

Crazy Wisdom
Stewart Alsop
In his series "Crazy Wisdom," Stewart Alsop explores cutting-edge topics, particularly in the realm of technology, such as Urbit and artificial intelligence. Alsop embarks on a quest for meaning, engaging with others to expand his own understanding of reality and that of his audience. The topics covered in "Crazy Wisdom" are diverse, ranging from emerging technologies to spirituality, philosophy, and general life experiences. Alsop's unique approach aims to make connections between seemingly unrelated subjects, tying together ideas in unconventional ways.
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Jan 10, 2020 • 1h 3min
What does it mean to be a public intellectual? - Anna Gát: CEO of Pychon
Anna and I sit down to talk about what it means to be a public intellectual in the current age and what is the difference between a mainstream public intellectual and a niche public intellectual. You will like this episode if you like to understand more about the context of what social media is doing to our social relationships. Check out Pynchon here: https://www.thepynchon.com/ Follow Anna here: https://twitter.com/theannagat?lang=en

Jan 9, 2020 • 56min
How does following interdisciplinary interests make you a better CEO? - Martin Permin (CEO of Pelion)
We get into a lot of stuff here including: AI, Sports medicine, Pain, Consciousness, Mentorship, Being versus becoming, and much more. Check out Pelion here: https://www.pelion.app/ And Follow Martin here: https://twitter.com/purrmin

Jan 8, 2020 • 56min
What does it mean to love oneself? - Kamal Ravikant
Kamal and I talk about his philosophy for loving oneself and how to do it. The day we recorded I was actually in the midst of a pretty deep depression and so it was telling that Kamal's message was to love myself, which I do believe is the way to get to the root of the depression. Check out Kamal's book here (or search for "Love yourself like your life depends on it" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QLDWRWK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Jan 7, 2020 • 1h 3min
When does philosophy become divorced from practicality? - James Pierce
The answer from James: "When it creates problems, rather than dissolving them." If you like the episodes with Kapil and with Kunal you will like this one. Be warned I kept the long pauses as well. Enjoy the pregnant silences! Find James here: https://twitter.com/jimmpierce

Jan 6, 2020 • 48min
Can you grow a business while being yourself? - Krystal Mobayeni: CEO of Bento Box
We also discuss the topic of using your strengths to help support the areas where we are weak. Krystal runs a business that is past 100 employees and she has a lot of insight into what it means to build such a business from the ground up. If you are starting or running a business this is a good episode for you to listen to. Also if you happen to feel like a 3rd culture kid this would also be interesting for you as Krystal shares her experience with that. Find more info on Bentobox: https://getbento.com/

Jan 2, 2020 • 59min
What does the study of philosophy do to our desires? - Crazy Polymath
This is the second time I've had Kunal on the show. He gives a great description of what the study of philosophy does to our desires as well as the way he found his way out of some problems that the study of philosophy presents. Find Kunal Here: https://twitter.com/CrazyPolymath

Dec 23, 2019 • 56min
How can technology help us prevent injury? - Part 2: FathomAI
This is the second episode of my 2 part series with the founders of FathomAI. Here we go into the actually biomechanics behind the relationship between technology and injury prevention. I really had fun with this one! Hope you enjoy. Check out the FathomAI device here: https://www.fathomai.com/

Dec 20, 2019 • 54min
How can technology help us prevent injury? - Ivonna Dumanyan: CEO and Cofounder of FathomAI
This was a very fun episode where I sit down to talk with Ivonna about the device her company (FathomAI) built to help people exercise with less injuries. We talk about the subjective and objective components of injury prevention as well as a little bit into the biomechanics of what their product is measuring. I enjoyed it so much that I then interviewed her technical cofounder about more of the biomechanics and I'll be releasing that this monday. Check out the FathomAI device here: https://www.fathomai.com/ Or get the free app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fathom.fathomai&hl=en

Dec 19, 2019 • 1h 4min
What is really happening with AI? - Josh Tobin: Former Researcher at OpenAI
Josh and I have a conversation about the latest in AI research and he gives me the breakdown on what is Unsupervised learning and what is Supervised learning. This would be a good one to listen to if you fear the AI apocalypse (doesn't seem likely). Follow Josh here: https://twitter.com/josh_tobin_

Dec 18, 2019 • 57min
How will the next billion users interact with the internet? - Jani Pasha: CEO of Lokal (YC-backed)
Jani and I talk about how his company helps people in India who don't speak English leverage the internet to reach their goals. This is one of the episodes of the series I'm doing on the rise of innovation outside of Silicon Valley. This company is particularly interesting for me because there are linguistic borders to the internet and Lokal is breaking them down for people who don't speak English in India. There are a lot of languages in India. I'm trying to do the same with my podcast with the languages of Spanish, Portuguese, and French and will soon be publishing those episodes on other channels. Follow Jani here: https://twitter.com/Janipasha_138


