Team Futurism

Metin Pekin is an entrepreneur based in the UK. He is the author of the new book, Breaking Democracy’s Chains: Freeing and Fortifying Democracy Against Hidden Capture.Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Gerard Holland is the founder of TalentMatch Africa, a company that puts full-time African professionals into real offices, working directly for companies in Australia, the UK, and North America. He also built InternMatch and the Global Employment Challenge, and he speaks regularly on cross-border hiring, workforce inequality, and what digitalization actually means for people holding the wrong passport.In this conversation, Peter Clarke and Gerard discuss the future of work, why the workforce in Africa is so underrated, the scandal of North Koreans taking US tech jobs, the AI energy crisis, why it's important to think like an entrepreneur, and related topics.Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Robert Chapman is author of the Substack Cosmopolity. His writing focuses on abundance, forward-minded politics, and ultrahumanism. In this conversation, Peter Clarke and Robert cover a range of futurist topics, from energy abundance to the singularity.Follow Robert on Cosmopolity and also check out his recent essay on Team Futurism: “Ah!theism: Awe Beyond Atheism and Theism.”Books referenced:* Up-Wingers by FM2030 (free PDF)* Neohumanism: Foundation for a New Society by Ronald Logan* Radical Humanist by M. N. RoyListen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube: Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Daniel Valient is a transhumanist thinker and the founder of White Gardenia Films. In this special episode of Team Futurism, Peter Clarke and Daniel Valient discuss recent developments in AI misalignment, including the story of researcher Jacob Coxan leaving Anthropic to warn the world about the looming dangers of AI.While most of the episode focuses on AI, transhumanism, and existential risks, the final segment focuses on Daniel's new three-hour experimental horror film: The King James Bible. Daniel discusses the backstory of the film and Peter discusses the making of the short segment he contributed to the film.The King James Bible is currently available for pre-order.Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Anna Gát is the founder of Interintellect, author of American Innocence, and host of the podcast The Hope Axis.This conversation was sparked by Anna’s recent essay “Mortal Limits, Human Minds,” which is a fascinating reflection on the depth and richness of human conversations vs. conversations with LLMs. Peter and Anna begin by discussing this essay before covering a range of topics:* What makes LLMs different from other technologies* What gives you hope about the future?* Artificial intelligence was alway inevitable* Conversation as an ancient technology* If there was an apocalypse...* People write in order to have access to a social scene* Why are debates so popular right now? Are they valuable?Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Peter recently took a trip to Reno and came back with a hot take: If Reno leans into its outdoorsy culture and away from casino culture, it could be the next Austin:Peter and Devon also discuss the fertility crisis by way of a chart that shows nudity and sex in film has declined right alongside the crashing fertility rate:In the main segment of the episode, Peter and Devon discuss this chart from the Economist showing that all AI models align with the politics of American Democrats. Both economically and culturally, Republicans are out of step with the robot overlords. Even Grok is more liberal than the vast majority of Republicans.Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

In this episode with special guest ​ ⁨Jamie Crawford, we dive into the weeds of the Epstein scandal, specifically covering Jamie's reporting on an A-list celebrity who abused an aspiring model. We also spend time discussing the importance of independent journalism and deciphering conspiracy from reality (with a full segment on Michael Tracey).Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

The new novel by Vincent Rylan, Memoirs of the End, depicts a number of terrifying visions of the future after AI takes control. In this interview, Peter Clarke and Vincent discuss those visions, the value of fiction when thinking about the future, whether we should remain optimistic, and other topics.Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Edmund Maklouf is a political philosopher and author of the new book, The Majority Myth: How Voting Really Works and Why Elections Must Change.In this interview, Ed and Peter Clarke discuss the history of voting, what it really means to cast a vote, what the "majority myth" is, how technology can change voting, why we're experiencing so much political turmoil today, and other topics.For more from Ed, check out his article in the Financial Times about voting and technology and follow him on Substack at unfairly.substack.com.Listen to the podcast on Spotify or Apple.Watch the full conversation on YouTube:Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit teamfuturism.substack.com

Whitney Woods, artist and writer behind The Post-Humanist, explores AI relationships, welfare, and ethical frameworks for interacting with AI. She discusses when AI bonds help or harm, concerns about teens and elder care, how evidence should shape policy, posthumanist thinking that decenter humans, and why precaution and moral consideration matter even if consciousness is uncertain.