Modest Conversations - The Information
Sam Lessin
The Information presents Modest Conversations hosted by Sam Lessin, who writes the site's regular 'Modest Conversations' column. Modest Conversations are short conversations with interesting people about technology, culture, politics, and whatever else strikes our fancy.
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May 21, 2017 • 26min
11 - AI, Real or False Please Explain - Lukas Biewald of Crowdflower & OpenAI
Lukas and I discuss AI, vision problems, and what is real vs. overstated about the near future of machine intelligence.
May 14, 2017 • 42min
10 - The Morning Routine of 2027 and 2047 - Amanda Peyton, co-founder Grand St. & Google Alum
Amanda and I pace out what a morning routine might look like in +10 and +30 years in the future. What will be the same about morning routines and what will technology change?
May 7, 2017 • 16min
09 - Have We Reached The Limits of VC? - Bryce Roberts of OATV & Indie.vc
Bryce, a co-founder of O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Indie.vc joins to talk about the limits of traditional venture capital. What can / can’t traditional venture capital support in terms of company building in 2017? What are some financing alternatives?
Apr 30, 2017 • 29min
08 - Entrepreneurial Resilience - Leila Janah, Founder Samasource and LXMI
Leila, the founder of Samasource and LXMI joins to talk about entrepreneurial resilience and how to avoid ‘punk-ing out’. We talk about emotional stability, balance, and the lack thereof. When to stay the course vs. swerve.
Apr 23, 2017 • 27min
07 - The Future of Real Estate with Brad Hargreaves, Founder of Common & General Assembly
Brad Hargreaves, the founder of Common and co-founder of General Assembly joins to discuss Real Estate. We focus on topics like Millennial ‘Poverty’, how the death of retail is changing real-estate financing, and - of course - self-driving technology.
Apr 17, 2017 • 15min
06 - Meditation, the Next Yoga-Toothbrush with Eric Antonow of Metabolic, Public Med, FB, GOOG
Eric Antonow - Founder of Public Meditation (https://www.facebook.com/pubmeditation) joins to discuss why meditation is either the next Yoga or Toothbrush or both.
Apr 9, 2017 • 25min
05 - New York Tech & Social Media Fame - Greg Galant, Found Muck Rack and The Shorty Awards
Greg Galant, the founder of Muck Rack and The Shorty Awards joins for a conversation on New York Tech and Social Media Fame.
Apr 2, 2017 • 26min
04 - Online & Offline Communities in a Data Deluged World - Justin Shaffer, Founder Public Studio
Justin Shaffer of Hot-potato, Facebook, and Now Public Studio joins to discuss online and offline communities... and how our world of ever-present communication and access changes how people traverse and move in and out of their personal 'bubbles'
Mar 26, 2017 • 26min
03 - Unions, Regulatory Capture, and Tech - Joe Green, Founder FWD.us
Joe Green, of Causes, Nation-Builder, and FWD.US joins to discuss some ideas around unions, organizing, and regulatory capture in an era of technology companies.
Mar 18, 2017 • 15min
02 - Who Drives Corporate Responsibility and Benefits? - Andrew Kortina Founder Fin, Venmo
Andrew Kortina, my Fin co-founder and former founder of Venmo joins me to discuss some ideas around corporate responsibility, benefits, and the role technology companies play across political-social-and economic worlds in a world of declining civic and religious affiliations.
