

Know Time
Know Time
For the ones curious about the world and everything in it, but have know time.
Join me on my quest to share stories from people of all fields, and hopefully learn a bit more about space, science, technology, philosophy, culture, history, movies, music or sport.
Join me on my quest to share stories from people of all fields, and hopefully learn a bit more about space, science, technology, philosophy, culture, history, movies, music or sport.
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Feb 1, 2025 • 52min
#105: Wealth, Growth, Productivity & Time ft. Sahil Bloom
Sahil Bloom, author of The Five Types of Wealth, talks about his journey, living a life by design (against a life by default), the five types of wealth: time, social, mental, physical and financial wealth, productivity and luck!Sahil's book: https://a.co/d/fBZjUvvSUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:22 Time Wealth4:47 Life By Design vs. Life By Default13:57 Wrong Scoreboard For Success16:51 Time Wealth (Contd.)19:22 Social Wealth26:37 Mental Wealth19:47 Physical Wealth32:42 Financial Wealth37:01 Productivity Hacks41:39 Luck43:35 Reinventing Yourself46:21 Lego Interpretation46:44 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)47:28 Letter To Future Self48:05 Legacy & Meaning of Life#growth #productivity #wealth

Jan 25, 2025 • 57min
#104: Marxism, Capitalism, Geopolitics & Israel-Palestine ft. Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad, historian, journalist, author of Washington Bullets and The Darker Nations, executive director of Tricontinenal, talks about Calcutta, Marxism, socialism, communism, capitalism, imperialism, the New Mood and the Israel & Palestine conflict. Vijay: https://thetricontinental.org/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:20 Childhood Inspirations8:25 Growing Up In Calcutta, West Bengal18:30 Marxism28:12 Socialism, Communism & Marxism39:23 Hyper-imperialism & The New Mood45:26 Israel & Palestine53:57 Inspirations, Legacy & Meaning of Life#politics #geopolitics

Jan 18, 2025 • 55min
#103: Cosmology, Cosmic Inflation, Physics & Nobel Prizes ft. Dr. Brian Keating
Dr. Brian Keating, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author of Losing The Nobel Prize and host of the Into The Impossible Podcast, talks about the origins of the universe, the Big Bang, cosmic microwave background radiation, cosmic inflation, BICEP & POLARBEAR experiments, the Simons Array and the Nobel Prize!Brian: https://briankeating.com/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:24 Studying The Universe5:42 The Big Questions14:58 Origins of the Universe19:36 BICEP Experiments27:00 POLARBEAR Experiments32:35 Nobel Prize44:53 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)46:22 Advice & Mysteries of the Universe49:12 Legacy & Meaning of Life#physics #cosmology #astrophysics #science

Jan 11, 2025 • 1h 5min
#102: Chess, Mindset & Intelligence ft. GM Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley, chess grandmaster, author and coach, talks about falling in love with chess, growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn, playing with chess hustlers in New York, chess strategies, mindsets, intelligence, life lessons, chess engines and AI!Maurice: https://mauriceashley.com/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:15 Falling In Love With Chess3:48 Chess Hustlers8:36 Performative Aspects of Chess11:26 Growing Up In New York14:56 Playing Style18:11 Nature vs. Nurture in Chess21:07 Life Lessons From Chess27:31 Impact of Engines & AI on Chess32:11 Defeating Magnus Carlsen35:04 Gukesh’s Playing Style37:03 Bungee Jumping42:01 Chess As An Artform46:26 Flow State In Chess49:11 Lego Interpretation50:41 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)52:43 Greatest Chess Player55:31 Legacy & Meaning of Life#chess

Jan 4, 2025 • 1h 43min
#101: Genome Engineering, CoVID Lab Leak Theory & Futurism ft. Jamie Metzl
Jamie Metzl, author of Hacking Darwin, futurist and geopolitical expert, talks about storytelling, genome engineering, gene editing, CRISPR, the CoVID-19 Lab Leak Theory, coronavirus, nation states and futurism.Jamie: https://jamiemetzl.com/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj Lawania#science #covid19 #learn TIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:26 Importance of Storytellers11:24 Optimism15:08 Genome Engineering19:28 Gene Editing & CRISPR28:39 Genetic Differences38:21 Genetic Selection47:09 CoVID-19 Lab Leak Theory1:11:03 One Shared World1:17:14 Nation States & Global Overlays1:23:12 Cryptocurrency1:25:58 Futurism1:32:21 Lego Interpretation1:33:31 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)1:36:59 Legacy & Meaning of Life

Dec 28, 2024 • 1h 2min
#100: Agra, India & Life Stories ft. Mahesh & Sushila Sharma (my grandparents!)
This is a conversation with my grandparents, Mahesh and Sushila Sharma, or as I’ve called them affectionately all my life, nanaji and nanima. In this conversation we talk about their life stories, both of them are above the age of 85, born before India existed as a country. We talk about my great-grandfather’s journey from a village to starting a life in Agra, childhood memories, when my nanaji met people like Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Indira Gandhi, his memories from 15th August 1947 when he was at the Red Fort listening to Prime Minister Nehru’s speech, and we also cover other stories from their lives.This is a landmark 100th episode of Know Time. People close to me might already know this, but this episode has been 4 years in the making: ever since I started, I had parked a wish aside that if I make it to 100 episodes, I would like my 100th episode to be with my grandparents. In a way, this episode is the perfect representation of what this show stands for: it has always been about people’s stories, and I’ve always believed, I still believe with a passion, you can’t convince me otherwise, trust me people have tried, I’ve always believed that everyone has a story, everyone has something to share, something you can learn from, and the onus is on me, to ask the right questions.This journey has not been easy. For the last four years I’ve pretty much said goodbye to a conventional social life, I’ve pretty much juggled two jobs, it’s like running a company while working a full-time job, it has meant recording on most weekends, staying in on Friday evenings to publish a new episode, giving up on latest movies or books or TV shows to spend that time researching on most weekdays. There’s been self-doubt always, especially on my commitment to value ideas and interesting stories over viral or click-bait content that I know will attract people much quicker. It’s been difficult, but I cannot stress how much of a privilege this has been for me. It’s a blessing, it’s an honour, it’s truly an honour. I know for a fact that every episode I’ve done, I’ve learnt something new about the world and myself, and if I just retain 1% from each episode, I know it’ll only make my life richer, it already has and I hope it does the same for you. Also, I hope conversations inspire you to also have these type of conversations with everyone around you: with a stranger, with family, with partners, with your parents, grandparents: I’m certain it’ll only bring you all closer, like it did for me. It’s a blessing, it’s an honour and trust me, I’m going nowhere, I’m only getting started.See you at 200!SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction6:50 Childhood Memories10:06 Memories From Agra13:24 Street Food In Agra14:41 Places To Visit In Agra17:34 Grandfather’s Story30:42 Father’s Story35:54 Memories From 15th August, 194738:09 Jawaharlal Nehru & Indira Gandhi40:22 The War of 197144:57 Story From War of 197148:50 President Dr. Rajendra Prasad's Car50:33 Movies53:22 Cricket54:28 Nanima’s Entry56:03 Marriage58:00 Advice#agra #india #hindi

Dec 13, 2024 • 1h 38min
#99: Air Pollution, Purifiers, Entrepreneurship & Deep Tech ft. Angad Daryani
Angad Daryani, founder and CEO of Praan Inc, talks about becoming an inventor, air quality in India, building filterless air purification systems, raising capital and entrepreneurship.Angad: https://praan.io/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:25 Falling In Love With Inventing5:21 Science & Art7:29 Dropping Out Of School9:35 Air Quality in India20:55 Impact on Health23:06 Air Purifiers With Filters27:36 Filterless Air Purifiers45:43 Stigma With Air Purifiers51:54 Product Design55:01 Outdoor vs. Indoor Purifiers1:00:30 Role of Government1:05:56 Hard Tech1:08:24 Indian Brain Drain1:15:45 VCs and Raising Capital1:23:37 Entrepreneurship 1:28:36 Lego Interpretation1:29:10 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)1:32:57 Legacy, Future & Meaning of Life#airpollution #india #entrepreneur

Dec 7, 2024 • 1h 22min
#98: Aliens, SETI, Origins of Life & UFOs ft. Seth Shostak
Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence or the SETI Institute, talks about falling in love with astronomy, SETI, searching for aliens, origins of life, UFOs and UAPs.Seth: https://sethshostak.com/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/TIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:20 Falling In Love With Astronomy3:12 The Moon Landing6:10 Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence9:27 Drake’s Equation14:31 Fermi Paradox16:16 Detecting Planets17:45 Telescopes & Frequencies21:43 Origins Of Life25:53 Great Filter Theory31:51 Rare Earth Hypothesis36:41 Mars Colony38:40 Alien Civilizations40:30 Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence45:32 The Dark Forest Theory47:17 Simulation Hypothesis50:45 Making Contact56:10 Close Encounters58:35 Aliens In Movies1:01:17 UFOs & UAPs1:09:15 Lego Interpretation1:10:27 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)1:11:29 Legacy, Future & Meaning of LifeProducer & Host: Shalaj Lawania#alien #aliens #extraterrestrial #science

Nov 22, 2024 • 2h 17min
#97: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness & Computation ft. Joscha Bach
Joscha Bach, cognitive scientist & AI researcher, talks about philosophy in computation, East Germany, AI, ChatGPT, AlphaZero, human intelligence, consciousness and AI takeover scenarios.Joscha: http://bach.ai/SUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:28 How Is AI Going To Change Humans? 6:02 Merging Philosophy with Computation, Math & Natural Language12:30 Art & Design In AI17:09 Growing Up In East Germany25:38 The Problems With AI Models43:29 Can Machines Understand?47:09 The Chinese Room Thought Experiment55:18 Mary’s Room Thought Experiment59:27 Should We Treat Machines Like Humans?1:06:53 Consciousness1:24:58 Computational Functionalism1:32:26 Enlightenment1:43:17 Future of AI & Human Intelligence1:51:33 Gods1:56:18 Roko’s Basilisk 2:01:51 Doomsday AI2:07:06 Lego Interpretation2:08:02 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)2:10:36 Legacy & Meaning of Life#artificialintelligence #ai #technology

Nov 16, 2024 • 59min
#96: Jewellery, Design, Fashion & Entrepreneurship ft. Payal Shah
Payal Shah, founder of L'Dezen and Psylish jewelry, talks about Hong Kong, designing fine jewelry, architecture, interior design, working with celebrities, entrepreneurship, NFTs, Web 3.0 and AI in jewellery,Payal: https://www.instagram.com/payalia/?hl=enSUPPORT:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/knowtimeAnchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtime/supportYoutube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ-937lA3_s2g5AxdpKQjVg/joinPODCAST:Anchor: https://anchor.fm/knowtimeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2CjRJPktODLDeHavCNDLGAApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/know-time/id1535371851?uo=4CONNECT:Youtube: Subscribe!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knowtimetofly/Instagram (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/shalajlawania/Twitter: https://twitter.com/knowtimetoflyTwitter (Personal): https://twitter.com/shalajlawaniaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/knowtimetoflyReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/knowtimetofly/Blog: http://www.sadisticshalpy.com/Producer & Host: Shalaj LawaniaTIMELINE0:00 Introduction1:16 Growing Up In Hong Kong9:04 Studying Architecture & Interior Design11:49 Getting Into Jewellery Design 19:14 Designing Jewellery28:55 Jewellery & Fashion31:00 Celebrity Endorsements36:47 Entrepreneurship Advice40:13 Web 3.0 & NFTs42:35 Artificial Intelligence46:20 Future of Jewellery48:37 Lego Interpretation49:55 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)54:45 Legacy & Meaning of Life#jewellery #jewelry #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship