Adam Singer: Investing in Life Sciences, Tech Dystopia, and Online Worlds

Hey guys! This week we have a special guest Adam Singer, the VP of marketing and LEX Markets. We covered a variety of topics ranging from working for Google, investing in life sciences companies such Invitae (NVTA), what is LEX Markets plus we get to know Adam’s early life, how he became a DJ and music composer, he explains to us what are Potemkin numbers and how fishing, poker, and investing are very similar and last but not least we talked about  technology dystopia and if we are becoming an ant colony?

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Check out our time-stamp below: 

• [0:00] Who is Adam Singer?
• [14:00] Joining Google 
• [19:00] Life Sciences Investing: Invitae (NVTA) 
• [36:00] Joining LEX Markets
• [44:00] Becoming a DJ and Composing Music 
• [50:00] Are we relying too much on Technology? 
• [1:05:00] Technology Dystopia: Are we becoming an ant colony? 
• [1:10:00] Enhancing your first life with your second life. 
• [1:20:00] Everything should be like Youtube and Soundcloud.
• [1:25:00] Fishing, Poker and Investing.
• [1:37:00] NFTs’ Future 
• [1:43:00] Potemkin NUmbera and Faking Clout.
• [1:49:00] More from Adam Singer and Closing Question

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