroXess développe un système composé d'un maillage métallique placé à la surface du cerveau, relié à un processeur implanté dans la poitrine. Ce processeur transmet ensuite les signaux à un ordinateur externe. L'implantation en surface est considérée comme moins invasive que l'insertion d'électrodes directement dans le tissu cérébral, comme le fait Neuralink. En revanche, cette méthode capte pour l'instant des signaux moins détaillés, donc des débits de données plus limités.L'objectif premier reste médical. Ces technologies visent à aider des patients atteints de paralysie sévère ou de maladies neurodégénératives comme la sclérose latérale amyotrophique. Selon son fondateur, Tiger Tao, NeuroXess a déjà réalisé un premier test humain : un patient paralysé aurait réussi à déplacer un curseur à l'écran cinq jours seulement après l'implantation. Pendant ce temps, Neuralink mène un essai clinique international avec une vingtaine de patients pour démontrer la capacité de ses implants à transformer rapidement l'activité neuronale en actions numériques complexes.En Chine, l'écosystème s'accélère. Les levées de fonds se multiplient et une dizaine d'essais cliniques ont été lancés récemment. Le pays dispose d'un atout majeur : un vaste réservoir de patients potentiels, ce qui facilite le recrutement pour les études médicales. À plus long terme, NeuroXess ambitionne de miniaturiser davantage ses implants afin de réduire encore l'invasivité et, peut-être un jour, d'élargir les usages au-delà du cadre strictement médical. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Port Clinton, Ohio. December 2019.A 14-year-old boy leaves home on a Friday morning and walks to school like he always did. Except this day, Harley Dilly never makes it there.For weeks, the town searches. Streets, water, woods — every place a kid could disappear into.Until the answer turns up in the last place anyone could ever imagine.

Hey everybody! Episode 183 of the show is out. In this episode, I spoke with Thoryn Stephens. Thoryn is the CEO and founder of Brain.One which is doing really interesting work in human optimization. We sat down and spoke about his life, how, as a young man, he came across huachuma in Ecuador and how that had a transformative impact on him, various other plant medicines, consciousness, BCI and AI, his work as a molecular biologist, and the future of technology. It was a really interesting conversation, and I think Thoryn has a lot of wisdom and insights to share. As always, to support this podcast, get early access to shows, bonus material, and Q&As, check out my Patreon page below. Enjoy!This episode is sponsored by Real Mushrooms. As listeners, visit their website to enjoy a discount of 25% off your first order: https://www.realmushrooms.com/universeTo learn more about or contact Thoryn, visit his website at: https://brain.oneTo learn more about our work, visit our website: https://NicotianaRustica.org To view the recent documentary, Sacred Tobacco, about my work, visit: https://youtu.be/KB0JEQALI_wI will be guiding our next plant medicine dietas with my colleague Merav Artzi (who I interviewed in episode 28) in:February 2026: Sacred Valley of PeruJuly 2026: Westport, IrelandNovember 2026: Sacred Valley of PeruIf you would like more information about joining us and the work I do or about future retreats, visit my site at: https://NicotianaRustica.orgIntegration/Consultation call: https://jasongrechanik.setmore.comPatreon: https://patreon.com/UniverseWithinYouTube join & perks: https://bit.ly/YTPerksPayPal donation: https://paypal.me/jasongrechanikWebsite: https://jasongrechanik.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/JasonGrechanikFacebook: https://facebook.com/UniverseWithinPodcastMusic: Nuno Moreno: https://m.soundcloud.com/groove_a_zen_sound & Stefan Kasapovski's Santero Project: https://spoti.fi/3y5Rd4H

Liên Hiệp Châu Âu hiện là thị trường xuất khẩu lớn thứ ba và là thị trường nhập khẩu lớn thứ năm của Việt Nam. Năm 2026 được coi là “thời điểm vàng” để doanh nghiệp Việt Nam khai thác tối đa lợi thế từ Hiệp định Thương mại Tự do (EVFTA) với Liên Âu vì lộ trình cắt giảm thuế quan giữa hai bên đã tiến gần đến 100%. EU cũng không ngừng hỗ trợ Việt Nam trong chuyển đổi xanh để đáp ứng tiêu chí sản phẩm của khối 27 nước. Kể từ khi Hiệp định EVFTA có hiệu lực ngày 01/08/2020, giao thương giữa Việt Nam và Liên Hiệp Châu Âu không ngừng gia tăng. Năm 2025, tổng kim ngạch thương mại song phương đạt 73,8 tỷ đô la, trong đó Việt Nam xuất siêu khoảng 30 tỷ đô la. Theo báo Đầu tư ngày 07/01, Việt Nam là đối tác thương mại lớn nhất của Liên Âu trong khối ASEAN, đứng trong top 10 nhà cung ứng hàng hóa cho thị trường EU (Eurostat 2024). Doanh nghiệp châu Âu tin vào Việt Nam Liên Âu hiện là nhà đầu tư lớn thứ 6 của Việt Nam. Việt Nam trở thành điểm hấp dẫn trong mắt các nhà đầu tư Liên Âu. Trả lời RFI Tiếng Việt ngày 20/01/2026, đại sứ Liên Hiệp Châu Âu tại Việt Nam Julien Guerrier nhận định : “Tôi thậm chí có thể nói rằng trong một hoặc hai năm gần đây, chúng ta đã thấy sự gia tăng đáng kể về niềm tin của các nhà đầu tư châu Âu vào Việt Nam. Điều này được Phòng Thương mại Châu Âu - EuroCham tại Việt Nam đo lường hàng tháng. Mức độ tin tưởng vào đất nước gia tăng nhanh chóng. Năm 2025, tăng trưởng của Việt Nam đạt 8% và Việt Nam đặt mục tiêu tăng trưởng hai chữ số trong những năm tới. Vì vậy, đây là một quốc gia có nhiều cơ hội kinh tế, nơi có một mong muốn thực sự, một tầm nhìn để hiện đại hóa nền kinh tế Việt Nam, và là nơi đang thu hút ngày càng nhiều công ty châu Âu. Hiện tại có 1.500 công ty thành viên của EuroCham đang đầu tư mạnh vào Việt Nam. Đọc thêmHiệp định Tự do Thương mại EU-Việt Nam : Pháp-Việt được lợi gì? Cụ thể, theo Chỉ số Niềm tin Kinh doanh (BCI) quý IV năm 2025 được EuroCham thực hiện, niềm tin đã tăng 13,5 điểm so với quý trước và lên đến 80 điểm - mức cao nhất trong 7 năm gần đây. Chủ tịch EuroCham Bruno Jaspaert đánh giá trong bài nhận định đăng trên The Investor ngày 19/01 : “Đây không chỉ là một con số ấn tượng, nó còn báo hiệu một sự chuyển biến rõ ràng trong tâm lý kinh doanh châu Âu, từ sự phục hồi thận trọng sang niềm tin chiến lược… Từ 2021 đến 2025, các nhà đầu tư châu Âu đã rót hơn 28 tỷ đô la vào Việt Nam. Điều này cho thấy niềm tin dài hạn của họ và tiềm năng của đất nước”. Trước đó, tại Diễn đàn Hợp tác Kinh tế Thương mại Việt Nam - EU 2025, diễn ra ngày 17/10/2025, phó chủ tịch EuroCham Jean-Jacques Bouflet nhận định : 76% lãnh đạo doanh nghiệp châu Âu hiện nay nhìn nhận Việt Nam là điểm đến đầu tư hấp dẫn, và 80% dự báo điều kiện sẽ còn thuận lợi hơn trong 5 năm tới. Khả năng phục hồi và tư duy cải cách : Hai yếu tố củng cố niềm tin Niềm tin này được căn cứ vào hai yếu tố chủ đạo : Khả năng phục hồi đáng kể ; tư duy cải cách mạnh mẽ. Khả năng phục hồi Về yếu tố thứ nhất, Việt Nam được giới chuyên gia đánh giá là đã thể hiện được sự linh hoạt, khéo léo hóa giải các biện pháp thuế đối ứng (ban đầu lên đến 46%) của tổng thống Mỹ Donald Trump. Giám đốc nghiên cứu Benoît de Tréglodé, nhận định với RFI Tiếng Việt : “Vấn đề thuế quan (với Mỹ) đã được Việt Nam đàm phán khá khéo léo, và cuối cùng họ không bị thiệt hại quá nhiều. Còn về quan hệ song phương với Trung Quốc, quan hệ đối tác kinh tế và thương mại đã cởi mở hơn và nhiều hơn. Nhìn từ góc độ này, bối cảnh rất đặc biệt cho Việt Nam, nhưng “ngoại giao cây tre” đã chứng tỏ hiệu quả đáng kể, bởi vì Việt Nam đã phần nào vượt qua các cuộc xung đột đánh dấu năm 2025 mà không bị thiệt hại đáng kể”. Năm 2025, Việt Nam gia nhập nhóm 25 nền kinh tế có trị giá xuất nhập khẩu lớn nhất thế giới, với tổng trị giá xuất nhập khẩu đạt 920 tỷ đô la. Theo Cục Hải quan, Mỹ tiếp tục là thị trường xuất khẩu lớn nhất (152 tỷ đô la) của Việt Nam và Trung Quốc tiếp tục là thị trường cung cấp hàng hóa lớn nhất (183 tỷ đô la) cho Việt Nam. Tư duy cải cách Tư duy cải cách mạnh mẽ là yếu tố thứ hai tác động đến niềm tin của doanh nghiệp châu Âu vào Việt Nam. Ngày 16/01, hãng tin Pháp AFP nhận định “từ khi lên nắm giữ vị trí cao nhất cách đây chỉ 17 tháng, ông Tô Lâm đã tiến hành chiến dịch chống tham nhũng quyết liệt, giảm bớt thủ tục hành chính và thúc đẩy đầu tư vào các công trình cơ sở hạ tầng” : từ 30 bộ và cơ quan chính phủ giảm xuống còn 22, giảm gần 150.000 công chức, khởi động nhiều dự án đầy tham vọng về đường sắt và năng lượng. Đối với nhiều nhà ngoại giao và nhà phân tích, được AFP trích dẫn ngày 16/01, “chính trị gia 68 tuổi là một chiến lược gia khôn khéo, có khả năng chấp nhận rủi ro, và những canh bạc táo bạo nhất của ông đã mang lại thành công”. Giáo sư danh dự Carl Thayer, Đại học New South Wales (Úc), “không gọi ông Tô Lâm là Trump của Việt Nam, nhưng đó là một nhà lãnh đạo tìm cách củng cố quyền lực để đưa ra những quyết định nhanh chóng và dứt khoát”. Đọc thêmEuroCham : Tinh giản hành chính nhưng cần nhanh, hiệu quả để Việt Nam tăng hấp lực Tân tổng bí thư “Tô Lâm sẽ vạch ra hướng đi cho các cải cách đã ấp ủ trong năm qua”, theo nhận định với AP của Nguyễn Khắc Giang, nghiên cứu viên thỉnh giảng tại Chương trình Nghiên cứu Việt Nam, Viện ISEAS-Yusof Ishak (Singapore) : “Tôi cho rằng các cải cách sẽ tiếp tục được đẩy nhanh sau Đại hội Đảng. Nhưng rõ ràng, sẽ có rất nhiều rào cản đối với các cải cách của ông ấy, đặc biệt là nếu nhìn vào cách thức mà các phe phái bảo thủ, nhất là quân đội, sẽ đặt ra nhất nhiều hạn chế, vì lo ngại rằng các cải cách sẽ đi quá xa, khiến Việt Nam có thể đi chệch khỏi con đường xã hội chủ nghĩa mà Đảng muốn đề ra cho đất nước”. EU sẵn sàng đồng hành trong quá trình chuyển đổi Vậy mô hình tăng trưởng mới gồm những điểm gì ? Đó là tái cấu trúc nền kinh tế, đặt mục tiêu tăng trưởng ít nhất là 10% hàng năm cho đến 2030, đưa thu nhập bình quân đầu người lên khoảng 8.500 USD vào năm 2030 ; tỷ trọng công nghiệp chế biến, chế tạo đạt khoảng 28% GDP; tỷ trọng kinh tế số đạt khoảng 30% GDP. Để thực hiện chiến lược này, chính phủ coi trọng ba nhóm giải pháp chính : Hoàn thiện thể chế để phát triển, xóa bỏ những điểm nghẽn, rào cản, giải phóng mọi nguồn lực (…) ; Phát triển nguồn nhân lực chất lượng cao, trình độ cao, trọng dụng nhân tài (…) ; Phát triển xây dựng kết cấu hạ tầng kinh tế - xã hội; nhất là hạ tầng giao thông chiến lược (đường sắt, cảng biển), hạ tầng công nghệ, hạ tầng năng lượng. Những hạ tầng này hết sức quan trọng để bảo đảm tăng trưởng 2 con số trở lên trong thời gian tới và mục tiêu đến năm 2045 trở thành một nước phát triển, có thu nhập cao. Đây cũng là ba trụ cột cốt lõi được chủ tịch EuroCham Bruno Jaspaert nhấn mạnh khi nói về chiến lược phát triển của Việt Nam để đạt được tham vọng này. Cụ thể, Liên Hiệp Châu Âu, cũng như các nhà đầu tư châu Âu, trông đợi gì từ Đại hội Đảng XIV ? Đại sứ EU Julien Guerrier nhận định với RFI Tiếng Việt : “Đại hội cần hướng tới việc xác định và phê duyệt các chính sách đã được hoạch định cho 5 năm tới. Việt Nam đang thực hiện quá trình đơn giản hóa hành chính ở quy mô lớn, bao gồm việc sáp nhập các tỉnh, bộ và đơn giản hóa các thủ tục, tất cả nhằm mục đích hiện đại hóa đất nước và thu hút đầu tư. Tôi nghĩ rằng điều mà chúng tôi kỳ vọng, đó là sự thành công của tất cả các cải cách này, để môi trường kinh doanh trở nên hấp dẫn hơn đối với các doanh nghiệp châu Âu tại Việt Nam và tạo điều kiện thuận lợi cho đầu tư vào các lĩnh vực như năng lượng tái tạo, công nghiệp xanh và chuyển đổi số. Đây là những ngành công nghiệp của tương lai và cũng là những lĩnh vực mà Liên Hiệp Châu Âu có lợi thế cạnh tranh và có thể cung cấp cho Việt Nam những giải pháp công nghệ cao, an toàn, bảo đảm tính tự chủ chiến lược và độc lập kinh tế của Việt Nam đối với việc phát triển trong tương lai về những lĩnh vực trọng điểm này”. Đọc thêmEU-Việt Nam vượt bão thuế quan Mỹ qua Hiệp định Thương mại Tự do EVFTA ? Một khung pháp lý minh bạch, ổn định và nhất quán chính là nền tảng để xây dựng một nền kinh tế có thể tiến xa và tăng trưởng bền vững, để thuyết phục được các nhà đầu tư tự tin đặt những “viên gạch” dài hạn. Điểm này đã trở thành điều kiện tiên quyết trong bối cảnh cạnh tranh ngày càng gay gắt để thu hút đầu tư trực tiếp nước ngoài (FDI) chất lượng cao. Chủ tịch EuroCham cho rằng “nếu làm tốt, Việt Nam hoàn toàn có thể thu hút thêm nhiều dòng vốn châu Âu vào các lĩnh vực giá trị gia tăng cao như công nghệ, năng lượng tái tạo, sản xuất xanh và dịch vụ hiện đại”. Để hỗ trợ chuyển đối số, chuyển đổi xanh được chính phủ Việt Nam khẳng định “là hai yếu tố căn bản cấu thành một xu thế tất yếu, không thể đảo ngược”, Liên Hiệp Châu Âu và chính phủ Việt Nam đã ký Hiệp định tài trợ cho Chương trình Giáo dục nghề nghiệp Việt Nam (VETVET) với hơn 50 triệu euro. Được ký ngày 31/12/2025 - ngay trước khi khai mạc Đại hội Đảng XIV, Hiệp định có hiệu lực đến năm 2030, trùng với kế hoạch 5 năm 2026-2030. Đại sứ Julien Guerrier đánh giá Chương trình VETVET cũng sẽ giúp Việt Nam tăng sức hấp dẫn cũng như đáp ứng nhu cầu nhân lực của các nhà đầu tư, đặc biệt là các nhà đầu tư châu Âu, vào Việt Nam.

Sats Terminal is the first native Bitcoin super app, bringing together Bitcoin loans, yield, and trading in a single interface and developer SDK. Sats Terminal is backed by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), Coinbase Ventures, and Draper Associates.The founders of Sats Terminal recently joined the Bitcoin.com News Podcast to talk about the technology.Stan Havryliuk (CEO and Co-Founder) and Rishabh Java (CTO and Co-Founder) of Sats Terminal shared their journey, starting with their backgrounds in crypto and fintech. Stan had previous experience with Bitcoin.com and running a large Eastern European exchange, while Java had built and sold a fintech company, finding crypto to be a more open building environment. The inspiration for Sats Terminal stemmed from a highly problematic user experience Stan encountered while trading BRC20s, which resulted in him overpaying significantly for a single token. This incident highlighted a clear need for good, user-friendly interfaces in the growing Bitcoin DeFi market to encourage wider adoption. The two founders met online while working on a previous project and formalized their partnership after meeting in person in Buenos Aires.The company secured notable financial backing from major investors. Java's connection to Coinbase Ventures was established after winning an AI agent hackathon at their San Francisco office, which led to a successful pitch. Stan described how they were quickly accepted into the YZi Labs (aka Binance Labs) accelerator program after applying shortly before the deadline on a friend's recommendation, benefiting from a good product growth trajectory at the time. They also received early backing from the Draper family of VCs, including Draper Associates, Draper Dragon, and Boost VC. Stan's key advice for aspiring startups seeking funding is to "just keep building" and iterating fast, emphasizing that consistency compounds into success, alongside networking and participating in hackathons.Java elaborated on the evolution of native Bitcoin assets, moving from Ordinals to BRC20s and then to the improved Runes standard. He reported that Sats Terminal has already captured approximately 70% of the market share for trading Runes, showcasing their success in the ecosystem. They also acknowledged that the Bitcoin ecosystem's complexity, due to the lack of a central authority, means the market will ultimately decide which token standard becomes the long-term winner.The core of Sats Terminal's vision is encapsulated in their motto: "never sell your Bitcoin," but instead to make it work through products like trading, earning, and borrowing. Stan highlighted their belief that Bitcoin is the "only pristine collateral for loans," and their products are laying the groundwork for Bitcoin's transition from "digital gold" to a "productive asset." Java detailed their Borrow product as a self-custody, trust-minimized cross-chain loan solution where users can collateralize their Bitcoin for a loan without KYC. Stan announced that the first version of the Earn product, designed to simplify DeFi complexity for end-users, is being finalized and expected to go live in the next few weeks.Stan Havryliuk, CEO and Co-Founder of Sats Terminal, early Bitcoin investor and Web3 veteran with over eight years of experience scaling crypto businesses worldwide. Ex-Bitcoin.com and zondacrypto.com (BitBay.com).Rishabh Java, CTO and Co-Founder of Sats Terminal, serial entrepreneur, inventor, and Bitcoin builder with a proven track record of creating great technologies. Winner of 50 international hackathons, awarded by Steve Wozniak at 15 for BCI tech and exited Web2 startup at 21.To learn more about the project visit the website, and follow the team on X.

The market is mispricing the human brain. Some Investors view Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) and other neurotech as the next iteration of the medical device, a slightly better stent or a more advanced catheter. This is a category error. As Matt Angle (Paradromics) and Connor Glass (Phantom Neuro) articulate its not a product, its the next modem.The parallel is the internet in 1993. We are moving from a low-bandwidth, text-based era of biology into a streaming, high-fidelity era. This shift requires a convergence of disciplines, Material science, analog engineering, and machine learning, mirroring the semiconductor boom of the 1960s. Austin, with its unique trinity of industrial scale, software speed, and risk-tolerance, has emerged as the global command center for this revolutionThe Agenda:0:00 - Intro 02:48 - Electrical Input and Output of the Body 08:13 - Navigating the Valley of Death via DARPA 16:54 - Moral Hazard of Regulatory Caution 23:45 - BCI as the Next Internet 37:51 - Capital Stack and the Platform Shift 50:31 - Declaring Austin the Global Neurotech Capital 55:23 - Convergence of Semiconductor DisciplinesGuest LinksMatt Angle: LinkedIn, Paradromics (Website, X, LinkedIn)Connor Glass: LinkedIn, Phantom Neuro (Website, X, LinkedIn) -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedInEcosystem Metacognition Substack

Professor Masayuki Hirata, founder of JiMED and neurosurgeon at Osaka University, explores how brain-computer interfaces are revolutionizing healthcare for people with disability. From helping ALS patients communicate to controlling avatars and restoring motor function, discover the technology uncoding brain signals.

¿Es posible que alguien controle tus pensamientos a distancia? En este episodio de [Nombre del Podcast], exploramos el fascinante y perturbador mundo del control mental hoy en día. Desde los oscuros experimentos de la CIA con el programa MKUltra en la Guerra Fría —donde se usaron LSD, hipnosis y torturas psicológicas en sujetos sin consentimiento— hasta las tecnologías actuales que prometen (o amenazan) leer y manipular la mente humana.Hablaremos de las interfaces cerebro-computadora (BCI) como Neuralink de Elon Musk, que ya permiten a personas paralizadas controlar dispositivos con el pensamiento, pero que también plantean riesgos éticos: ¿podrían usarse para influir en emociones, decisiones o incluso implantar ideas? Analizaremos el misterioso "Síndrome de La Habana", los debates sobre "neuroweapons" y las regulaciones emergentes en países como Chile para proteger la "privacidad mental".Además, profundizaremos en las voces de los autodenominados "Targeted Individuals", personas que aseguran ser víctimas de acoso electrónico, voces transmitidas directamente al cráneo (V2K) y manipulación remota por gobiernos o agencias secretas. ¿Son delirios colectivos, avances tecnológicos encubiertos o una mezcla de ambos?Únete a nosotros en este viaje al límite entre la ciencia, la conspiración y la realidad. ¿Estamos al borde de una nueva era de control mental, o es solo el eco de viejos miedos? Escúchalo y decide tú mismo. ¡Suscríbete y activa la campanita para no perderte este episodio que te dejará pensando... quizás demasiado!

Gbrain is an Incehon, Seoul company developing a BCI that is minimally invasive and can counter the symptoms of Parkinson's with brain stimulation. Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!

Five sci-fi technologies becoming real today, from BCIs to space elevators.Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurCheck out Joe Scott's Oldest & Newest: https://nebula.tv/videos/joescott-oldest-and-newest-places-on-earthWatch my exclusive video Chronoengineering: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-chronoengineering-manipulating-time-as-technologyGrab one of our new SFIA mugs and make your morning coffee a little more futuristic — available now on our Fourthwall store! https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.netJoin Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthurSupport us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthurFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content.SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become RealityWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurEditor: Donagh BroderickSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Five sci-fi technologies becoming real today, from BCIs to space elevators.Get Nebula using my link for 50% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurCheck out Joe Scott's Oldest & Newest: https://nebula.tv/videos/joescott-oldest-and-newest-places-on-earthWatch my exclusive video Chronoengineering: https://nebula.tv/videos/isaacarthur-chronoengineering-manipulating-time-as-technologyGrab one of our new SFIA mugs and make your morning coffee a little more futuristic — available now on our Fourthwall store! https://isaac-arthur-shop.fourthwall.com/Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.netJoin Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/isaacarthurSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthurSupport us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthurFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content.SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShECredits:5 Sci-Fi Fantasies That Could Soon Become RealityWritten, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac ArthurEditor: Donagh BroderickSelect imagery/video supplied by Getty ImagesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Brain-computer interfaces are moving out of the lab and into real medical use. In this episode of The Michael Shermer Show, Michael Shermer talks with Dr. Matt Angle, founder and CEO of Paradromics, a neurotechnology company developing one of the most advanced high-data-rate brain implants in the world, similar to Neuralink. These devices record activity from individual neurons, making it possible to restore speech in people with paralysis, reconnect the brain to external devices, and potentially treat chronic pain and neurological disorders with far greater precision than existing approaches. Angle explains why progress in neuroscience has been limited not by biology, but by data—how much information we can actually read from the brain, and how fast. He describes how patients who can no longer speak may soon communicate fluently using only brain signals, why invasive implants can sometimes be safer than long-term drug treatments, and what it takes to bring a brain implant through FDA approval and into the clinic. The conversation also touches on the larger questions raised by this technology, including autonomy, consciousness, and what happens when the boundary between brain and machine begins to blur. Matt Angle is the Founder and CEO of Paradromics, a neurotechnology leader developing the world's most advanced and clinically viable brain-computer interface (BCI) platform—bridging human thought and digital capability. Paradromics' BCI platform records brain activity with unmatched precision, capturing data at the level of individual neurons. This advanced technology enables the decoding of vast amounts of brain data, opening the door to next-generation treatments for paralysis, chronic pain, addiction, mental health conditions, and more. With the power of AI, this platform has the potential to radically shift how healthcare providers approach some of the most challenging medical conditions. Angle earned his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Heidelberg, followed by postdoctoral research at Stanford University. Paradromics engineered its first clinical product, the Connexus® BCI, received two FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, and performed the first-in-human neural recording in May 2025. The company is now preparing to launch a clinical trial in early 2026, pending regulatory approval.

I'm about to make life coaches mad at me. Smart goals? I think they're stupid. And I've tried them. Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound. Sounds great on paper. But two of those letters are killing your dreams before you even start. If you know you can achieve it, your goal is too small. If it feels realistic, you're not thinking big enough. I break down why big ass goals beat smart goals every time and why science backs up going bigger than you think possible. Featured Story I used to be just like everyone else. Read all the books. Watched all the videos. Tried every framework and acronym some guy like me made up. Smart goals included. I dove right in because I'm that person. You tell me to do it, I'll go do it. But something didn't add up. When I weighed myself every morning (before the BCI—body crap index), I could measure progress. But the goals that actually changed my life? They were never realistic or achievable when I started. This podcast wasn't realistic 20 years ago. I couldn't even see what it would become. The goals that fire you up make everyone around you wonder what you're thinking. Plot twist: You're wondering the same thing. Important Points You're hardwired for goal setting—your eyes triangulate targets with every step you take, making you a natural goal-setting machine. If you know you can achieve a goal, it's not really a goal—it's a to-do item, and your dreams deserve bigger than that. Your mind achieves goals the moment you set them, which is why they get hard to finish—you've already arrived in your head. Memorable Quotes "If you know you can do it, that's not really a goal. That's a to-do thing, right?" "The best goals in the world, the ones that really fire you up, everybody around you is like, what are you thinking, right?" "Big ass goals need to be a little bigger than you." Scott's Three-Step Approach Make it specific and measurable—if you can't see it clearly and track progress, you're setting yourself up to drift. Ditch achievable and realistic—the person you need to be to reach your goal doesn't exist yet, so stop playing small. Go big enough that you can't not do it—when a goal excites you so much you'll figure it out no matter what, you've found the sweet spot. Chapter Notes 0:03 - Why smart goals make life coaches unhappy 2:10 - Big ass goals beat smart goals every time 4:31 - Breaking down the SMART framework honestly 6:14 - If you know you'll achieve it, it's too small 7:25 - Realistic goals won't transform your life 8:08 - Your mind already sees the destination 8:59 - Go bigger than you think possible Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: @heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephen Grootes speaks to Senior Legal Counsel at the Competition Commission and co-author of the draft guidelines Simphiwe Gumede, about the Competition Commission’s draft guidelines on minority shareholder protections and their implications for merger control. In other interviews, Richard Downing, Economist compiling the BCI for SACCI discusses the sharp rise in business confidence and what it means for the real economy. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Grootes speaks to Richard Downing, Economist compiling the BCI for SACCI, about the sharp rise in business confidence and what it means for the real economy. The Money Show is a podcast hosted by well-known journalist and radio presenter, Stephen Grootes. He explores the latest economic trends, business developments, investment opportunities, and personal finance strategies. Each episode features engaging conversations with top newsmakers, industry experts, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, and politicians, offering you thought-provoking insights to navigate the ever-changing financial landscape.    Thank you for listening to a podcast from The Money Show Listen live Primedia+ weekdays from 18:00 and 20:00 (SA Time) to The Money Show with Stephen Grootes broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj and CapeTalk https://buff.ly/NnFM3Nk For more from the show, go to https://buff.ly/7QpH0jY or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/PlhvUVe Subscribe to The Money Show Daily Newsletter and the Weekly Business Wrap here https://buff.ly/v5mfetc The Money Show is brought to you by Absa     Follow us on social media   702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/CapeTalk 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702   CapeTalk on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapeTalk CapeTalk on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@capetalk CapeTalk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ CapeTalk on X: https://x.com/Radio702 CapeTalk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CapeTalk567 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Neuralink N1 chip is a brain-computer interface (BCI) device with 1,024 electrodes across 64 ultra-thin, flexible threads that are surgically implanted into the brain by a robotic system. The coin-sized implant records neural activity, processes the signals, and transmits them wirelessly via Bluetooth to a connected app, which allows users to control external devices like a computer cursor with their thoughts. It is designed to be fully implantable, hermetically sealed, and wirelessly charged. 

Imagine what it's like to lose your ability to speak. You know what you want to say, but the connection between your brain and the muscles that form words is no longer functioning. For people with conditions like ALS, or who experience a severe stroke, this is a devastating reality. Today's guest is Erin Kunz, a postdoctoral researcher in the Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory at Stanford, who is part of a global community of scientists working towards the vision of a brain–computer interface — or BCI — to bypass those broken circuits and restore the ability to speak to people with paralysis.We discuss how these BCIs work and the inspiring progress the tech has made in recent years, as well as the troubling question of whether a technology designed to decode what people intend to say from their brain activity could one day read out thoughts they never intended to communicate?Learn MoreStudy of promising speech-enabling interface offers hope for restoring communication (Stanford Medicine, 2025)For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice' May Soon Be Audible (The New York Times, 2025)These brain implants speak your mind — even when you don't want to (NPR, 2025)A mind-reading brain implant that comes with password protection(Nature, 2025)How neural prosthetics could free minds trapped by brain injury(From Our Neurons to Yours, 2024)Brain implants, software guide speech-disabled person's intended words to computer screen (Stanford Medicine, 2023)Software turns ‘mental handwriting' into on-screen words, sentences (Stanford Medicine, 2021)Send us a text!Thanks for listening! If you're enjoying our show, please take a moment to give us a review on your podcast app of choice and share this episode with your friends. That's how we grow as a show and bring the stories of the frontiers of neuroscience to a wider audience. We want to hear from your neurons! Email us at at neuronspodcast@stanford.edu Learn more about the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute at Stanford and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

On today’s program, we speak with the executive editor of the Boston Business Journal about this weeks business headlines, including Tom Brady‘s cloned a dog. We also talk with a top executive with Evolv Technology in Waltham about efforts to curb gun violence. The latest BCI or business confidence index has been released by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and the news is not good. We also explore the business of tourism with a top executive from Meet Boston. And finally it’s time to start talking about Christmas and Snowport in the Seaport.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen Ryu, a neurosurgeon and key figure in the Stanford Neuroprosthetics Lab joins Tjaša Zajc on Faces of Digital Health to demystify brain–computer interfaces (BCIs): how they work, why invasive systems outperform non-invasive ones, realistic use cases (motor control and speech), timelines and durability, safety and MRI trade-offs, cybersecurity, business models, and what Paradromics is building as a high-bandwidth BCI platform. Throughout, Stephen separates science fact from sci-fi, stressing near-term potential to restore communication and movement for people living with paralysis, while noting earlier-stage areas like mental health and pain. What we cover: - Invasive vs. non-invasive BCIs, and why electrode proximity to neurons matters for performance - Decoding motor intent and speech: training, language considerations, and LLM-enabled synthesis - Safety, surgery, and durability (why 10-year implant lifespans are a meaningful target) - MRI/CT compatibility trade-offs (and parallels to pacemakers/DBS) - Cybersecurity realities (what BCIs can not do today) - Business models, regulation, and reimbursement paths for medical-grade BCIs - Paradromics' differentiation: a high-bandwidth platform designed to scale across use cases - Future indications: pain, sensory restoration; earlier stage: mental health biomarkers - The human impact: restoring connection for people who can't move or speak Chapters: 01:37 How BCIs work; signals, decoding, invasive vs. non-invasive 07:13 Surgery basics, risks, and why proximity boosts performance 09:36 Decoding speech & language considerations 13:31 What's most advanced today: motor + speech 14:58 Mental health: biomarkers and why it's early 17:48 Longevity, MRI/CT limits, realistic replacement intervals 21:16 Patient perception: fear, performance, and value vs. alternatives 25:04 Paradromics' platform & high-bandwidth approach 29:22 Platform use cases by brain area (motor, auditory, etc.) 31:18 Cybersecurity: risks today vs. sci-fi 32:35 Business models, regulation, and access 36:42 Trials landscape; Paradromics' timeline 37:53 Biggest concerns: hype vs. reality 39:50 Three things everyone should know about BCIs 42:10 Potential in pain management 44:41 Role of AI/ML in decoding and assistive apps 46:36 Final thoughts www.facesofdigitalhealth.com Newsletter: https://fodh.substack.com/

Science has learned much about the brain. But how well do we understand this organ of the mind? Are we even close to cracking the neural code? Is a groundbreaking theory of consciousness just around the corner?In this final episode of the brain science -series, Matthew Cobb takes us on a tour of the story of neuroscience. We meet many colourful characters, but this is not just a history for history's sake. More importantly, this is a reflection on the increasingly clear limits that brain science is coming up against — limits often left invisible behind the thirst for stories about new discoveries. Enjoy!FACT CHECKINGContrary to the precise phrasing in the episode, a handful of new psychiatric drugs have entered the market recently. The general observation remains well-supported.If you spot an error in this or other episodes, please reach out on ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠ or via ⁠⁠email⁠⁠.LINKSMatthew Cobb's book is ⁠The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience ⁠For more episodes on the human brain, check ⁠OnHumans.Substack.com/Brain⁠Want to support the show? Join the club at ⁠Patreon.com/OnHumans⁠MENTIONSNames: Matthew Cobb | Galen | Aristotle | Andreas Vesalius | William Harvey | William Shakespeare | Queen Victoria | Karl Marx | Pierre Paul Broca | René Descartes | Eve Marder | David Marr | Francis Crick | Geoffrey Hinton | John Hopfield | Warren McCulloch | Walter Pitts | John von Neumann | Alan Turing | Kenneth Craik | Sir John Eccles | Elon Musk | Nicolaus Copernicus | Galileo Galilei Terms and concepts: recurrent laryngeal nerve | phrenology | localization of function | strokes/aphasia | Broca's area | plasticity | hemispheric lateralization | corpus callosum | split-brain | consciousness | anesthesia (halothane, etc.) | drugs & neuromodulators | SSRIs | serotonin | dopamine | psychedelics | obster stomatogastric ganglion | three-body-problem | EEG “brainwaves” (gamma, theta, etc.) | David Marr's levels | neural code | PDP / connectionism | backpropagation | LLMs (e.g. ChatGPT, DeepSeek) | biological plausibility vs engineering | von Neumann architecture | McCulloch–Pitts logical neurons | neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) | “Jennifer Aniston” cells | single-unit recording | connectomics | Human Brain Project | cochlear implants | BCI / robotic arm control | tetraplegia | problem of consciousness | enactive cognition

In this episode of FYI, ARK's Brett Winton and Charlie Roberts speak with Dmitry Shevelenko, Chief Business Officer at Perplexity, about the company's evolving role in the future of the agentic internet. They discuss how Perplexity is carving out its place in the AI ecosystem—not as just a wrapper, but as a full-stack answer engine built for research, action, and trust. Dmitry outlines how Perplexity balances product excellence, model orchestration, and subscription alignment to serve both consumers and enterprises. He also highlights the team's bold vision for Comet, their AI-native web browser, and how it fits into a future shaped by AI agents and voice interfaces.Key Points From This Episode:00:00:00 How Perplexity positions itself within the AI assistant landscape—and what makes it stand out to ARK.00:02:37 Why the analyst team prefers Perplexity for researching earnings calls, transcripts, and filings.00:03:58 Dmitry explains why only a few agentic AI systems may dominate—and why productization still matters.00:06:10 The team discusses Perplexity's potential for rapid user growth and why context portability may remain limited.00:07:51 How the agentic internet could reshape browsing—and why half of current screen time may be up for automation.00:09:33 A breakdown of Perplexity's monetization strategy, centered on consumer and enterprise subscriptions.00:12:28 Why the company avoids ad-based business models in favor of long-term trust alignment with users.00:13:17 Introducing Pro Perks: how Perplexity returns affiliate value to users instead of monetizing with ads.00:14:28 The vision of a future where your personal agent negotiates on your behalf with merchants' AI agents.00:15:43 Why link-based performance advertising is vulnerable in an agentic world—and which ad models might persist.00:18:10 Charles on building trust and resisting “sycophantic” behavior in AI agents.00:19:47 Perplexity's view that the same AI assistant can serve both personal and professional needs.00:22:12 How Comet, the new Perplexity browser, lets agents perform real-world actions—like buying books and managing LinkedIn.00:26:00 The team explores how reduced friction leads to increased curiosity and new behaviors online.00:28:15 Brett asks how browser context, data, and distribution contribute to Perplexity's strategy and the Chrome bid.00:30:08 How voice interfaces may disrupt browsing—and how Perplexity is preparing for that shift.00:32:18 Why big companies struggle with probabilistic AI outputs—and how that limits speaker adoption.00:34:06 On mobile, Perplexity aims for deeper OS integration beyond just launching a mobile browser.00:35:18 When asked about BCI, Charles emphasizes staying agile over trying to predict distant tech horizons.00:37:04 Why Perplexity focuses on augmenting human curiosity—rather than chasing AGI or superintelligence.00:38:15 Perplexity's role in debugging and breaking through AI tool limitations—rather than generating code.00:40:01 Charles responds to “just a wrapper” critiques, explaining Perplexity's orchestration layer and search infra.00:43:13 Execution velocity as a cultural differentiator—and why adaptability is key to Perplexity's growth.

Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! In this week's episode of Cattle Chat, we start by answering a listener question pertaining to newborn calves with flies. Next, the crew go over BCI's other podcast Bovine Science. Finally Brad brings a research paper which analyzes the benefits of castration at an early age. Thanks for listening and… Continue reading Newborn Fly Control, Bovine Science, Castration Research

Welcome to BCI Cattle Chat! In this week's episode of Cattle Chat, the crew is joined by BCI student Rebecca Bigelow who talks about her research on liver abscesses. Next, the team discuss preventing calves from losing weight when they go to the sale. Finally, Brad brings an article which looks at the cattle industry… Continue reading Research Update, Shrinkage, South America

Right About Now with Ryan Alford Join media personality and marketing expert Ryan Alford as he dives into dynamic conversations with top entrepreneurs, marketers, and influencers. "Right About Now" brings you actionable insights on business, marketing, and personal branding, helping you stay ahead in today's fast-paced digital world. Whether it's exploring how character and charisma can make millions or unveiling the strategies behind viral success, Ryan delivers a fresh perspective with every episode. Perfect for anyone looking to elevate their business game and unlock their full potential. Resources: Right About Now NewsletterFree Podcast Monetization Course  Join The Network Follow Us On Instagram Subscribe To Our Youtube ChannelVibe Science Media SUMMARY In this episode of "Right About Now with Ryan Alford," Ryan interviews Thoryn Stephens, CEO of BRAIN.ONE, about the future of brain health and wellness. Thoryn Stephens shares his journey from biotech to launching BRAIN.ONE, a platform that uses AI and neuroscience to create personalized brain health protocols. They discuss the shift from outdated health methods to micro habits, the importance of data-driven wellness, and protecting neurological data. Thoryn Stephens also highlights BRAIN.ONE’s upcoming programs, practical brain health tips, and the platform’s mission to make cutting-edge brain optimization accessible to all. TAKEAWAYS Importance of staying current with business, technology, and AI developments. Transition from traditional health methodologies to neuroscience-driven, habit-based frameworks. Integration of AI in wellness protocols and the significance of a "human in the loop" approach. Exploration of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and its potential applications. Development of structured protocols for brain health and longevity based on scientific research. Emphasis on the significance of micro habits for sustainable health improvements. Discussion on neurological data privacy and the need for robust safeguards. The role of environmental factors in health issues and practical solutions to mitigate risks. Importance of early intervention in brain health and proactive wellness management. Strategies for optimizing brain health, including sunlight exposure, social connection, and continuous learning.  

Given the recent updates from rival BCI makers Synchron and Neuralink, we're taking a closer look at both companies, the similarities and differences in their approach, and what the future holds for the world of brain-computer interfaces.

This week's special episode—produced in partnership with Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society at Georgia Tech – features two powerful stories from individuals whose lives have been shaped by brain-computer interfaces.Part 1: As his Parkinson's symptoms worsen and medications take a toll, Brandan Mehaffie faces a life-altering decision: continue down a difficult path or undergo brain surgery to implant an electrode to stimulate deep areas of his brain.Part 2: After an accident leaves Ian Burkhart with complete tetraplegia, he grapples with losing his independence — until he's offered a chance to participate in a groundbreaking clinical trial using muscle stimulation controlled by a brain implant to help restore movement.Brandan Mehaffie: Graduate University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Retired Director of Pharmacy Asset Protection Rite Aid Pharmacy. Married 25 years to wife Kelly and have two adult daughters Mae and Riley. Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 2016 and recipient of deep brain stimulation surgery in 2022. I am a huge sports buff and gym rat. I enjoy spending time with and cooking for family and friends.Ian is a C5 complete tetraplegic from a diving accident in 2010. He is the founder and president of the BCI Pioneers Coalition and the North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium President. After participating in a few clinical trials, he understood the need for engagement of individuals with lived experience from the start. Ian was the first person in the world to restore movement to a paralyzed limb using a BCI neuroprosthetic. He is also the Executive Director of the Ian Burkhart Foundation, which raises funds for medical equipment for other individuals living with paralysis. His research focuses on amplifying the lived experience of people with disabilities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

An evolving technology is changing the lives of people with paralysis: brain-computer interfaces (BCI). These are devices that are implanted in the brain and record neural activity, then translate those signals into commands for a computer. This allows people to type, play computer games, and talk with others just by thinking, allowing more freedom to communicate.For decades, this technology has looked like a person controlling a cursor on a screen. But this work has advanced, and in a recent breakthrough, a person with paralysis in all four limbs was able to move a virtual quadcopter with extreme precision by thinking about moving it with their fingers.Another area of BCI research involves speech. Recent work has shown promise in allowing people with vocal paralysis to “speak” through a computer, using old recordings to recreate the person's voice from before their paralysis.Joining Host Flora Lichtman to discuss the state of this technology, and where it may be headed, are Dr. Matthew Willsey, assistant professor of neurosurgery and biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, and Dr. Sergey Stavisky, assistant professor of neurosurgery and co-director of the Neuroprosthetics Lab at the University of California, Davis.Transcript for this segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.