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Mark Pincus founded Zynga—the company behind Words With Friends, FarmVille, and Zynga Poker—and has arguably created more hit consumer products than anyone in history. At Zynga, eight of 10 major game launches became massive hits, reaching over a billion players. Over the past five years, Mark has been synthesizing everything he's learned about building successful consumer products and turning it into a book, Life at the Speed of Play, which comes out on June 23. This is the first interview he's done about the book.In our in-depth conversation, we discuss:1. His “Proven, Better, New” framework: copy what's proven, make it better so that 10 out of 10 people say “f*ck yes, I'll use this”—then add something new2. Why being less ambitious is the path to the most ambitious ideas3. His rule of thumb that your instincts are right 95% of the time, but your ideas are wrong 75% of the time4. “Kill hope before hope kills you”5. How to raise kids in the age of AI—Brought to you by:WorkOS—Make your app enterprise-ready, with SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and moreVanta—Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI—Episode transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-common-pattern-behind-successful—Archive of all Lenny's Podcast transcripts: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/yxi4s2w998p1gvtpu4193/AMdNPR8AOw0lMklwtnC0TrQ?rlkey=j06x0nipoti519e0xgm23zsn9&st=ahz0fj11&dl=0—Where to find Mark Pincus:• X: https://x.com/markpinc• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpincus• Website: https://www.lifeatthespeedofplay.com—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Mark Pincus(02:46) The Proven Better New framework overview(07:29) Earning the right to innovate(08:30) What “better” really means(12:03) Quick summary of the framework(12:40) Examples of the framework in action(13:30) How to use proven correctly on your platform(15:13) The moral arbitrage of copying(23:55) Be less ambitious(28:25) The Bolt.new story and staying humble(33:15) Kill hope before hope kills you(37:00) Using AI as a failure machine(40:08) Why Zynga's games succeeded (it wasn't virality)(48:36) The future of consumer social apps(57:05) How to know if your product is a B+(1:01:25) Distribution in the age of AI(1:15:39) Make everyone a CEO(1:18:18) Stay close to the metal(1:21:35) Why Mark says micromanagement is beautiful(1:23:35) The expert witness(1:25:05) The number one job of a CEO is to be right(1:26:35) What Mark is teaching his five kids(1:35:14) Mark's “why”(1:37:08) Mark's new book: Life at The Speed of Play—Referenced:• Tribe.net: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe.net• Zynga: https://www.zynga.com• Sid Meier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier• Electronic Arts: https://www.ea.com• CityVille: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CityVille• Words With Friends: https://wordswithfriends.com/• Scrabble: https://playscrabble.com• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com• TED Radio Hour, MIT Media Lab founder, 1984 TED talk.: https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_5_predictions_from_1984• Peter Thiel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterthiel• FarmVille: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FarmVille• Craig Newmark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Newmark• How to consistently go viral: Nikita Bier's playbook for winning at consumer apps (co-founder of TBH, Gas, advisor, investor): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-consistently-go-viral-nikita-bier• Angry Birds: https://www.angrybirds.com/• OMGPop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMGPop• Draw Something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw_Something• Slack founder: Mental models for building products people love ft. Stewart Butterfield: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/slack-founder-stewart-butterfield• Brian Chesky's new playbook: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/brian-cheskys-contrarian-approach• Garry Tan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrytan• Brian Armstrong on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barmstrong• Jason Citron on X: https://x.com/jasoncitron• Stanislav Vishnevskiy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svishnevskiy• Jeff Bezos on X: https://x.com/JeffBezos• Andy Jassy on X: https://x.com/ajassy• Niantic: https://nianticlabs.com• Pokémon Go: https://pokemongo.com• Bing Gordon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/binggordon—Recommended book:• Life at the Speed of Play: Launch Products People Love!: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Speed-Play-Launch-Products/dp/0063352575/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com

What happens when a childhood obsession with building things collides with MIT engineering, BMW design innovation, Harvard Business School, and a mission to shape the next generation of entrepreneurs?You get Laurie Stach.In this episode of Inventive Journey, Laurie shares the unconventional path that led her from building dangerous double-decker go-karts in the backyard to founding LaunchX — one of the most recognized youth entrepreneurship programs helping young founders build real startups and entrepreneurial confidence.Laurie opens up about growing up feeling like she never fully fit into one category. She loved engineering, creativity, athletics, experimentation, and problem-solving all at once. That blend of interests eventually led her to MIT, where she discovered an environment filled with builders, inventors, and curious minds who approached the world differently.At MIT, Laurie immersed herself in machine shops and rapid prototyping culture. She worked at the MIT Media Lab building experimental technologies and learning firsthand how quickly ideas could move from imagination to physical reality. That love for prototyping later carried into her work at GE and BMW Design Studio, where she helped implement new technologies like 3D printing and innovation-driven workflows.But despite enjoying the technical side of engineering, Laurie realized she was increasingly fascinated by bigger questions surrounding innovation itself:How industries evolveHow entrepreneurs thinkHow future trends emergeHow people gain the confidence to build companiesThat curiosity eventually led her to Harvard Business School, where she encountered one of the most uncomfortable lessons for an engineer: there often isn't one “correct” answer in business.Instead, entrepreneurship requires making decisions under uncertainty.That realization became foundational when Laurie launched LaunchX.What started as a simple idea, rough website, and evolving curriculum slowly transformed into a globally recognized entrepreneurship ecosystem. Laurie discusses the early days of balancing consulting with building LaunchX as a side hustle, testing ideas before feeling fully ready, and learning how to scale iteratively instead of waiting for perfection.She also shares the emotional side of entrepreneurship that many founders rarely discuss:fear of uncertaintyfounder identityburnout risksdelegation challengeshiring leadershipscaling mission-driven companiesOne of the most powerful moments in the conversation comes when Laurie explains how LaunchX alumni from the first ten years of the program now represent more than $17 billion in portfolio value. Yet for Laurie, the real mission isn't simply producing unicorn startups.It's helping young people develop entrepreneurial confidence.The conversation also explores:rapid prototypingstartup iterationexperiential educationAI-driven entrepreneurshiponline learning evolutionfuture startup ecosystemsyouth innovation trendsfounder psychologyLaurie explains why she believes today's entrepreneurs have more opportunity than any previous generation thanks to dramatically lower startup barriers and advances in AI technology.At the same time, she emphasizes that entrepreneurship is not just about technology or money. It's about curiosity, resilience, creativity, and learning how to navigate uncertainty.Whether you're a founder, student, investor, educator, or someone exploring your next big idea, Laurie's journey offers practical insight into how successful entrepreneurs actually grow — not through perfect plans, but through relentless experimentation and action.And yes, occasionally through questionable homemade engineering projects.To chat about this one-on-one, grab a free consult at strategymeeting.com

A central structural mechanism highlighted in this episode is the exposure and amplification of technical and organizational weaknesses by enterprise AI initiatives, particularly as organizations pursue rapid AI adoption without adequate investment in data and process fundamentals. The episode draws on findings from an MIT Media Lab report, which found that 95% of enterprise AI pilots had no measurable impact on profit and loss, despite $30–40 billion in investment. Michael Privat, representing the healthcare technology firm Availability, discusses the consequences for organizations that apply “thin” AI overlays on top of unaddressed legacy data infrastructure and processes. The most consequential data point centers on AI's amplifying effect. According to the MIT Media Lab report cited by Michael Privat, 74–75% of companies expect revenue growth from AI, but only 20% are realizing gains. The root cause identified is not AI itself, but foundational failures: organizations use pilots as procurement exercises rather than outcome-driven initiatives and neglect to address data consistency and process integrity. Pilot projects, in many cases, simply accelerate the visibility and scale of existing dysfunctions rather than creating new value. Further evidence is provided through discussion of operational methodologies and organizational approaches. Michael Privat details a shift from pre-AI process benchmarks, such as DORA metrics focused on predictability and velocity, toward new models that account for AI's speed and amplification risks. He points to increasing investments in engineering capacity—in particular, tripling headcount in India—while emphasizing that efficiency gains from AI only materialize where discipline, standardization, and solid engineering “plumbing” is already in place. Both the need for audit trails and rigorous governance, especially in regulated sectors like healthcare, are flagged as structural safety requirements rather than optional layers. Operationally, the implications for MSPs and IT leaders include the risk of exposing latent deficiencies when implementing AI-driven offerings, particularly when layering automation and analytics atop fragmented or inconsistent infrastructure. Key areas of impact are the need for robust governance frameworks—especially with agentic AI, where dynamic system behaviors require ongoing accountability and auditability—and the risk that AI investments made without process and data “spring cleaning” can actually accelerate failure modes. For IT service providers, the material risks are in unexamined process debt, tool misalignment, and the temptation to prioritize velocity over resilience, ultimately increasing operational and contractual exposure. Supported by:NerdioScalePad  

95% of AI projects are failing — and your ministry can't afford to be part of that statistic. Gregory Richardson, founder of Six Levers Consulting and a 35-year veteran of cybersecurity and technology leadership, brings a rare combination of deep tech expertise and unashamed Christian faith to one of the most important conversations in ministry today. This episode will challenge the way you think about AI, risk, and what it means to be a faithful steward of technology.Key TakeawaysGregory has sat in the boardrooms of companies like Blackberry and McAfee, served ministries like Global Media Outreach, and spent decades wrestling with what it looks like to be a faithful Christian in the middle of a secular tech world. In this conversation, he brings that hard-won wisdom directly to ministry leaders navigating the pressure to adopt AI responsibly. Here's what stood out most:95% of AI projects fail — and the reason may surprise you. Gregory references a study conducted in partnership with the MIT Media Lab (confirmed Q4 of the previous year) showing the vast majority of AI initiatives collapse not because of bad tools, but because of poor strategy, misaligned leadership, and a lack of governance before deployment.Christians belong in the tech space — on purpose. Gregory shares vulnerably about spending decades feeling torn between his corporate identity and his Christian calling, only to discover that his presence in secular tech environments may have been the only "on-ramp to Jesus" many of his colleagues ever encountered.AI governance isn't optional — it's stewardship. Gregory walks through why ministries and organizations must establish AI policies before they begin experimenting with tools, drawing on his background as a former CISO to explain the cybersecurity and ethical risks that come with ungoverned AI adoption.Your team is your biggest AI risk and your greatest AI asset. The conversation digs into how staff behavior, shadow AI usage, and a lack of training create real vulnerabilities — and how intentional, human-first implementation changes everything.Faith and technology aren't competing callings — they're complementary ones. Gregory's framework of "Six Levers" offers a practical lens for leaders navigating how to steward AI in a way that honors mission, protects people, and advances the Kingdom.Deep Bible literacy matters more than ever in an AI age. Gregory delivers a powerful challenge around discernment, theological grounding, and the danger of applying Scripture out of context — drawing a direct line between how we read the Bible and how we evaluate the promises AI vendors make.Community is a competitive advantage. Gregory describes "The Table," a free monthly gathering he hosts for business and ministry leaders to share what's working, what's failing, and how to move forward — together.Ready to Stop Experimenting and Start Multiplying?If your ministry is feeling the pressure to "do something with AI" but isn't sure where to start, this episode is your roadmap. Gregory's experience spans Fortune 500 companies, global ministries, and educational institutions — and his perspective will give you both the clarity and the confidence to move forward wisely. Don't miss this one. Listen to the full episode now.ResourcesSix Levers Consulting — sixleversconsulting.comGregory Richardson (Personal Site) — gregoryrichardson.aiConnect with Gregory on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorypkrichardson/Harvard Business Review Article (with link to MIP Report) — https://hbr.org/2025/08/beware-the-ai-experimentation-trapLord of Spirits Podcast — Referenced by Gregory as a resource for Christians who want to develop deeper Bible literacy and hermeneutical understanding. https://www.ancientfaith.com/podcasts/lordofspirits/Launch AI by Five Q — Ready to move from AI experimentation to measurable ministry impact? Learn more at fiveq.com/launch

MIT Media Lab's Mitchel Resnick speaks with us about the development of his Lifelong Kindergarten research group and their efforts to affect the educational landscape through creative technological activities. Throughout the conversation, we describe the shifts in academic environments, starting from the free-form, highly imaginative kindergarten rooms to the stricter halls of higher learning. Mitch relates these changes to different uses of technology within the classroom setting and the differences in learning methods. He emphasizes that participatory uses of technology, such as remixing media or sharing projects, invite creativity and community for students. We compare Mitch's practices to those used by fandom and liken them to building LEGO masterpieces without instructions; both emphasize the sharing of information and building communities. This conversation with Mitch is filled with the hope that curiosity and creativity will keep people as lifelong learners.       Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper: Academic/Educational readings and resources: Lifelong Kindergarten MIT Media Lab Mindstorms (book) Scratch platform OctoStudio A New Guide for Building Neurodiversity Oases for Connected Learning through Role Playing Games, FabLabs, Minecraft, BTS Fandom, and More (article) Pointing at the Wrong Villain: Cass Sunstein and Echo Chambers (article) #Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media (book) Start with Questions: The Classroom as Design Studio (book) People & Places: Stewart Brand Natalie Rusk Seymour Papert  Henry writes about Papert's “Samba Schools” Jean Piaget Tod Machover Mizuko Ito West Coast Computer Faire Samba school Reggio Schools David Weinberger Cass R. Sunstein Karen Brennan James Paul Gee Media: LEGO LEGO Mindstorm Kits [history, shop link] The Hundred Languages of Children (poem) The Sims [videogame franchise] SimCity ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Share your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com.Music:“In Time” by Dylan Emmett and “Spaceship” by Lesion X.In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetSpaceship by Lesion X https://soundcloud.com/lesionxbeatsCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalFree Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/lesion-x-spaceshipMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Jeffrey Epstein, cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Brock Pierce, Pierce's role in crypto, Steve Bannon, Pierce as sex offender, Tether, Epstein's relationship with Pierce, Blockstream, Adam Back, Epstein's links to Back, MIT Media Lab, the lab's role in crypto, Joichi Ito, Masha Prusakova, Epstein's use of influencers, Prusakova's links to crypto, David's encounters with this network, Zerocash, ZCash, Eli Ben-Sasson, Ryan Grim, Vincenzo Iozzo, Epstein's links to ZCash, Venezuela, Gabriel Jimenez, Reserve Right, the value of stablecoins to intelligence agencies, Coinbase and Epstein's ties, the Mt. Gox takedown in relation to Coinbase, Brock Pierce's role in linking Epstein up with Coinbase, Coinbase's promotion of far right politics, Howard Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald, Cantor Fitzgerald's stake in Tether, Donald Trump, the political agenda behind Epstein's involvement in crypto, Robert Maxwell, PROMIS and Israel's backdoor, the Israeli/Mossad connections around Epstein's crypto ventures, did the Mossad put a backdoor in crypto?ResourcesDrop Site News articles:https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-recruited-nsa-codebreakers-genome-russia-skolkovo-bill-gates-mithttps://www.dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-iran-treasury-cryptocurrency-bitcoinDavid's The Verge article:https://www.theverge.com/tech/885252/jeffrey-epstein-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-connectionsMusic by: Keith Allen Dennishttps://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Atlassian spent three years connecting 150 billion organizational objects before the results appeared: 44% more accurate AI answers, 48% fewer tokens, a coding agent that reviewed 2 billion lines of code in two minutes. That's the proof enterprises are pointing to when they argue that context graphs are the unlock. What the benchmark obscures is the order of operations — the graph had to exist before any of those numbers were possible.The reorganization bet is running in parallel, and it's moving faster than the infrastructure. Airbnb's CHRO is converting documentation to markdown, building skills libraries, mining meeting recordings before institutional memory disappears — five structural prerequisites before the first agent goes live. Meta is posting $26.8 billion in Q1 profit, laying off 8,000 people, and reporting “horrifically, historically low” employee morale. Both are restructuring around AI. Only one is sequencing it correctly.In AI customer experience, Twilio is working against a Qualtrics finding that 1 in 5 AI interactions delivers zero benefit. Rikki Singh's diagnosis is precise: the orchestration layer is there, but it's running without the context layer underneath it. FAQ automation with better packaging is still FAQ automation. The unlock is real — but only when all three pieces are in place, in order. The knowledge worker playbook in this edition addresses the fourth variable: what happens to the people whose roles disappear when the gathering does.Rikki Singh leads product innovation at Twilio — what the company is calling its biggest launch in 17 years. Before Twilio she was at McKinsey, where she co-authored the foundational research on what makes a great PM. The Qualtrics 2026 CX Trends Report found nearly 1 in 5 consumers who used AI customer service saw zero benefit — the baseline she is working against.* Why AI CX is still FAQ automation with better packaging* Why AI spend is as unpredictable as AI upside* The wrapper that makes AI feel like it thinks* Vitamins vs painkillers: the product sense filter* How to protect long-horizon bets inside a big company* Why the brand — not the vendor — owns AI failureListen: Spotify | Apple PodcastsJamil Valliani leads AI product at Atlassian, where he has spent three years building the Teamwork Graph across 300,000 companies. Recorded live at Team ‘26 in Anaheim, where Atlassian demonstrated what connecting 150 billion organizational objects produces: 44% more accurate AI answers using 48% fewer tokens, and a coding agent that reviewed 2 billion lines of code in 2 minutes.* Why your team spends 80% on gathering, not deciding* The adoption pattern that turns skeptics into converts* How to build trust with AI one small task at a time* Why giving AI less data often gets you a better answer* How leaders stop waiting for Friday status reports* From 2 ideas to 10: the creative unlock nobody explains“You didn't hire your team to write reports. You hired them to advance the business forward.” — Jamil VallianiListen: Spotify | Apple PodcastsNo one is measuring ROI & fewer understand knowledge graphsWe attended Atlassian Team ‘26 in Anaheim to cover the Teamwork Graph and what knowledge graphs actually mean for the future of work. Key learnings:* Everyone is in such a rush to increase adoption numbers that no one cares to measure ROI, only velocity* In the rush to adopt, many orgs are discovering dozens of agents built by individuals that are unsanctioned and eating up tokens* While there's excitement about announcements about getting access to more context, few understand what to do with the context that's currently available to them today

Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest today is Dr Amanda Parkes. Amanda calls herself a fashion scientist - she has a PhD from the MIT Media Lab, where her research bridged computer science and material science, and dual Stanford degrees in mechanical engineering and art history. She has spent fifteen years trying to answer a deceptively simple question: what if we rebuilt the material world around nature's logic instead of against it?That question has taken her from algae biofuels to 3D printed couture, from developing science exhibits at the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Science Museum here in London to running R&D at Pangaia, the company she describes as a material science company masquerading as a fashion brand. There she turned wildflowers into jacket insulation, Himalayan nettle into denim, and carbon dioxide pulled from the air to make sunglasses.She is now CTO at Mothership Materials, where she has gone even deeper - extracting the building blocks of biology from food waste to feed the next generation of bio-manufacturers.We talk about:Fashion as a material scienceDesigning clothing as part of a biological cycleHigh-tech NaturalismHow algae can transform into clothing dyeBio fabricationHumans are good at building not at breaking downUsing carbon air pollution to make inkHow banana skin can become a dressLet's get dressed!Web: www.whereshallwemeet.xyzTwitter: @whrshallwemeetInstagram: @whrshallwemeet

AI tech has come knocking at the classroom door, and schools across the country are rushing to design their AI policies around information that seems to change by the day. At this year's Heights Parents Conference on "AI and Our Sons: Optimism in Uncharted Waters," writer and educator Andrew Cantarutti shared the research and critical analysis necessary for school communities to consider the claims of AI ed-tech. In the end, he says, the question will be how best to raise citizens rather than simply users. Chapters: 00:03:25 Turkish proverb: the trees and the ax 00:04:09 The attention crisis 00:08:46 AI: a different kind of technology 00:14:08 Adolescence and brain architecture 00:15:03 AI knocks on the classroom door 00:17:34 Walled Garden vs. Marketplace Mirror schools 00:21:03 Building AI literacy 00:27:04 AI's personalized education 00:27:47 Benefits of the traditional classroom 00:31:34 Our role as parents 00:34:25 Turkish proverb, decoded Links: The Walled Garden, Andrew Cantarutti's Substack Attention Span by Gloria Mark Empire of AI by Karen Hao Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt in Essay Writing, MIT Media Lab, June 10, 2025 Center for Humane Technology, co-founded by Tristan Harris, former Google employee Also on the Forum: Classroom Habits of Attention in the Age of AI featuring Andrew Cantarutti A Humane Way of Life: The Research Behind Home Tech Decisions featuring Clare Morell

Brain first AI teaching: a new MIT Media Lab study shows students who think before they use AI have a clear advantage over those who start with AI. Philip Seyfried — Teachers College, Columbia doctoral student and co-author of AI-Enhanced Literacy — shares the brain-first framework, why AI detectors don't work, how to monitor AI use in the classroom transparently, and how to build the kind of trust that lets students tell you the truth about how they actually used the tools. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why MIT's research shows brain-first / AI-second produces stronger writers • Why AI detectors fail — and what to do instead for academic integrity (with danah boyd's em-dash story) • Why you should push AI to your students instead of grading WITH AI yourself — Vicki's classroom approach • The "Beautiful Sentence" moment: why human teacher feedback still beats anything an algorithm can give • Why we shouldn't anthropomorphize AI — and where beginning teachers should actually start (Phil cites Ethan Mollick's "Co-Intelligence" + "three sleepless nights" with AI) Show notes and full transcript: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e934 Today's show is sponsored by EF Explore America and their STEM Tours. Lead your students on a STEM tour to places on the cutting edge of innovation — coding robots with MassRobotics at MIT, exploring marine ecosystems in Florida's coral reefs, or sitting down to talk with a former spy in Washington, D.C. Visit efexploreamerica.com/STEM. If this episode helped you, please leave a rating or review on this site. It helps others find the show! Thank you for your help!

A rapid rollout of integrated AI into technology we use everyday brings with it new considerations for our tech policies at home. At this year's Heights Parents Conference on "AI and Our Sons: Optimism in Uncharted Waters," author and public policy researcher Clare Morell shared the latest news and research to inform our digital decisions at home. She points out that, increasingly, the vision we as parents have for our children is in direct competition with the vision big tech has for them. But an active and optimistic posture can help us guide our families toward a more humane way of life. Chapters: 00:04:18 The lay of the digital land 00:08:38 Neuroscience of screens 00:18:56 The myth of parental controls 00:23:22 AI enters the chat 00:32:40 Maturity required to operate 00:35:09 Forming our children: parents and tech companies in competition 00:37:48 Digital detox for your family 00:41:29 A humane way of life: F.E.A.S.T. 00:43:59 Educating children on the harms 00:46:32 Adopting smartphone alternatives 00:48:11 Screen rules and accountability at home 00:50:58 Trading screens for responsibility 00:53:06 Reclaiming human flourishing Links: The Tech Exit: A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones by Clare Morell The Tech Exit Supplementary Resources by Clare Morell Preserving Our Humanity, Clare Morell's Substack Meta's 'Digital Companions' Will Talk Sex with Users—Even Children, WSJ, April 26, 2025 Meta's AI Rules Let Bots Hold 'Sensual' Chats with Children, Reuters, August 14, 2025 AI Tutors for Kids Gave Fentanyl Recipes and Dangerous Diet Advice, Forbes, May 12, 2025 Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt in Essay Writing, MIT Media Lab, June 10, 2025 Sexting with Gemini, The Atlantic, July 14, 2025 The Social Dilemma, ages 12+, docudrama explaining tech company motivations, 2020 Also on the Forum: The Tech Exit: How Smartphones Undermine Our Parenting—and How to Reverse Course featuring Clare Morell

The Stanford AI Index's headline is 88% — organizations using AI in some capacity. The Financial Times charted where it actually lands in the workforce: 62% of top-decile earners use it daily, versus 13% at the bottom. Board decks this quarter will cite Stanford. The FT chart is what they're not showing.The economics that enabled this gap are under pressure. The three-year subsidized era is ending by financial necessity, not choice. The same optimization logic that built social media's loneliness machine is now embedded in AI products at scale. And in the same week Anthropic's most capable model autonomously found 271 zero-days in Firefox, two major platforms were breached through third-party integrations. The data and what to do about it follows.Episode 8: The Most Important Data Points in AI Right NowBrittany Hobbs solo — four segments moving from data to strategic implication. Essential for anyone making AI purchasing, hiring, or architecture decisions right now.The Stanford AI Index 2026. 88% organizational adoption is saturation, not a trend. $581 billion invested globally in 2025, up 129% year over year. The US-China AI performance gap collapsed from 17–31 percentage points in 2023 to 2.7% today — on 23 times less investment. China holds 69.7% of global AI patent filings. Architecture and application discipline closed a gap that capital alone could not. Stanford AI Index 2026 | The U.S. Can't Buy an AI LeadToken economics. Anthropic's current tiers: Haiku at $1/$5 per million input/output tokens, Sonnet at $3/$15, Opus at $5/$25. A 200-screen product built with Claude Design costs $0.22 for a first draft; the 50-iteration refinement cycle real design work requires runs to ~$2,600, plus $200–$900/month in system updates. Every comparable Figma interaction costs zero. Prompt caching provides ~90% discounts on repeated context; batch processing cuts 50%. Claude Design vs Figma cost breakdown | CNBC: Token economicsApple chose its hardware chief as next CEO. John Ternus — SVP of Hardware Engineering, architect of Apple Silicon — succeeds Tim Cook on September 1st. Johny Srouji, who designed every Apple Silicon chip, becomes Chief Hardware Officer. Apple posted $143.8 billion in Q1 FY2026 (up 16%, $109 billion in services, 92% retention) without shipping an industry-leading AI feature. The next decade of AI is decided at the silicon and device level. Apple CEO transition analysisVibe coding has never been more capable. Security has never been more exposed. Anthropic's Mythos model identified 271 zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox autonomously; the UK's AI Security Institute found it succeeds at expert-level hacking tasks 73% of the time. Anthropic launched Project Glasswing (12 defensive security partners including Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple), then reported unauthorized Mythos access through a vendor. Vercel was breached through Context AI — customer credentials sold on BreachForums for $2 million. Lovable exposed source code and credentials via a basic authorization flaw for 48 days, fixed it, then broke it again for 76 more. TechCrunch: Anthropic Mythos | TechCrunch: Vercel breach | The Next Web: Lovable“If you're making AI decisions for your team right now — what to buy, who to hire, what to build — there are numbers out this week that should change your approach.” — Brittany HobbsListen now: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube

"The whole point of libertarianism is that we should recognise that we don't know how to plan the world. We don't know what the solution is going to be. You can't have a central planner decide it.If it was really just that libertarians understood how the world worked, then you could have a central planner. You would just need them to be libertarians. That's not how it works at all. It's antithetical to the whole concept. That's why the Block Size War was such a huge success, because it did not hard-fork. It did not decide: 'Oh, if there is a schism in the community, one small group is going to be able to force it onto everybody else.'And that's exactly the thing that you actually need to have society's rules be sustainable, because otherwise, that's all you get. You get people who will violently disagree about the tiniest shit, and then they will put a gun to everybody else's head, and they will say: 'You just got to come along with me or you're screwed.'" ~ Guy Lately, it feels like an endless stream of noise tries to predict the death of Bitcoin. So I joined Rob Wallace on the Bitcoin News channel to cut through the panic and tackle the two loudest distractions: Google's latest quantum computing claims and the wild conspiracy that Jeffrey Epstein dictated Bitcoin's code. We look at the actual physics of quantum processing to see if scaling qubits without catastrophic environmental noise is even possible. But the Epstein drama is what really gets me fired up. People are rewriting the history of the block size wars to fit a comfortable narrative. We lay out why he had zero practical influence over Bitcoin, and why some folks would rather believe an elaborate lie than accept the reality of decentralized consensus. But we do not just stay in the weeds. I also share why I am incredibly optimistic about non-custodial scaling solutions like Ark, and how vibe coding is sparking a peer-to-peer renaissance. Big thanks to Rob and the Bitcoin News channel for hosting me! Chapters (00:00:00) - The failure of central planning and libertarian ideals (00:01:41) - Assessing the actual quantum threat to Bitcoin (00:08:44) - Why quantum experiments lack genuine cryptographic proof (00:20:06) - Prioritizing quantum resistance among protocol developers (00:22:50) - Debunking the Epstein and MIT Media Lab narrative (00:31:06) - The reality of the early Blockstream investments (00:39:41) - Why the liberty movement split over Bitcoin scaling (00:44:12) - Hard truths about network architecture and TCP/IP (00:52:29) - Can Bitcoin truly separate money from the state (00:55:08) - The friction of living entirely on a Bitcoin standard (01:00:12) - Vibe coding and a new peer-to-peer renaissance Guest Links Rob on X (Link: https://twitter.com/_Rob_Wallace) Bitcoin News on X (Link: https://twitter.com/bitcoinnewscom) Bitcoin News Website (Link: https://bitcoinnews.com/) Affiliate Links Become sovereign, hold your keys, be censorship resistant with the Bitbox hardware wallet. Get 5% off everything in the store with code GUY (Link: https://bitbox.swiss/) Get 10% off the best Bitcoin board game in the world, HODLUP! Or any of the other great games from The Free Market Kids! Use code Chapters (00:00:00) - The failure of central planning and libertarian ideals(00:01:41) - Assessing the actual quantum threat to Bitcoin(00:08:44) - Why quantum experiments lack genuine cryptographic proof(00:20:06) - Prioritizing quantum resistance among protocol developers(00:22:50) - Debunking the Epstein and MIT Media Lab narrative(00:31:06) - The reality of the early Blockstream investments(00:39:41) - Why the liberty movement split over Bitcoin scaling(00:44:12) - Hard truths about network architecture and TCP/IP(00:52:29) - Can Bitcoin truly separate money from the state(00:55:08) - The friction of living entirely on a Bitcoin standard(01:00:12) - Vibe coding and a new peer-to-peer renaissance

Alan Lasky arrived at the AI XR Podcast straight from Las Vegas ahead of NAB. An MIT Media Lab graduate under Nicholas Negroponte, a veteran of Silicon Graphics and Amazon Web Services, and an advisor to investment banks on AI and media, he brings technical depth, industry history, and financial realism about where media is actually going.The conversation covers Hollywood's structural collapse, AI's role in the production renaissance, and the harder question of why trillion-dollar tech companies keep buying media businesses that can't generate comparable returns. Alan's answer: soft power. Amazon makes $950 million Lord of the Rings spinoffs so you order more paper towels. Apple is making Neuromancer. His five-year weighted moving average of Disney stock — flat from 2018 — makes the argument clean.AI XR News You Should Know: Artemis ignited a new space boom. Amazon acquired Global Star satellite to build Project Kuiper, a direct Starlink competitor. Apple's AI audio smart glasses are reportedly arriving this year per Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, entering a market where Meta owns the optometrist channel and Google is moving through Warby Parker. Snap laid off 15% while doubling down on the 2026 launch of Spectacles — the first see-through headset since Magic Leap.Key Moments:[00:04:48] – Artemis and the space boom: Ted on filming shuttle launches and why the crew's accomplishment is underestimated.[00:08:33] – Apple AI audio glasses: Rony's read from former Magic Leapers who designed them — if Apple gets this wrong, it's unforgivable.[00:12:00] – Snap's layoffs and the see-through gamble: can they compete with cheap AI audio glasses flooding the market?[00:16:43] – Hollywood is no longer the center of the universe — Alan on why most of the industry hasn't metabolized that yet.[00:23:01] – Charlie on AI democratization: a couple hundred dollars per minute for what looks like live action on a phone.[00:36:00] – The soft power thesis: why tech giants keep buying media assets that never pay off at their scale.[00:41:30] – Should Apple buy Disney? Charlie says Meta will do it first. Rony's reaction is immediate and visceral.[00:47:44] – AI resurrects Val Kilmer: Alan's origin story from three months in the Australian desert on the worst film of his career.Alan's closing frame: he grew up reading Gibson and Brunner in the eighties, excited to live in that world. He's in it. He's not sure he wanted it this way.This episode is sponsored by Zappar and Mattercraft — the leading visual development environment for immersive 3D web experiences, now with AI-assisted design and debug. Build at mattercraft.io. Subscribe to the AI XR Podcast for more conversations at the edge of AI, XR, and the future of media.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 500 of The Courtenay Turner Podcast. My guest is Jamie Hanshaw Dyer — author, researcher, and the person I called when I finally opened the book I'd been avoiding for three years. The book is "The Shadow of the Dalai Lama: Sexuality, Magic andPolitics in Tibetan Buddhism" by Victor and Victoria Trimondi. Itis six hundred pages long. A physical copy costs around six hundreddollars. Almost no one in the English-speaking world has read it.In this conversation, Jamie and I walk through what it says. This is not a comfortable conversation. It is, I think, a necessaryone.

At age 17, Hugh Herr was an elite rock climber whose life was defined by the vertical world, until a mountain climbing accident fundamentally changed his trajectory.Today, as Professor at the MIT Media Lab and co-director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics, his work focuses on creating bionic limbs that move and feel like natural limbs. His innovations include computer controlled artificial knees, powered ankle-foot prostheses and exoskeletons, earning him the title "Leader of the Bionic Age."In this conversation, he shares the personal story behind his mission to design transformative and human-centred technology, and the global challenge of making prosthetics accessible to all.You'll learn:- What the next frontier of human augmentation looks like- Major innovations from Hugh Herr's lab at MIT, including a groundbreaking new surgical technique- The roadmap for creating a future with equitable, global access to advanced prosthetic technology---*** Help us shape the future of Made For Us! Take our 4-minute listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to our curated reading list of every book ever recommended on the show: https://bit.ly/madeforuspodcast---About Hugh HerrHugh Herr is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, and co-leads the Yang Center for Bionics at MIT. He is creating bionic limbs that emulate the function of natural limbs. TIME Magazine coined him the "Leader of the Bionic Age" because of his revolutionary work in the emerging field of Biomechatronics - technology that marries human physiology with electromechanics.Follow Hugh Herrr on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugh-herr-023697b/Follow Hugh Herr on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hugh.herr/Learn more about the Biomechatronics Group at MIT: https://www.media.mit.edu/groups/biomechatronics/overview/Learn more about the K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics: https://yangtan.mit.edu/k-lisa-yang-center-for-bionics/---Connect with Made for Us- Show notes and transcripts: https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/madeforuspodcast- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/madeforuspodcast/- Newsletter: https://madeforuspodcast.beehiiv.com/

This episode continues the conversation with Kimaya Lakamas, a neuroscientist, singer-songwriter, and doctoral student at the MIT Media Lab, about the challenge of translating music research into real-world therapeutic use. They explore what early research suggests about music's short-term effects on stress and anxiety, why emotional regulation through music must remain deeply individualized, and how clinicians might eventually use music more intentionally without reducing it to a one-size-fits-all prescription.The conversation then expands into the evolving world of AI and music. Kimaya shares research comparing human-composed and AI-generated music, including a surprising tension between what listeners prefer and what actually feels more emotionally effective. As the episode unfolds, it becomes a wider reflection on human creativity, ethics, live performance, and how technology might support artists without replacing what makes music feel human in the first place.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts.Watch the video versions of our podcasts and Subscribe there as well!This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Our theme music is Catch It by Coma-MediaThe Healthy Brain Happy Body logo was designed by Alexandra VanDerlyke. Our heartfelt thanks to her and the rest of the team at Collectively Rooted.#HappyBrainHealthyBody #NRBS #MusicAndMentalHealth #AIAndMusic #Neuroscience #MindBodyConnection #Biofeedback #Neurofeedback #Creativity #MITMediaLab

Help us plan season 4. We want to hear from you. Take our survey now! https://forms.gle/doQYx73hoPU2tRdC7  Lauded MIT professor Rosalind Picard invents technologies that help people better understand emotions and behaviors that impact human wellbeing and health.  In 1997 she wrote an incredibly influential book called Affective Computing, which proposed giving skills of emotional intelligence to computers.  Rosalind grew up atheist but she's now a devout Christian–and in this eye-opening conversation, she shares exactly how her faith impacts her work with technology.  We talked about AI's morality–or lack thereof–and its flaws, but also talked about how AI might enhance our relationships with other human beings. Rosalind shares the one thing she believes AI cannot do for us. Rosalind Picard, Sc.D., is a scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, author, and engineer. She is the Grover M. Hermann Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at the MIT Media Lab. Links and resources: About Rosalind's work Recent publications 1997 book Affective Computing Rosalind's journey from atheism to faith in Christianity Today  With & For is a podcast of the Thrive Center, an applied research center that exists to catalyze a movement of human thriving, with and for others through spiritual health.  Learn more at thethrivecenter.org. Follow us on Instagram @thrivecenter Follow us on LinkedIn @thethrivecenter Dr. Pamela Ebstyne King hosts With & For, and is the Executive Director of the Thrive Center and the Peter L. Benson Professor of Applied Developmental Science at the School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy at Fuller Seminary. Follow her @drpamking. About With & For Host: Pam King Senior Director and Producer: Jill Westbrook Operations Manager: Lauren Kim Social Media & Graphic Designer: Wren Juergensen Senior Producer: Clare Wiley Executive Producer: Jakob Lewis Produced by Great Feeling Studios Special thanks to the team at Fuller Studio and Fuller Seminary's School of Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy. The podcast was made possible through the support from the John Templeton Foundation. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the host and guests, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.

This episode's guide is Kimaya Lakamas, a neuroscientist, singer-songwriter, and doctoral student at the MIT Media Lab, about the path that brought her from performing music to studying its effects on physiology, emotion, and psychological well-being. Together they explore how live music affects the body, why people respond so differently to the same piece of music, and what it might take to develop music-based interventions that are both clinically useful and deeply human.This episode is part of our ongoing conversation about creativity and the mind-body connection. Here, the focus is on the foundations: how music shapes emotional experience, how context and culture influence response, and why personalized, flexible approaches matter if music is ever to serve as a meaningful support between therapy sessions. In the next episode, the conversation continues with a closer look at clinical implications and the growing role of AI in music and creativity.Contact us at healthybrain@nrbs.org.Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts.Watch the video versions of our podcasts and Subscribe there as well!This podcast is produced by the Northeast Region Biofeedback Society. NRBS is an organization for professionals, students, and everyone interested in neurofeedback, biofeedback, and whole body health.Learn more about Dr. Saul Rosenthal at advancedbehavioral.care.Our theme music is Catch It by Coma-MediaThe Healthy Brain Happy Body logo was designed by Alexandra VanDerlyke. Our heartfelt thanks to her and the rest of the team at Collectively Rooted.#HappyBrainHealthyBody #NRBS #MusicAndMentalHealth #Neuroscience #MindBodyConnection #Biofeedback #Neurofeedback #MusicResearch #MentalHealth #MITMediaLab

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso, Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, explores what comes next after the early visions of ubiquitous computing have largely arrived in today's Internet of Things world, where low-power sensors and interfaces are embedded in smart devices across our environments and connect seamlessly to widespread networking infrastructure. He asks how this information connects to people, and how perception, cognition, and identity might expand beyond our corporeal confines. Drawing on recent projects from his Responsive Environments research group, he examines sensing at multiple scales in the physical world, including wearables, smart buildings, connected landscapes, and space missions, and the different ways sensed or inferred information can connect to people. Examples include smart buildings as “prosthetic” extensions of their inhabitants, manifesting sensed or inferred phenomena in virtual analog environments, and interfaces modulated by user attention and focus or augmented by real-time AI. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 41327]

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso, Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, explores what comes next after the early visions of ubiquitous computing have largely arrived in today's Internet of Things world, where low-power sensors and interfaces are embedded in smart devices across our environments and connect seamlessly to widespread networking infrastructure. He asks how this information connects to people, and how perception, cognition, and identity might expand beyond our corporeal confines. Drawing on recent projects from his Responsive Environments research group, he examines sensing at multiple scales in the physical world, including wearables, smart buildings, connected landscapes, and space missions, and the different ways sensed or inferred information can connect to people. Examples include smart buildings as “prosthetic” extensions of their inhabitants, manifesting sensed or inferred phenomena in virtual analog environments, and interfaces modulated by user attention and focus or augmented by real-time AI. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 41327]

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso, Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, explores what comes next after the early visions of ubiquitous computing have largely arrived in today's Internet of Things world, where low-power sensors and interfaces are embedded in smart devices across our environments and connect seamlessly to widespread networking infrastructure. He asks how this information connects to people, and how perception, cognition, and identity might expand beyond our corporeal confines. Drawing on recent projects from his Responsive Environments research group, he examines sensing at multiple scales in the physical world, including wearables, smart buildings, connected landscapes, and space missions, and the different ways sensed or inferred information can connect to people. Examples include smart buildings as “prosthetic” extensions of their inhabitants, manifesting sensed or inferred phenomena in virtual analog environments, and interfaces modulated by user attention and focus or augmented by real-time AI. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 41327]

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso, Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, explores what comes next after the early visions of ubiquitous computing have largely arrived in today's Internet of Things world, where low-power sensors and interfaces are embedded in smart devices across our environments and connect seamlessly to widespread networking infrastructure. He asks how this information connects to people, and how perception, cognition, and identity might expand beyond our corporeal confines. Drawing on recent projects from his Responsive Environments research group, he examines sensing at multiple scales in the physical world, including wearables, smart buildings, connected landscapes, and space missions, and the different ways sensed or inferred information can connect to people. Examples include smart buildings as “prosthetic” extensions of their inhabitants, manifesting sensed or inferred phenomena in virtual analog environments, and interfaces modulated by user attention and focus or augmented by real-time AI. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 41327]

From stone tools and shelters to symbolic art and abstract thought, human history is shaped by a brain built to form and share ideas. Joseph Paradiso, Professor in Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab, explores what comes next after the early visions of ubiquitous computing have largely arrived in today's Internet of Things world, where low-power sensors and interfaces are embedded in smart devices across our environments and connect seamlessly to widespread networking infrastructure. He asks how this information connects to people, and how perception, cognition, and identity might expand beyond our corporeal confines. Drawing on recent projects from his Responsive Environments research group, he examines sensing at multiple scales in the physical world, including wearables, smart buildings, connected landscapes, and space missions, and the different ways sensed or inferred information can connect to people. Examples include smart buildings as “prosthetic” extensions of their inhabitants, manifesting sensed or inferred phenomena in virtual analog environments, and interfaces modulated by user attention and focus or augmented by real-time AI. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 41327]

Michael Norton is a professor at Harvard Business School and author of the book, The Ritual Effect. He researches the effects of social norms on people's behaviors as well as the psychology of investment. His research has been the answer to Final Jeopardy, and his TEDx talk, How to Buy Happiness, has been viewed more than 4.5 million times. He holds a B.A. in Psychology and English from Williams College and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Princeton University. Prior to joining Harvard Business School, Michael was a Fellow at the MIT Media Lab and MIT's Sloan School of Management. In this episode we discuss the following: When we face uncertainty, stress, or grief, we spontaneously create structured, repeatable, often elaborate behaviors that provide order and give us a feeling of control. The rituals we create, whether clinking silverware together before meals, singing Happy Meatloaf, or going through a 12-step process before a tennis serve, probably don't change the outcomes. But they do change our experience. Violating rituals also reveals how much they matter to us. The anger people feel imagining an ex-partner reusing “their” couple ritual shows how much meaning and emotion is embedded in these small, repeated acts. The goal isn't to create more rituals. But rather, notice the significance of the ones we have. And if you can, be sure to ask your parents what their bedtime ritual was for you.  

This is the second part episode in this mini-series looking into the ways in which artificial intelligence is impacting the lives of teachers and young people around the world, through the lens of recently announced partnerships with Anthropic. In this conversation, I explored with Karishma Galani the way that Pratham Education Foundation, one of the largest NGOs in India, is integrating AI capabilities and platforms into its work reaching millions of underserved young people with quality education. They announced a partnership with Anthropic just over a month ago, but that is growing from much deeper roots in the vision of Pratham's co-founder, Madhav Chavan, that you will hear Karishma talk about.Karishma is the Co-Lead of PraDigi Innovation Centre at Pratham International. She leads a lot of the digital innovation and AI work at Pratham, building on her long career in tech startups, research & development and venture capital. Karishma founded a deeptech company developing educational assessment powered by machine learning out of Singapore and London and she has been an active researcher at the MIT Media Lab. Karishma is also an author of two books, 'Maker Minds' and 'Making A Shift: Social Entrepreneurship in Schools'https://www.anthropic.com/news/bengaluru-office-partnerships-across-india

Rassegna stampa economico-finanziaria del 18 Marzo 2026, strutturata per macro-temi e basata sulle principali testate giornalistiche nazionali.Investimenti e MercatiTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Milano Finanza / Corriere della Sera * Performance Azionarie e Sentiment: Le Borse europee registrano un rimbalzo guidato dalle speranze di una rapida risoluzione del conflitto in Medio Oriente. A Piazza Affari, il Ftse Mib guadagna l'1,22% attestandosi a 44.887 punti. Altre piazze: Francoforte +0,66%, Parigi +0,49%, Madrid +0,92% e Londra +0,83%. * Indicatori di Rischio (VIX): Si registra una distensione con il Vix che scende in area 22 punti, segnalando una riduzione della domanda di coperture assicurative contro i crolli. * Asset Allocation (BofA Survey): Un sondaggio di Bank of America evidenzia un aumento della liquidità nei portafogli al 4,2%, indicando un atteggiamento prudente dei gestori. Le aspettative di crescita globale crollano dal 39% al 7% netto. * Obbligazionario: Rendimenti in calo con il Treasury decennale USA al 4,19% e il Bund tedesco al 2,91%. Il cambio Euro/Dollaro torna sopra quota 1,15.Industria e AutomotiveTestate: Corriere della Sera / Repubblica * Crisi dei Semiconduttori e Elio: Il blocco dello Stretto di Hormuz ferma il 30% degli scambi mondiali di elio liquido. Il prezzo del gas è aumentato dai 450-600$ iniziali fino a 2.000$ per mille piedi cubi. * Esposizione Big Tech: L'azienda Tsmc (Taiwan) è la più colpita, mettendo a rischio la produzione di chip per Nvidia e Apple. Previsti aumenti di prezzo per smartphone e auto se lo stallo supererà una settimana. * Investimenti AI: I gruppi Big Tech prevedono investimenti in data center per 650 milioni di dollari nell'anno in corso. * Mobilità Sostenibile: L'Italia ha firmato un "non paper" con altri 5 Paesi UE (Repubblica Ceca, Slovacchia, Ungheria, Polonia, Slovacchia) per promuovere la neutralità tecnologica (e-fuel e biofuel) oltre il 2035. Fisco e NormativaTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Repubblica * Coda Superbonus 110%: Nonostante lo stop, nel primo bimestre del 2026 sono maturati ulteriori 1,5 miliardi di euro di detrazioni. L'onere complessivo per lo Stato ha raggiunto i 170 miliardi di euro, con oltre 500 mila edifici riqualificati. * Soglie Bonus Carburanti: Il Governo valuta un bonus una tantum da 100 euro per circa 1,1 milioni di famiglie con Isee non superiore a 15.000 euro. * Deficit/PIL: Gli ultimi dati Istat indicano che il rapporto non scenderà sotto la soglia del 3% come precedentemente atteso. * Riforma della Giustizia: Il Senato ha approvato definitivamente la riforma il 30 ottobre; il referendum confermativo del 22-23 marzo riguarderà 7 articoli della Costituzione.Banche e CreditoTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Milano Finanza / Il Giornale * Politica Monetaria BCE: Prevista una pausa nei tassi (fermi al 2% sui depositi dall'11 giugno 2025), ma con lo sguardo a 1 o 2 possibili rialzi entro fine anno a causa dell'inflazione energetica. * Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP): Dibattito sull'equivalenza di CDP a un istituto bancario in relazione alla nomina del nuovo CDA di MPS; Bankitalia conferma la natura di intermediario finanziario vigilato. * Aiuti all'Autotrasporto: Previsto un credito d'imposta del 28% sulle spese di gasolio per tre mesi, con uno stanziamento stimato di oltre 600 milioni di euro.Energia e GeopoliticaTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Repubblica / Corriere della Sera / Il Messaggero * Caro Energia e ETS: Il sistema di scambio quote CO_2 (ETS) costa alla bolletta italiana oltre 7 miliardi di euro. L'Italia guida un fronte di 9 Paesi (tra cui Grecia, Croazia, Polonia, Ungheria) per chiederne la sospensione o revisione. * Prezzi Carburanti: Il gasolio auto raggiunge i 2,033 euro/litro (+19,5% dal 23 febbraio), la benzina 1,818 euro/litro (+10%). L'olio industriale denso segna un record di aumento del 30,6%. * Elettricità: Il prezzo medio (Pun) sale a 147,54 euro/MWh, con un incremento del 4,4% in una settimana. * Traffico Marittimo: Nello Stretto di Hormuz transita il 20% del traffico mondiale di petrolio e gas. Il sovrapprezzo assicurativo per le supertanker è passato dallo 0,2% al 5% del valore della nave.Lavoro e FormazioneTestate: Il Sole 24 Ore / Corriere della Sera * Impatto AI sul Lavoro: Una ricerca condotta in 27 Paesi evidenzia che il 31% dei cittadini percepisce l'Intelligenza Artificiale come una minaccia per l'occupazione. * Gap Competenze: Identificato un deficit di investimenti in Europa pari a 800-1.200 miliardi di euro per colmare il ritardo tecnologico rispetto a USA e Cina. * Debito Cognitivo: Uno studio del MIT Media Lab riporta che l'uso eccessivo di AI nella scrittura riduce la connettività cerebrale fino al 55%. Executive Takeaway (Managerial Insights) * Resilienza dei Mercati: Nonostante l'incertezza geopolitica, il ribalzo di Piazza Affari (+1,22%) e la discesa del Vix indicano che i mercati stanno già scontando una "guerra breve", offrendo finestre tattiche per investimenti ciclici. * Shift Strategico UE: L'accelerazione verso l'autonomia strategica (materie prime, AI, energia) sta diventando una priorità industriale obbligata per superare la frammentazione del mercato dei capitali europeo. * Monitoraggio Costi Operativi: Il forte rialzo dell'olio industriale (+30,6%) e dell'elettricità (+4,4%) impone una revisione immediata dei budget energetici aziendali, in attesa di possibili sterilizzazioni delle accise o revisioni degli ETS. * Prudenza Finanziaria: Con la BCE che ipotizza nuovi rialzi dei tassi e una liquidità nei portafogli al 4,2%, le aziende dovrebbero privilegiare il consolidamento del debito e la gestione attenta dei flussi di cassa nel breve termine. * Opportunità Transizione: La spinta italiana per la neutralità tecnologica (e-fuel/biofuel) apre nuovi scenari di investimento nel settore dei trasporti e della raffinazione, oltre l'elettrificazione pura.

Today, we have an increasing store of research to evaluate the claims of educational tech. Where does it assist or upend our goals as a school? Where does it support or bypass our students' intellectual sovereignty? Can it be used constructively? This week on HeightsCast, writer and educator Andrew Cantarutti shares with us the research on digital tools, and especially AI, in K-12 education. In passionate detail, he also lays out how a school can cultivate the habits of attention by its curriculum, pedagogy, character, and even the physical school building. Chapters: 3:05 Cantarutti's background 5:27 The lay of the digital land in education 8:38 Attention: a capacity that can grow—and shrink 12:35 A school's mission and the habits of attention 20:08 School schedules, school spaces 23:35 Four cognitive skills for your lesson plans 34:14 The research on AI and education 38:47 Teachers' AI use 43:26 Constructive ways to engage with AI 50:47 Whether you can teach critical thinking 53:26 Promises of AI vs. the goals of education 58:05 Rethinking the structure of class time Links: The Walled Garden, Andrew Cantarutti's Substack Students in an AI World: Prosper, Prepare, Protect, Brookings Institute report, January 14, 2026 Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt in Essay Writing, MIT Media Lab, June 10, 2025 Instructional Illusions by Paul Kirschner, Carl Hendrick, and Jim Heal The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films, The Atlantic, January 30, 2026 Alpha School: AI-Driven Education Coming to a School Near You, The New York Times, July 27, 2025 Also on the Forum: ChatGPT Holds These Truths to be Self-Evident by Mark Grannis AI and the Take-Home Essay featuring Dr. Matthew Mehan The Freedom to Form Bonds: Mindfulness and Attention featuring Kevin Majeres Digital Minimalism: Creating a Philosophy of Personal Technology Use featuring Cal Newport Featured Opportunities: The Art of Teaching Boys Conference at The Heights School (May 6-8, 2026) – waitlist Teaching Essentials Workshop at The Heights School (June 22-26, 2026) Convivium Conference for Teaching Men at The Heights School (November 2026) – link coming soon

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

Valdemar Danry is a PhD researcher in the Fluid Interfaces group at the MIT Media Lab, a 2025 Google PhD Fellow in Human-Computer Interaction, and one of the most important voices at the intersection of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. His landmark study, Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for an Essay-Writing Task, sparked a global conversation about what happens to human cognition when we delegate our thinking to machines. In this rich and urgent episode, Valdemar unpacks the science behind AI's effect on the brain, exploring: The difference between cognitive offloading and cognitive debt, and the moment one quietly becomes the other What EEG brain data revealed when people wrote essays with versus without ChatGPT, and why the sequence of tool use matters enormously Why AI systems that hand us answers rather than ask us questions may be slowly eroding our capacity for independent thought "Desirable difficulties," the intentional friction that makes learning stick, and two simple habits that keep AI as a thinking aid rather than a thinking replacement Whether the reasoning traces and thinking steps now visible in tools like Claude, Grok, and Gemini genuinely help people reason, or simply create a more sophisticated illusion of understanding A plain-English glossary of key terms: cognitive offloading, cognitive debt, transactive memory, extended cognition, epistemic hygiene, and more Three possible futures, Assistive Renaissance, Dependency Drift, and Captured Cognition, and what determines which path we take What Orwell and Huxley each got right about the world we're now living in This is an honest, grounded, and deeply important conversation about one of the defining questions of our time: as AI gets smarter, do we get sharper, or do we quietly outsource the very faculty that makes us human? Learn more about Valdemar's research at valdemardanry.com.

Jim talks with cognitive scientist and AI researcher Joscha Bach about the computational and representational foundations of consciousness, mind, and reality. They discuss the phenomenology of waking up and coalescing into a self, language as a representational architecture and natural language as "a genre of music," the brain as a game engine constructing a simulated world, the "feeling of realness" as a hallucination, "to be real means to be implemented" as a criterion for reality, money as an AI and a mechanism for reward allocation, the need for multi-dimensional organizational signaling beyond money, the apparent reversibility of the universe as an emergent observational artifact, the block universe and its incompatibility with stacked emergence, causality as a model property and retrocausality at the level of agents, computation vs. the simulation hypothesis, the brain's object engine and the perceptual choice to see textures vs. named objects, aphantasia and metacognition about perception, why only simulations can be conscious, Christof Koch's shift from physicalism to panpsychism and the unreliability of revelatory mental states, consciousness as second-order perception distinct from selfhood, panpsychism's resurgence and its failure to formalize "the consciousness of a particle," consciousness as happening at neuronal communication speeds, intelligence vs. consciousness as relatively orthogonal dimensions, the Waymo as highly intelligent but not conscious, François Chollet's argument that deploying skills is not itself intelligent, consciousness as a consensus algorithm analogous to blockchain, whether a bacterium or a cat needs a self-model to achieve coherence, emotion and motivation as core to cognition in MicroPsi, Karl Friston's free energy principle and its limits at higher emergent levels, humans as "multicellular at the next level" forming transcendental agents, the global optimum of collectively enacted agency as "God" as the ultimate source of meaning, and much more. Episode Transcript California Institute for Machine Consciousness (CIMC) Principles of Synthetic Intelligence, by Joscha Bach JRS EP 72 - Joscha Bach on Minds, Machines & Magic JRS EP 87: Joscha Bach on Theories of Consciousness - JRS EP Currents 83: Joscha Bach on Synthetic Intelligence Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist and AI researcher, and the founder of the California Institute for Machine Consciousness. In the past, he researched and taught at Humboldt University of Berlin, the Institute of Cognitive Science in Osnabrück, MIT Media Lab, the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics and Intel Labs. He has helped build several startups and created the cognitive architecture MicroPsi, which studies the relationship between emotion, motivation and cognition. He currently lives in the Bay area in California.

Joy isn't a luxury, it's a strategy: As ADHD-ish host, Diann Wingert, and today's guest, Dr. Alexis Hope, agree—joy needs to be intentionally built into our routines and workspaces.Rather than waiting for motivation, seek and design pockets of joy to unlock creativity and productivity. Social connection is powerful dopamine:For Alexis Hope, sharing small wins, positive feedback, and a sense of community at Focus Space transforms even mundane tasks into meaningful, motivating experiences.According to the philosopher, Spinoza, joy has “sharp edges”: Joy isn't about ignoring challenges or “just being happy.” As Alexis Hope shares, it's about cultivating the capacity to act—and can coexist with struggle. Even during tough times, intentionally seeking joy helps us stay engaged and resilient.Whether you identify as neurodivergent or just want more purpose in your day-to-day, this conversation is a must-listen. Bring more joy into your work—your brain (and business) will thank you.You'll discover:Why joy isn't optional for neurodivergent/neurospicy brainsNeuroscience behind task initiation and real talk about dopamineSmart practices for remote work, creative teams, and fighting burnoutPermission to collect ideas, objects, and “joy units”—no shame, just inspirationWhy “play” isn't just for kids and how adult creativity is more essential than everGet ready to shake off the “just be happy” platitudes and find out what it really takes to keep your momentum and your mood up—especially when the work gets hard.About Our Guest Alexis Hope, PhD, is a designer, musician, and organizer whose work focuses on creating playful experiences that help people find joy, self-compassion, and connection with others.She received her PhD at the MIT Media Lab in 2021. As a designer, she has worked on projects across a variety of domains, including cameras for deep-sea exploration, creative learning technologies for children, artistic tools for zero-gravity environments in orbit, low-cost ultrasound machines for prenatal care in areas with limited resources, and more.Alexis is co-founder and head of product at Focused Space, a technology company that provides the building blocks for a productive and fulfilling day, helping people cut through the noise and accomplish their goals through the power of “body doubling.” Connect with Alexis Hope, PhD - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexishopeg/About the Host Diann Wingert brings decades of experience as a psychotherapist and now a sought-after coach to entrepreneurs with ADHD traits. Known for her candor and her refusal to compromise on what matters, Diann Wingert is a fierce advocate for self-acceptance and meaningful growth at the intersection of neurodivergence and entrepreneurship.Mentioned during this interview:Spinoza's philosophy on happiness vs joy: https://joyfulmilitancy.com/2017/10/20/happiness-is-bullshit/Focused Space: Body Doubling with Community

Joy isn't a luxury, it's a strategy: As ADHD-ish host, Diann Wingert, and today's guest, Dr. Alexis Hope, agree—joy needs to be intentionally built into our routines and workspaces.Rather than waiting for motivation, seek and design pockets of joy to unlock creativity and productivity. Social connection is powerful dopamine:For Alexis Hope, sharing small wins, positive feedback, and a sense of community at Focus Space transforms even mundane tasks into meaningful, motivating experiences.According to the philosopher, Spinoza, joy has “sharp edges”: Joy isn't about ignoring challenges or “just being happy.” As Alexis Hope shares, it's about cultivating the capacity to act—and can coexist with struggle. Even during tough times, intentionally seeking joy helps us stay engaged and resilient.Whether you identify as neurodivergent or just want more purpose in your day-to-day, this conversation is a must-listen. Bring more joy into your work—your brain (and business) will thank you.You'll discover:Why joy isn't optional for neurodivergent/neurospicy brainsNeuroscience behind task initiation and real talk about dopamineSmart practices for remote work, creative teams, and fighting burnoutPermission to collect ideas, objects, and “joy units”—no shame, just inspirationWhy “play” isn't just for kids and how adult creativity is more essential than everGet ready to shake off the “just be happy” platitudes and find out what it really takes to keep your momentum and your mood up—especially when the work gets hard.About Our Guest Alexis Hope, PhD, is a designer, musician, and organizer whose work focuses on creating playful experiences that help people find joy, self-compassion, and connection with others.She received her PhD at the MIT Media Lab in 2021. As a designer, she has worked on projects across a variety of domains, including cameras for deep-sea exploration, creative learning technologies for children, artistic tools for zero-gravity environments in orbit, low-cost ultrasound machines for prenatal care in areas with limited resources, and more.Alexis is co-founder and head of product at Focused Space, a technology company that provides the building blocks for a productive and fulfilling day, helping people cut through the noise and accomplish their goals through the power of “body doubling.” Connect with Alexis Hope, PhD - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexishopeg/About the Host Diann Wingert brings decades of experience as a psychotherapist and now a sought-after coach to entrepreneurs with ADHD traits. Known for her candor and her refusal to compromise on what matters, Diann Wingert is a fierce advocate for self-acceptance and meaningful growth at the intersection of neurodivergence and entrepreneurship.Mentioned during this interview:Spinoza's philosophy on happiness vs joy: https://joyfulmilitancy.com/2017/10/20/happiness-is-bullshit/Focused Space: Body Doubling with Community

The Roundtable is back, and we are kicking off 2026 with some stories that I definitely didn't have on my bingo card. After catching up on Jeff's frostbite scare and Steve getting the cops called on him for sleeping in a gym lobby, we dive headfirst into the Epstein files. The released documents have implicated some major names in the space, raising the uncomfortable question: did a compromised elite try to co-opt Bitcoin early on? We debate the "Andy" Back theories, the influence of the MIT Media Lab, and whether any of this actually threatens the protocol today. We also discuss the sudden departure of a core developer and get into a heated debate over BIP-110 and the true power of listening nodes. Can a small but stubborn group of node runners actually block a soft fork, or are we heading toward a chaotic chain split this August? Equal parts absurd and sobering, this episode hits hard. Check out our awesome sponsors! HRF: The Human Rights Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a focus on closed societies. Subscribe to HRF's Financial Freedom Newsletter today. (Link: https://mailchi.mp/hrf.org/financial-freedom-newsletter) OFF: The Oslo Freedom Forum is a global human rights event by the Human Rights Foundation (HRF), uniting voices from activism, journalism, tech, and beyond. Through powerful stories and collaboration, OFF advances freedom and human potential worldwide. Join us next June. (Link: https://oslofreedomforum.com/) Guest Links Steve Simple Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3s6a8yn8) Steve Simple on X (Link: https://x.com/stevesimple) Bitcoin Mechanic Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2tm827ut) Bitcoin Mechanic on X (Link: https://x.com/GrassFedBitcoin) Jeff Swann Nostr (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3sjc3bcp) Jeff Swann on X (Link: https://x.com/agoristview) Host Links ⁠Guy on Nostr ⁠(Link: http://tinyurl.com/2xc96ney) ⁠Guy on X ⁠(Link: https://twitter.com/theguyswann) Guy on Instagram (Link: https://www.instagram.com/theguyswann) Guy on TikTok (Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@theguyswann) Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann) ⁠Bitcoin Audible on X⁠ (Link: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAudible) The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)

MIT and Stanford professor Alex "Sandy" Pentland, one of the most cited researchers in the world with over 165,000 citations, explains why the real AI advantage isn't smarter models but collective intelligence. It's smarter humans working together with AI as the connective tissue. Drawing from his latest book Shared Wisdom, Pentland reveals the frameworks behind community intelligence and why data ownership, not frontier AI, will determine who wins the next decade.You'll discover:✅ Why "people plus AI" consistently beats AI alone, and the hedge fund evidence that proves it✅ How "AI buddies" are replacing corporate manuals, newsletters, and hallway conversations to keep distributed teams aligned✅ The Deliberation.io tool that makes meetings more than twice as effective by neutralizing power dynamics and keeping groups focused✅ Why a 350,000-person multinational is cutting in-house staff to 150,000 while hiring 100,000 more project-based workers, and how AI enables that shift✅ How a doctor with zero technical background built a hospital operating system in 6 weeks using AI tools✅ The staggering stat: AI costs are dropping by 50% every 3.5 months, a factor of 1,000 over three years, and what that means for personal, on-device AI✅ Why China's Belt and Road and India's Citizen Stack (1.4 billion customers signed up) are quietly winning the global data game while Silicon Valley focuses on frontier models✅ Sandy's provocative proposal: a 10% equity contribution to sovereign wealth funds at company formation, which would have created a $10 trillion US fund if started in 1990⏱️ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Why AI alone loses money: the hedge fund reality check2:07 Shared wisdom, community intelligence, and organizational culture4:25 AI buddies: the brilliant librarian inside your company5:44 Deliberation.io: making meetings 2x more effective7:01 Using AI for exploration and long-range strategic thinking11:29 Who's to blame when AI fails: executives or the machine?14:28 Why AI can't do causality and what that means for leaders18:14 AI's killer app for remote work and distributed organizations21:09 A doctor built a hospital OS in 6 weeks: small teams, massive impact24:09 Job displacement, social safety nets, and the sovereign wealth fund idea27:01 Reinventing education: Costa Rica's bet and the MIT Media Lab model32:16 LLMs vs. older AI: why you need both (and the loyalagents.org initiative)37:13 Practical starting points for redesigning work with AI40:16 Misinformation, data provenance, and the billion-dollar North Korea problem48:50 The global data race: China, India, UAE, and why frontier models aren't the game54:00 Cybersecurity warning: agentic AI creates massive new attack surfaces

Healing from trauma doesn't happen only in clinical spaces. Digital spaces can also be a lifeline, as Ila Kumar explains in this visit with hosts Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg. A PhD candidate and research assistant in the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, Ila focuses her scholarship on non-traditional pathways that support mental health care, particularly for youth in foster care systems. “I don't necessarily see myself as someone who believes that these digital spaces will be sites of healing,” Ila says. “But I feel that the only way to try to get to that goal of digital spaces that are healing is to do so in a way that considers holistic wellbeing and centers the needs, voices, and context of those who are most impacted.”In this conversation, Ila shares her approaches to helping vulnerable kids as they navigate the foster care system. As a technology designer, she explains that centering youth voice “leads to technologies that more effectively take youth's needs, barriers, cultures concerns into account and results in technologies that are definitely more impactful, engaging, and accessible.” And she stresses the balance between leveraging tools that carry potential risks – such as augmented reality platforms that claim to make lives easier – and tools that support youth self-expression, connectedness with others, and development of their identity.Connect and Learn More☑️ Ila Kumar | LinkedIn☑️ Bridgette Stumpf | LinkedIn☑️ Lindsey Silverberg | LinkedIn ☑️ Volare | LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook☑️ TraumaTies Website | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube☑️ Subscribe Apple Podcasts |

Colin Harper is a veteran Bitcoin journalist, who is known for the well-researched articles that he wrote for Coin Central, Bitcoin Magazine, Luxor Mining, and Blockspace Media. More recently, he became the co-host of the Blockspace Podcast. In this episode, we talk about Colin's insights into Bitcoin mining, the relevance of the recently-revealed Epstein files, and his approach to doing journalism. Read the article about this interview: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s17-e7-colin-harper-bitcion-mining-epstein-emails-journalism/ Time stamps: 00:01:12 Reminiscing Berlin & Early Bitcoin Conferences 00:02:17 Marxism, Socialism, and Bitcoin's Political Spectrum 00:04:00 Bitcoin's Current State & Market Sentiment 00:06:48 Four-Year Cycle & Institutional Adoption 00:07:54 Global Macroeconomics & Liquidity Issues 00:09:43 Quantum Computing Threats & Upcoming OP_NEXT Conference 00:11:52 Exponential Technologies & Market Perception 00:13:38 Braiins BMM & Hashpower 00:15:06 Cloud Mining & Hash Power Marketplace 00:17:33 Mining Revenue, Hash Price, and Market Trends 00:18:20 Block Space Podcast Evolution & US Mining Shift 00:20:20 US Power Grid, Renewables, and Mining Economics 00:24:49 Public Miners, Shareholder Duties, and ASIC Depreciation 00:27:49 Mining Revenue, Ordinals, and Layer 2s 00:38:41 Stablecoins, Bitcoin's Use Case, and Payments 00:45:42 Paper Bitcoin Summer & Treasury Companies 00:48:04 Treasury Company Capital Structures & Market Impact 00:58:08 Michael Saylor, Leverage, and Market Psychology 01:03:38 Epstein Files, Bitcoin Developers, and MIT Media Lab 01:16:51 Epstein, Block Size Wars, and Regulatory Influence 01:19:48 Closing Remarks & Podcast Plugs

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (2/3/26). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2q643"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");   Rumble("play", {"video":"v732itk","div":"rumble_v732itk"}); Video Source Links (In Chronological Order): Welcome to the Great Reset: Techno Tyranny Where You Will Own Nothing | W./ Vanessa Beeley & Ryan Christian (The Last American Vagabond) Epstein Files Expose Cover-Up & Reveal Palantir/Network State Connection (15) The Last American Vagabond on X: "Elon Musk merged SpaceX with his A.I. start-up, xAI (after merging xAI and Twitter) creating the world's most valuable private company https://t.co/iAMrmIa7Si" / X The Quiet Transition From DARPA's XAI To Elon's xAI & Haaretz Exposes Sadistic Nature Of The IDF (15) Ryan Grim on X: "Appears to be this dinner with Barak and Larry Summers. Subscribe at https://t.co/lAYOLVwlC4 for more https://t.co/jW2NjqiQDZ" / X Welcome to the Palantir World Order EFTA02381427.pdf Trump & The Zionist/Globalist Technocrats Are Building Your New Society Whether You Like It Or Not The Co-Opting of Bitcoin: BTC Nashville, Peter Thiel, Donald Trump, and Rumble (16) Jacob King on X: "The Epstein files reveal that Israel hijacked control of the Bitcoin network over a decade ago. Israel was paying the salaries of 60% of Bitcoin's core developers and offered highly elusive gifts behind the scenes. This is very suspicious. Epstein and Israel were also major https://t.co/qJp2TnwLtL" / X EFTA00680068.pdf (16) Bruce Fenton on X: "Did Epstein influence Bitcoin core development? Short answer: No. This is not how Bitcoin works. Here's what happened: Epstein donated to MIT Media Lab…who in turn supported MIT Digital Currency Initiative…which in turn funded Bitcoin developers. These devs used to be https://t.co/lDjveKsIBc" / X Mark Goodwin Interview - Was Bitcoin A Government Operation & Can It Still Be Used To Fight Back? Mitch Burcham Interview - How The Government Commandeered Bitcoin & Its Decentralized Future New Tab (16) Hamid Bendaas

Jeffrey Epstein's reach into academia was not an accident—it was a deliberate campaign of influence, and the institutions that took his money were not naïve. From Harvard University to MIT, prestigious institutions shamelessly accepted millions from Epstein, even after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. He was paraded through campuses, granted offices, and allowed to rub elbows with some of the most powerful intellectuals in the world. Harvard, for example, gave him a personal office and continued to associate with him long after his reputation had been shredded. MIT Media Lab staff referred to him as “Voldemort”—he who must not be named—while simultaneously courting his funding in secret, proving the hypocrisy wasn't subtle, it was baked into the institution.What's more damning is the moral contortionism these institutions employed to justify their partnerships. Academia, which claims to be a beacon of ethics and enlightenment, became a laundromat for Epstein's blood money. Professors, researchers, and administrators who should have known better either stayed silent or openly defended the transactions, rationalizing them with talk of “advancing science” or “unrestricted gifts.” In truth, they weren't advancing anything but their own ambitions and budgets. By embracing a convicted predator with open arms, these institutions exposed a rot within academia—where prestige and funding outweighed integrity, and the doors swung open for a monster who knew how to play the game.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Jeffrey Epstein Donated Millions To These Scientists And InstitutesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

Professor Alex 'Sandy' Pentland, one of the most renowned computational scientists in the world, joins Vasant Dhar in Episode 102 of Brave New World to discuss the state and development of human-centric AI. Useful Resources: 1. Alex 'Sandy' Pentland. 2. Stanford Research Institute. 3. MIT Media Lab. 4. Distributed Computing, Blockchain. 5. Nature Magazine, Nature Machine Intelligence. 6. The Hard Problem Of Consciousness. 7. Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution In The Age Of AI: Alex Pentland. 8. Brave New World Episode 101: Deepak Chopra On Consciousness and Reality. 9. Digital Dharma: How AI Can Elevate Spiritual Intelligence and Personal Well-Being - Deepak Chopra. 10. Awakening: The Path to Freedom and Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra. 11. Sharing The Wisdom Of Time: Pope Francis. 12. UN, Sustainable Development Goals. 13. Jonathan Haidt. 14. Brave New World Episode 08: Jonathan Haidt, How Social Media Threatens Society. 15. Daniel Kahneman, Behavioural Economics. 16. Brave New World Episode 21: Daniel Kahneman, How Noise Hampers Judgement. 17. Loyal Agents. 18. Loyal Agents Consumer Reports19. EU - AI Act. 20. Duty Of Care. 21. Internet Engineering Task Force. 22. World Trade Organisation.   Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. The subscription is free! Order Vasan Dhar's new book, Thinking With Machines   Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. The subscription is free! Order Vasan Dhar's new book, Thinking With Machines  

Dimitri and Khalid explore the later career of chief cyberculture impresario Stewart Brand from the early 1970s to today, including: Fred Turner's 2004 book "From Counterculture to Cyberculture" highlighting tensions between the New Left and the "New Communalists"; Stewart Brand running the livestream on the Mother of All Demos with SRI computer pioneer Douglas Engelbart in 1968; predicting and championing the “personal computer” revolution in Rolling Stone in 1972; Brand's late ‘70s obsessions with CIA suslord Gregory Bateson and orbital space colonies; launching the WELL (the first self-described ‘online community') with Larry Brilliant and throwing the first Hackers' Conference with John Brockman in 1985; how Grateful Dead lyricist/Mormon cattle ranching heir John Perry Barlow shitposted his way to cyberpunk stardom and CIA consultancy gigs on the WELL; Brand's fateful run-in with MIT Media Lab founder/brother of an Iran-Contra mass murderer Nicholas Negroponte; chief Brand acolyte Kevin Kelly launching WIRED magazine; and the 1990s formation of a bicoastal Long Now/EDGE Foundation “digerati” network that would eventually link up with Robert Maxwell's daughters and “science philanthropist” Jeffrey Epstein on their way to capturing the commanding heights of the 21st century's New Economy… For access to full-length premium SJ episodes, upcoming installments of DEMON FORCES, and the Grotto of Truth Discord, subscribe at https://patreon.com/subliminaljihad.

Tinsley Galyean, Author of Reframe is a technologist, designer, and co-founder of Curious Learning, a global nonprofit dedicated to eradicating illiteracy. He holds a PhD from the MIT Media Lab and works at the intersection of education, storytelling, and digital innovation, creating interactive experiences for museums and programing for networks like Discovery Kids, Disney, and Warner Bros.Under Galyean's leadership, Curious Learning has made its literacy apps available in 60 languages, reaching children in diverse communities worldwide, many with little or no access to formal schooling. By partnering with parents, educators, NGOs, and governments, the organization has helped children in some of the most resource-constrained settings begin their reading journey. Curious Learning's work is recognized for its commitment to mother-tongue instruction and its focus on data-driven evaluation to ensure real, lasting impact.LInks:https://www.businessexpertpress.com/books/reframe-how-curiosity-and-literacy-can-redefine-us/https://www.curiouslearning.org/https://medium.com/authority-magazine/high-impact-philanthropy-tinsley-galyean-of-curious-learning-on-how-to-leave-a-lasting-legacy-with-1c9b04d7b6fc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Curiosity is the intentional pursuit of understanding — a leader's commitment to asking questions, exploring diverse perspectives, and continuously learning rather than assuming they already have all the answers. It's the mindset that transforms uncertainty into opportunity. "There is always another way to look at something. If you don't think there is, you haven't looked hard enough. There is value in exercising that kind of flexibility of consciousness." Tinsley Galyean TINSLEY GALYEAN, author of REFRAME, is a technologist, designer, and co-founder of Curious Learning, a global nonprofit dedicated to eradicating illiteracy. He holds a PhD from the MIT Media Lab and works at the intersection of education, storytelling, and digital innovation, creating interactive experiences for museums and programing for networks like Discovery Kids, Disney, and Warner Bros. Favorite snack is New England apples Curious Learning Website Book Reframe LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Music-"Homesick" Copyright 2018. Written by Shireen Amini. Produced by Shireen Amini and Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog Recording (Boston, MA).  

Why good communication is the key to good communities.Community and communication go hand-in-hand. For Sandy Pentland, the culture and cohesion of any group “has to do with the stories [people] tell each other.”Pentland is a professor at MIT, where he helped create and direct the MIT Media Lab. As a pioneer in computational social science, he's using data to map social networks and decode communication. In his latest book, Shared Wisdom: Cultural Evolution in the Age of AI, he explores the interplay between human culture, technological development, and societal change — arguing that communication is the tool that enables groups to achieve these advancements and to cohere throughout them. “Stories are the stuff of culture,” he says. “Sharing stories educates the community… defining the worldview and culture of that group.”In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Pentland and host Matt Abrahams explore what our communication patterns reveal about group dynamics and organizational health. From the “honest signals” in our interactions to strategies for strengthening remote work connections, Pentland shares how better communication can fuel more connected communities.Episode Reference Links:Sandy PentlandSandy's Book: Shared WisdomEp.137 When Words Aren't Enough: How to Excel at Nonverbal Communication Ep.65 Ties That Bind: Why Remote and Hybrid Teams Need the Right Connection Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedInChapters:(00:00) - Introduction (02:19) - Honest Signals & Human Behavior (04:12) - The Sociometric Badge Research (05:42) - Human Connection in Remote Work (06:59) - Organizations as Networks (09:31) - How Ideas Spread in Groups (12:42) - Bringing the Right People Together (14:10) - Stories as Cultural DNA (16:53) - The Final Three Questions (21:51) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors.  These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost. Go to Quince.com/ThinkFast for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. 

Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message!Our guest this week is Joscha Bach. He is a German cognitive scientist, artificial-intelligence researcher and philosopher of mind who consistently bridges the gap between what human intelligence is and what machines could become. He has an MA in computer science and a PhD in cognitive science. Over the course of his career he has held research positions at institutions such as the MIT Media Lab and the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics.Bach is best known for his work on computational models of human-like cognition: he developed the cognitive architecture called “MicroPsi”, exploring how perception, motivation, emotion and decision-making interact in autonomous agents. He is the author of Principles of Synthetic Intelligence. In addition to his academic output, he has taken roles in applied AI research and strategy, bringing theoretical insight into real-world settings.What sets his approach apart is his deeply integrative mindset: he treats intelligence not just as surface behaviour or pattern-recognition, but as the emergent result of rich internal models of the world and self. His philosophical lens brings questions of consciousness, free will and meaning into the technical domain, framing AI and cognition as part of a broader inquiry into what it means to think, feel and act.We talk about:We live in a story not in the physical worldConsciousness does not depend on the substrateCan you learn reality by just watching YTAlternative approaches to building AIIntuition is the part of your mind you cannot yet reflectThe constraint to becoming superhuman only applies to humansThere is no obligation to unite your many selvesThis episode will require your full focus. We recommend you put on headphones and turn off all your other devices.Web: www.whereshallwemeet.xyzTwitter: @whrshallwemeetInstagram: @whrshallwemeet

$1 Patreon sale! Promo Code “DRAMA” (expires Nov 30, 2025): https://www.patreon.com/cw/illuminatiwatcherOn today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we unpack a wild conspiracy theory about the possible identity of the founder of Bitcoin- Satoshi Nakamoto! It all started with an examination of Epstein File email 026360 which took me down a path of Gavin Andresen's REAL identity, occult Runes, death and rebirth rituals, Gavin's connections to Satoshi, the Bitcoin Foundation, Joi Ito, MIT's Media Lab and following the money straight to Epstein himself! It's a wild ride so get ready!Links:$1 Patreon sale! Promo Code “DRAMA” (expires Nov 30, 2025): https://www.patreon.com/cw/illuminatiwatcherIs Bitcoin an Illuminati Ruse?… Cryptocurrency Conspiracy Theories on CTAUC Podcasthttps://www.illuminatiwatcher.com/bitcoin-illuminati-ruse-cryptocurrency-conspiracy-theories-ctauc-podcastI'm back on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/@occultsymbolism (*Supporter feeds Tier 2 members get videos with early access, no ads)Show sponsors- Get discounts while you support the show and do a little self improvement!*CopyMyCrypto.com/Isaac is where you can copy James McMahon's crypto holdings- listeners get access for just $1 WANT MORE?... Check out my UNCENSORED show with my wife, Breaking Social Norms: https://breakingsocialnorms.com/GRIFTER ALLEY- get bonus content AND go commercial free + other perks:*PATREON.com/IlluminatiWatcher : ad free, HUNDREDS of bonus shows, early access AND TWO OF MY BOOKS! (The Dark Path and Kubrick's Code); you can join the conversations with hundreds of other show supporters here: Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher (*Patreon is also NOW enabled to connect with Spotify! https://rb.gy/hcq13)*VIP SECTION: Due to the threat of censorship, I set up a Patreon-type system through MY OWN website! IIt's even setup the same: FREE ebooks, Kubrick's Code video! Sign up at: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/members-section/*APPLE PREMIUM: If you're on the Apple Podcasts app- just click the Premium button and you're in! NO more ads, Early Access, EVERY BONUS EPISODE More from Isaac- links and special offers:*BREAKING SOCIAL NORMS podcast, Index of EVERY episode (back to 2014), Signed paperbacks, shirts, & other merch, Substack, YouTube links, appearances & more: https://allmylinks.com/isaacw *STATEMENT: This show is full of Isaac's useless opinions and presented for entertainment purposes. Audio clips used in Fair Use and taken from YouTube videos. 

What happens to your brain when you use AI? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O'Reilly explore current research into how large language models affect our cognition, memory, and learning with Nataliya Kosmyna, research scientist at the MIT Media Lab. Is AI good for us? NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/your-brain-on-chatgpt-with-nataliya-kosmyna/Thanks to our Patrons Jacqueline Scripps, Jose Mireles, Eric Divelbiss, francisco carbajal medina, Sahil Pethe, Vivekanandhan Viswanathan, Kurt R, Daniel D. Chisebwe, Landslide, Sebastian Davalos, Bob Case, Mark Rempel, Lucas Fowler, Cindy, Wizulus Redikulus, Hector Alvarado, Matt Cochrane, Ari Warren, Mark, Jorge Ochoa, Leena Z, Donald BeLow, Zach Woodbury, Jeffery Hicks, Ibolinger, Subri Kovilmadam, Danielle Stepien, Justin Akins, Richard, Tai Vokins, Dan O'Connell, Evelyn Lhea, Siva Sankar, Jack Bremner, mcb_2011, Saronitegang, dante wisch, Adnrea Salgado Corres, Jarrod C., Micheal Maiman, Ivan Arsov, Patrick Spillane, Aarush, Brad Lester, Anna Wolosiak-Tomaszewska, Jon A, Ali Shahid, K. Rich Jr., Kevin Wade, Suzy Stroud, Expery Mental, Ian jenkins, Tim Baldwin, John Billesdon, Hugo, Mason Lake, Judith Grimes, G Mysore, Mark Stueve, Cuntess Bashory, Jock Hoath, Payton Noel, and Leon Rivera for supporting us this week. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk Radio ad-free and a whole week early.Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Is AI going to go the same way as computing: from colossal LLMs owned by a few companies to billions of networked AI agents? How does that parallel one of the great underappreciated secrets of the human brain? Join this week with guest MIT Media Lab professor (and AI-decentralizer) Ramesh Raskar.

MIT's ‘95% of AI pilots fail' headline is a litmus test: will people think critically, or just swallow clickbait?Unfortunately, the latter won.The MIT '95 % of AI pilots fail' study has taken over the internet, and it's one of the worst studies I've ever read. (And I've read thousands.) ↳ So, what's the truth?↳ Is AI a bubble that's about to pop? ↳ Why is this study rubbish? ↳ And how does it impact you? Don't miss out.Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Thoughts on this? Join the convo and connect with other AI leaders on LinkedIn.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:MIT AI Study Claims 95% Failure RateBreakdown of MIT Study MethodologyImpact of Viral MIT AI Study HeadlinesFlaws in MIT Study ROI MeasurementComparison With Reputable AI ROI StudiesMIT Study's Biased Participant SelectionNanda Project Marketing in MIT ReportFive Major Red Flags in MIT AI ResearchBusiness Implications of Flawed AI Pilots DataHow Media Sensationalizes AI Study ResultsTimestamps:00:00 "MIT AI Study Critique"04:16 AI Investments Trigger Stock Market Decline06:37 "Host's Background Overview"10:58 Flawed AI Study Critique13:28 MIT Study Highlights AI Implementation Challenges18:58 AI Work Trends & ROI Insights20:17 "Crossing the Gen AI Divide"23:25 Flawed Study with Misleading Claims29:34 "Uncritical Reposting Spurs Fake Study"30:30 "Read Studies, Not Summaries"Keywords:MIT AI study, 95% AI pilot failure, enterprise AI pilots, generative AI ROI, AI pilot success rate, AI project failure, state of AI in business, gen AI divide, MIT Media Lab, AI investment, AI implementation challenges, AI return on investment, AI research methodology, AI study critique, AI marketing, Nanda project, AI vendor solutions, agentic web, MCP protocol, A2A protocol, Fortune article, AI media coverage, stock market impact, NVIDIA stock drop, Palantir, ARM stock, qualitative AI data, AI structured interviews, AI industry surveys, IDC AI research, Snowflake ESG report, McKinsey AI analysis, Microsoft Work Trend Index, Boston Consulting Group AI study, AI adoption rates, enterprise AI transformation, sample size in AI studies, research limitations, AI productivity impact, AI workflow automation, AI business decisions, AI bubble, AI reporting in media, AI pilot timeline, enterprise AI tools, AI agent capabilities, AI autonomy, custom AI solutions, AI study bias, marketing disguised as research, sensationalized AI studies.Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Ready for ROI on GenAI? Go to youreverydayai.com/partner