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Designs for Happiness #9 - The Poison That We Take
28 Nov 2021
00:05:46
This is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.
This is a short form episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.
Designs for Happiness #3 - The Power of Networking
25 Jul 2021
00:04:46
This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.
Sound/Camera: Dylan Tan (https://www.willdylan.com)
Music: ShowNing (https://www.showningdj.com)
Traditional monetary capital is based on zero-sum and absolute standards. However, this does not capture all the human value creation because we do so much more than what can be captured by simple monetary terms. How do we integrate this into quantifiable value?
A graduate of IIM Ahmedabad, Siddharth was the head of South Asia’s largest trading floor until 2011. He then spent four years in the Gandhi Ashram where he explored new paradigms for economics.
He is based out of Singapore where he has founded Sacred Capital. Together with team-mates around the world, they are building a reputation based economy to unleash multi-dimensional wealth. Their reputation interchange enables scaling of new forms of capital: social, cultural and intellectual.
Over the past 8 years, Siddharth has spoken at hundreds of public forums - from weekly features on television channels, to academic institutions like MIT, platforms for ideas like TEDx and more. His story has also been featured in publications like Forbes Asia, GQ and more."
FDP & Future Cities Laboratory - #1 Smart Grids & Energy Optimization - Jimeno Fonseca
We live in a world powered by the burning of fossil fuels. While it has enabled industrialization, delivered electricity to our homes and exponentially increased our mobility, it has come at tremendous cost to our environment and has proved to be unsustainable in the long run.
Jimeno Fonseca from Future Cities Laboratory, is a senior researcher and part of a team of scientists and professionals from related disciplines that is currently reimagining and designing cities of the future. An expert in urban energy systems, he shares with us some of the innovations and emerging new models and that will pave the way for greener and more cost effective solutions to the distribution of power in cities.
Future Cities Laboratory is an arm of ETH Zurich and is run in collaboration with the National Research Foundation. It’s aim is to shape cities through innovations in science and urban design. Feel free to drop by at their home page at:
https://fcl.ethz.ch/
#002: Blockchain & Spirituality - Karthik Iyer
15 Nov 2019
00:45:23
What do we need to spiritually harness an empowering technology such as blockchain?
Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, technology is as well. While it can be used to scam people or launder money, it can also be used to create a society that is more open and transparent. The internet has given people so much access to information that it has limited government’s power to control the people with propaganda. Blockchain technology is taking it to another level by further giving people the accountability and control of that information. We are at the cusp of that change and with an egalitarian society it can be a reality. Is the human race ready to embrace this technology with the right mindset?
I believe when creating technology or business, if it weren’t for the betterment of humanity, society and the planet that we live in, there is no point. This desire to elevate ourselves to a higher level of social connectivity derives from our heart, and our spirit. Blockchain can help us achieve this greater purpose.
But is blockchain just another fad? Weren’t there scams that entrenched the whole industry a few years ago?
Bitcoin was created so as to send money peer to peer by circumventing the central bank’s authority to control money flow. The underlying technology called blockchain allows for value and information to be exchanged without an intermediary. It is now being explored from startups to multi-national companies, which is making a groundbreaking impact on how we store, exchange and trace data.
Watch Karthik explain how we can take a step forward with spirituality.
Karthik Iyer is the ambassador of the P2P-Foundation (https://p2pfoundation.net/) and runs Blockchain Monk (http://blockchainmonk.com/) a DLT / DAO think tank out of Singapore and San Francisco. Due to his P2P-Foundation links, he has been involved in the Blockchain space for close to a decade. He was featured in the top 100 Fintech influencer list and mentors dozens of DLT startups in 4 continents.
He is a serial entrepreneur and founded Asia’s first neural network in the matching space and was part of the team that built one of the first tablet devices way back in 2007; he has successfully exited all his ventures to date. He holds close to half a dozen degrees from leading schools in the world like KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, Fudan University in China, among others.
He is regularly featured in Forbes, Economist and leading newspapers in Scandinavia, India and other Asian countries for his work on Blockchain & AI.
Do we just want quick dopamine hits? Is it true that we are really so starved for attention, desperate for the “likes” we get on social media, that we post whatever makes people react?
Do we really want instant gratification? Do we wish to stuff our faces with junk food, then snap our fingers and expect to have a body like a demi-god?
Have we lost our attention span? Can we listen to a speech for more than 10 minutes without pulling out our smartphones?
The internet has lowered barriers to create and distribute content. We are drowning in so much information and content, and making rapid choices on the kind of content that we take in. On top of that we now have a polarization of quality. How do we make these choices? Why do we spend time on one content and not on another? How do content creators create content that sticks?
Watch Neal Moore break these down for us in our latest podcast.
Neal has a 20 year career spanning across TV, publishing, advertising and film in the UK, USA and Asia where he is currently based.
He was originally trained as an actor and then as a journalist. He co-founded Click2View, Singapore’s first dedicated content marketing agency in 2010, which served world-class clients including AIA, Ben & Jerry's, Canon, Cisco, Citibank, Google, HSBC, Panasonic, Singtel & Visa.
After selling his business in 2017, he spent a year writing, developing and producing two short films, a sitcom and a podcast series, before taking a role as Head of Content & Business Development with Southeast Asia's largest independent production company.
In January 2019, he launched Moore's Lore Media (https://www.mooreslore.com/) - Content Strategy & Storytelling Solutions with the goal of helping people and organisations tell better stories for business impact. He has been featured in Asian Entrepreneur, Inc. ASEAN, Marketing Magazine, Mumbrella Asia, Singapore Business Review, South China Morning Post, The Guardian, on Australia+, BBC Asia Business Report and the BBC’s Talking Business with Linda Yueh.
Designs for Happiness #2 - Unsure About Being A Parent?
18 Jul 2021
00:04:26
This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.
Designs for Happiness #1 - The Love of Grandparents
11 Jul 2021
00:03:55
This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.
#065 Extera: Reflections on Nihilism - Mitigating the Pitfall
04 Jul 2021
01:04:49
Nihilism is permeating in Western Societies but it's starting to spread across the world. Distrust in politics, economy, financial markets, science, and perhaps even technology. It isn't just the bifurcation of ideology but the classification of people, failed monetary policies, diversion from value to price, and widespread misinformation and propaganda. Has everything lost its meaning and value?
In this episode, we bring back Jim Mosquera from Episode #24 Reflections on Freedom, to talk about why there's nihilism in pretty much everything we see today and the way out of it. Perhaps we are at the end of the era of Pax Americana and heading towards the Dark Ages. However, we discuss there is a way to mitigate this situation.
Here's what we talk about in this episode, - Decimation of religion debased morality - Digitisation of society weakens the physical social fabric - Categorisation of people widens gaps in society - Ambiguity created by relying on science - Decentralisation is about localizing
Jim is a founder of Alliance University that provides a marketplace of knowledge that is dedicated to empowering people to create an objective and fair society.
#064 Intera: Bringing Sanity to the World (Part 2.) - What We Need To Do
27 Jun 2021
00:41:35
Wajid Hassan is back on our show again to discuss the concept in greater detail that we couldn't get into in our last episode.
Here's what we discuss in this episode; - What is the significance of the Age of the Aquarius - Earth's evolutionary history from a spiritual perspective - What can be these out-of-place artifacts - Why ancient civilization understood the cosmic consciousness - What it means that Earth is rising its vibrations - What can bring people together
#063 Intera: Bringing Sanity to the World (Part 1) - How to Break Free of Our Struggles
20 Jun 2021
00:46:00
Have we exhausted our efforts to bring about world peace? We have slowly evolved to have better ethics and principles throughout history. However, does the timeline to cure this world in line with our speed of progress? We only advance in a linear manner.
In this episode, I speak with Wajid Hassan, the author of "The Struggle for World Sanity". He speaks from the view of the Aetherius Society, which sheds a thought provoking perspective of how we can bring about peace and unity. We have tried many methods to make us come together but perhaps it'll help if we had a different approach. He speaks to us about extraterrestrial species that can travel to Earth offering a way to bring sanity to our world.
It coincides with the US government admitting to UFO's existence so maybe the idea is not so "alien" to us anymore.
Here's what's you'll learn from this episode; - Who is Wajid Hassan - What is "The Struggle for World Sanity" about - Why is nihilism pervasive in the world today - The truth about the UFOs the US government talks about - What extraterrestrials can tell us about peace
#062 Extera: Beyond Finance for the Unbanked - How Crypto Can Humanize Finance
14 Jun 2021
00:51:26
Cryptocurrency is in the spotlight for the seemingly lucrative trade opportunities but there's the almost forgotten aspect of why Bitcoin came about. Trading is for the ones who have a certain level of wealth. What about the others who are left out in the economic activities that we all enjoy and benefit from? Crypto was invented for everyone, and in my view especially for the ones that have no access to traditional finance, the unbanked and underbanked.
In this episode, I speak with Taynaah Reis, the CEO of Moeda Seeds Bank from Brazil. She not only set out the blockchain-based mobile bank but stepped it up further to provide education for finance and business building. They have a marketplace where these people can launch their products via e-commerce. Their projects are being tokenized, and NFTs are minted.
Here is what you will learn in this episode, - Who is Taynaah Reis - What is Moeda Seeds Bank and its mission - Why isn't providing financial services isn't enough - What the underlying socio-economic problem that needs to be solved - Her advice for people coming into this industry
#061 Extera: Decoding Age and Living Forever - A Challenge or Upgrade to Humanity?
30 May 2021
00:41:30
Discovering the fountain of youth has been the millennia-old dream of humans. We have seen it in the old stories of Herodotus to the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs talk about it. The gene-editing technology such as CRISPR has made possible of preventing diseases before it happens, which could eradicate many of the incurable illnesses we have today. However, it has also allowed us to dream once again to the possibility of eternal life. I've always in the belief that we try to maximize our time in our bodies because life is finite. What will we do with our lives if we can live forever? Will we cherish it or abuse it?
In this episode, I speak with Mark Ryall, an independent researcher and author of the book "Age Decoded". We discuss the virtue of humanity and the need to examine what it means to live life. We are wired by default to think in short term but what if this becomes infinite? There is something more than eternal youthfulness and beauty beyond the lines of a finite life.
Here is what we discuss in the episode; - Who is Mark Ryall and the inspiration of his book - What is CRISPR and gene editing - What is the significant and potential achievements of this technology - The ethical difference between preventing diseases and prolonging life - What does it mean for humanity to obtain eternal life
#060 Intera: War, Work and Sex with Robots - Remaining Human in the Future with AI in Society
23 May 2021
01:03:05
In the near future, there will be a society where we all live among robots. They will be utilised for war, work and sex. In this future, we will need to reexamine how to maintain our human dignity. War without mobilizing humans can either turn us more vicious as we aren't the ones pulling the trigger. Needless to say about work; we are already experiencing the replacement for humans for robotic automation. Sex is a big concern, which I think may end our human civilization. How do we maintain our humanity among all of this radical change without us knowing how to prepare for this future? Am I being pessimistic or should I be having a different perspective.
In this episode, I speak with Joshua K. Smith, a pastor and independent researcher who has written a book called Robotic Person - Our Future with Social Robots. We discuss what it is to be human in this time of age where we see this driving force to replace humans with more efficient and productive robots. Through his early adulthood serving for the country in the military, he has seen a different side of humanity and made him examine the ethical value of living with this human creation.
Here in this episode we talk about; - What made Joshua Smith the man who he is today - Does robotic warfare dehumanize war - Radical shift in the way we look at jobs - How do we ready our philosophical way of life - Will sexbots end human civilization
#059 Extera: Breaking Down Barriers of the Status Quo - Crypto Networks that are Beginning to Recreate the Social Construct
16 May 2021
01:03:23
The more I examine the crypto industry, I can’t help but feel a generational and paradigm shift that started to happen in the backdrop of the global financial crisis in 2008. No longer do the Millenials, GenZs and even GenXers want to accept the economic and systematic construct that keeps them out of control of not only their wealth but how their society is run. The crypto community wants clarity, transparency, and a system that works, not by fuzzy man-made decision-making processes but by technology that truly opens up equal opportunities to all.
In this episode, I speak with Leslie Lamb, the podcast host of Crypto Unstacked, where she interviews the greatest minds in the crypto/blockchain space, covering topics of the latest decentralized finance projects, web3.0, and crypto investing. She's also the Head of Partnerships at Amber Group, a crypto financial services company based in HK. We dive into the reasons why crypto and decentralized finance have a place in this world.
Here is what you’ll learn from this episode;
What drew Leslie into the world of crypto
How decentral finance (DeFi) is furthering Bitcoin’s original narrative
What social constructs we are taking down with the crypto networks
How the generational shift is the power shift
How the stable coin projects are the game changer
Do check out Leslie Lamb’s Crypto Unstacked here. She engages with pioneers of the industry with well-researched questions that keep you fully engaged. Also if you are interested in getting into yielding products in crypto, check out here company Amber here.
#069 Intera: Restoring Energy to Repair the World - Ki Gong Master's View
31 Oct 2021
01:07:55
Energy is delivered to the body through not only the foods and liquids that we consume but also from etheric matter. In Indian terminology, our body has also an invisible body known as Pranamayokosha, and Prana (energy) is distributed from the outer world to the physical body through this energy body. When Prana energy is flowing and glowing, we feel positive and healthy. When Prana is subdued, we can feel negative and sick. We can also reverse this energy externally as well.
In this episode, I speak with Peter Paul Parker, a meditation coach, Ki Gong instructor, and sound healer. After an out-of-body experience on the road as a rock musician, he found out there was something outside of the physical realm. That brought him to meditation and further into the world of Ki Gong, the ancient art of mastering the energy flow.
Here we talk about; - Who is Peter Paul Parker - How did he get into meditation and Ki Gong - What is Ki Gong - How he thinks the energy flow can change the human consciousness - What are his views on changing the world we have today
#058 Intera: A New Pathway To Success with Jonathan Troen (Life Mastery Coach)
02 May 2021
00:54:46
We need to challenge the definition of success that society showcases for all of us. The stardom, the big house, and cars, the luxurious vacations. All of that is empty without the human connection. The ties to family, friends, colleagues, etc are fundamentally more important. Without them how do you enjoy your so-called success? We have seen people like Chris Cornell, Robin Williams, Anthony Bourdain, Chester Bennington, etc take their lives even though from the outside, all they looked were nothing but successful.
In this episode, I speak with Jonathan Troen, a life master coach who spearheads the self-love revolution. Nothing is more important than loving thyself and then you can spread the love around. He and I discuss the new pathway to success and how we can set ourselves and our children for a better way to view our lives.
Here in this episode, we discuss; - How to remove the labels we put on ourselves - Why the pursuit of financial success is empty in itself - How we need better role models of successful people - How leading by example is the way to teach our children - How to take the leap to reboot your career
Jonathan Troen has spent 20+ years in the music and entertainment industry where he felt deeply unhappy. After discovering yoga post-surgery, he began to understand that self-love was not taught enough and the only lasting love comes from the inside. He is the co-founder of Austin Yoga Tree, runs his own Self Love Revolution life mastery practice, and has been a speaker at South x SouthWest in 2019.
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#057 Extera: Tech Driven Incentives Pushing Societal Change with Justin Goldston (Professor Penn State University)
25 Apr 2021
00:56:44
Why are governmental incentives and punitive measures not enough to drive societal change to tackle problems like climate change, ethical sourcing of labor, etc? Shareholders demand profit at all costs and that most likely won't change. But what if we the consumers, end-users, and economic participants demand change and influence their value in society? How do we do that?
In this episode #57, Justin Goldston, professor of Penn State University, talks about the use of technologies like blockchain that already has incentive structures built-in, and also the transparency system can directly influence how we value corporations that are doing the right thing and this will incentives good behavior. Otherwise, the penalty will be a loss in corporate market value that they are so afraid of.
In this episode we talk about; - How Justin started to think about ethical supply chain - What are the certain bottlenecks to just tech solutions - How the sharing economy ties into the corporate actions - What are the other uses of blockchain that can contribute to incentives - How he is involved in Bitcountry and the excitement he sees in this project
Justin Goldston is a certified supply chain and organisational change professional who has developed and executed comprehensive digital transformation, organisational change, and supply chain strategies, resulting in optimal customer satisfaction and profitability for clients around the world. Experienced in serving on boards within industry and academia, with his previous consulting, planning, and leadership experience, delivers value to small, medium, and large organisations in a variety of industries.
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#056 Intera: Zen Life in Capitalism with Dan Tricarico (Zen Teacher)
11 Apr 2021
00:53:56
Is it possible to live a life in tranquility when you have to face the forces of capitalism in your everyday life? You have sale targets to hit, shareholders you have to answer to and make sure your family is provided for. Does the life of zen can really exist in this busy modern lifestyle that we experience?
In this episode, I speak with Dan Tricarico, a zen teacher, who has left his life as a school teacher and been teaching how to incorporate zen into the capitalistic society we live in. We always talk about work life balance but he tells us it isn't the balance that we should be seeking but the harmonization. It's not about looking for a 50/50 split but a unification of both and finding peace within both.
Here in this episode we learn about; - How Darwinism shouldn't be mixed with capitalism - How education should be less about capitalistic drives - How to make zen co-exist with corporate life - The 3 teachings that makes the unification of zen live within capitalism - How to reevaluate what you want out of life
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#055 Extera: What it Takes to Survive with Michael Pachan (CEO Mountain Made)
04 Apr 2021
00:58:09
What does it take to survive in a world where traditional jobs are being destroyed and new ones created? There are no job descriptions or a full set of skillsets that can be brought into these roles. You have to have the flexibility to mold into these new positions. You have to piece together the skills that you have accumulated and dive right in with a mindset that you are going to have to figure it out as you go.
In this episode, I speak with Michael Pachan, CEO of Mountain Made, a CBD brand in Colorado, USA. He dove into this world on the unknown when everything was grey. The legislation was changing constantly and nothing was laid out straight. His story resonates with mine as the crypto industry is going through the same situation.
Here you will learn about; - How he got into the industry - How he learned that nothing stays status quo and to live with it - Types of businesses that survive through the chaos - Types of people that can fit into new industries - How to future-proof your business
Mike Pachan is a startup junky, entrepreneurial addict, team builder, functional fitness enthusiast, dog dad, and loyal husband. As CEO of Mountain Made, I #GoLikeHell with 9 years of experience in cannabis, cofounded a company with annual gross sales of over $35 million in the product. When he's not leading the team at Mountain Made or out in the field selling product, he's embodying the Go Like Hell spirit. He thrives in high-intensity environments such as: Jiu Jitsu, Downhill Mountain Biking, Trail Running, Home Remodels, and Yard Work.
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The reality that you think you are living in is actually what you create. There is no such thing as a pre-destined future. What we create in our minds who we think we are becoming a reality. Then why not shift that reality.
In this episode, I have Ellie Shoja, the founder of PeaceUnleashed and an author of The 13th Planet. She motivates her clients through touching consciousness within our inner selves. We also talk about how we are now in a creative cocooning moment where were are going to come out of this pandemic with an explosion of creativeness that the world has never seen before.
Here we discuss; - How she overcame her childhood difficulties - How we can channel our negativities into being present in our minds - How to create high energy - How to shift reality into creating your own world - Creative cocooning into a new world
Ellie is an award-winning Author, Mindset Expert, and Motivational TEDX Speaker, whose passion for uplifting and empowering others is at the core of the Peace Unleashed philosophy.
A first-generation immigrant who moved to the United States at the age of 15, Ellie Shoja started her first company at the age of 19 and has spent her 20-year professional career pushing beyond conventional limitations and demonstrating to others how to do the same.
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#053 Extera: What's Going on in Crypto? with Naomi Oba (Marketing Director Bitcoin.com Exchange)
21 Mar 2021
00:55:29
Crypto is the talk of the streets these days, almost similar to 2017. What's different is that corporates and institutional investors are getting involved. It's not just a retail craze anymore. I thought it would be good to get back on the topic to talk about all things crypto and perhaps make it into a regular topic to pick up.
In this episode, I speak to Naomi Oba, the marketing director of Bitcoin.com Exchange. We get into the topics of crypto payments, DeFi, derivatives and education. We've kept it broad just so that we cover many topics as possible but after the show, we realized we left out Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). Perhaps that could be a topic for next time.
Here we talk about the following; - How is crypto going to be used for payments - How can institutional investors can invest in crypto derivatives - How Dex's and DeFi lending works - Use of crypto for corporations - How DeFi can get into the underbanked
Naomi Oba is heading up Marketing for the Bitcoin.com Exchange, doing everything from editorial to content creation and social media management.
She's has a deep understanding of the crypto industry and a track record of solving problems and taking the initiative to drive projects to completion.
A studied linguist, she became fascinated with the idea of a decentralized financial system and have been studying financial concepts ever since. She is self-taught, relentlessly doing online courses and questioning knowledgable peers to deepen her understanding.
She has a blog @naomioba on Medium, to showcase what she has learned in the esoteric world of crypto.
#052 Intera: Innerspace Discovery & Integration with Greg Lawrence (Psychedelic Transformation Coach)
14 Mar 2021
00:54:03
Research is underway, after many decades, psychedelics are back in the spotlight for academics and physicians to discover safe ways to cure people with trauma and mental illnesses. Some states in the US are decriminalizing them. However, in the past 2 episodes, I've covered that.
In this episode, we dive a little bit deeper into how we can heal, integrate and transform our lives. It's not just for the mentally ill, but even for all of us. There are self-discovery and transformation that can be done. We are all buried in everyday life that we don't get to understand who we are anymore. Isn't it time we get back in touch with ourselves before life passes us by?
Here in this episode, we will learn, - How we can find where we need to heal - If psychedelics is right for us - What is the experience could be - How to integrate what we learned - How to know when we conclude the help from psychedelics
Greg Lawrence is a psychedelic integration and transformation coach. He runs a practice called Psychedelic Integration Specialist. He tells us how he used it for himself to heal and helps people to discover themselves and take that back into their daily lives.
This is not an episode for recreational use, but a way to find out who we really are and be in touch again with yourself, your true self.
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#051 Extera: Imagining Creative Manufacturing with Cesar Keller (Chief Experience Officer Alliance Systems)
07 Mar 2021
00:52:42
3D printers are going to revolutionize manufacturing as we know it. They have been around for a while now but it’ll be years until we see a complete transformation of the manufacturing industry. The environmental impact could also be phenomenal when manufacturers will start producing products that are designed to be reused by personal 3D printers and their business model will change into a recurring revenue-focused business like the software industry. Ideas around it are limitless.
However, we do need to think about, after we see a world full of 3D printers, the considerations around job replacement, bionic humans, and personalized weapons. Out of any new technology comes its pitfalls as well.
What you will learn from this episode;
How will 3D printers transform manufacturing
How designers and engineers can monetize their skills
Business model shifts for the manufacturing industry
The ecological case for 3D printing
Ethical challenges we will face
In this episode, I have Cesar Keller, Chief Experience Officer of Alliance Systems that assists B2B companies and startups bring meaningful innovations, technologies, services, and products to life. He is a design thinking specialist and UX architect optimizing systems professionally and personally, bringing the human-first approach to everything.
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#050 Intera: The Search for Happiness with Vernon Brown (Happiness Coach)
28 Feb 2021
00:54:41
Peace of mind is what I look for in life but especially in this time of a pandemic, happiness is something that we should look for to get by on a daily basis. If you don't taste the sour, you never know what sweet is. We should be looking for happiness for every bitterness we have in life.
In this episode, I have Vernon Brown a Happiness Coach, who talks to us about his upbringing and how we can find the happiness in our every day lives.
Here what you will learn in the episode, - Vernon's upbringing - How he rises above negativity - How to get rid of excuses - How happiness is a choice - What defines happiness - What is factual reality or perspective reality - Is empathy the path to happiness
Vernon is a keynote speaker, certified life coach & happiness coach. He helps clients find their happiness through a proven process that helps you uncover your passion & make changes on how you approach & navigate the twists & turns that life throws at them.
He can be reached at vernon@whatsyourhappi.com
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#049 Extera: Hidden History of the Cannabis Industry with Colleen Higgins (Cannabis Pharmacist)
21 Feb 2021
00:26:54
The cannabis industry has grown exponentially grown in the last decade or so. But this plant medicine has been around since ancient civilizations. It has been pushed into the abyss of a century now but it’s coming back from the darkness.
In this episode, I speak with Colleen Higgins, who is a cannabis pharmacist, and author of the book The Cannabis Prescription, one hell of a book with so much information that it’ll be all that you need to know about the medicinal usage of marijuana.
Here you will learn about;
The misconception of the substance
How it was suppressed by the cotton industry
How it was thrown into the abyss by the petrol industry
Why governments didn’t want to deal with cannabis
What’s the reason for the prohibition of cannabis
Colleen is a pharmacist, author, and speaker who helps translate the complex world of pharmaceutical and cannabis medicine into an accessible language for patients and caregivers.
Colleen has been helping patients understand how to get the most out of their medications for almost thirty years, first in various retail pharmacies, and most recently as a cannabis pharmacist in the medical marijuana program in Connecticut.
She created SwayInnovations.com, an educational website designed to translate cannabis science, in order to make it more accessible for both patients and healthcare professionals.
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Designs for Happiness #7 - Teaching Kids about Grit
24 Oct 2021
00:04:50
This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.
#048 Intera: Entering the Lucid Dream with Aldo Barba (Lucid Dreaming Coach)
14 Feb 2021
01:06:59
Have you ever woken up and realized you are in your dreams? That’s lucid dreaming. You are in this fuzzy area where your conscious mind meets your subconscious mind. You can fly, you can have sex with the person of your dreams, but also tune in to the psychological trauma you have inside you. No need for therapy, no need for drugs, you can get in touch with your subconscious and understand yourself and heal.
In this episode, I speak with Aldo Barba, a lucid dreaming coach from Mexico, about why we need to have lucid dreams and how. He left his day time job to pursue his dream to help people, he wrote a book about it and hosts his podcast (in Spanish).
Here’s what you will learn in this episode;
Why we should have lucid dreams
Messages we will receive from the dreams
How the subconscious mind works in the dream
How to achieve lucid dreams
How to prolong the effects
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#047 Extera: Future of Live Events with Ed Vincent (CEO festivalPass)
07 Feb 2021
00:43:42
Zoom fatigued? I guess we are in the same boat. Nobody wants to be on another Zoom call or attend a webinar. We just want to get back to meeting people, listen to live music and get inspired by live speeches.
Certainly, during this time, people got creative and thought of new ways to interact online and there were new trends that were starting to spark pre-COVID. In this episode, I speak with Ed Vincent, CEO of festivalPass, a market place for live events, talks to us about what types of live events we are going to see in the future and how technology is helping festival organizers be creative about combining the best of live and virtual shows.
Here is what we will learn;
Why is Austin becoming the hot destination
How festivalPass is improving the way we find live events
How is the pandemic going to change our relationship with events
Ways of human connectivity changing how events are organized
Pre-COVID and future trends of festivals
Ed Vincent is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of business, technology, and management experience including 6 years of banking and valuation experience. Founded an e-commerce business in 1999 which was sold to a competitor in 2001. Repeat Founder including SimplyEngage, myProducer, & Predict Ventures. Currently Founder & CEO of festivalPass.
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#046 Intera: Education as Lego Blocks with Dustin Miller (The Polymath Polycast Host)
31 Jan 2021
00:54:40
In this episode, I speak with Dustin Miller, the host of The Polymath Polycast, who has been interviewing polymaths to learn about their traits and mental modes to become multi-disciplinary in numerous fields.
I have read many articles and books about the debate of whether being a specialist or generalist is better. Being a jack of all trades, master of none, is not a disadvantage anymore. Moreover, having many different skills and continually mastering them is something we should be doing.
Here is what you will learn in this episode,
What is a polymath
Modular education models are the future
Positivity from AI disrupting jobs
Connecting the educational dots together
Common traits and motivation of polymaths
Dustin is also creating a modular education system. Modular education breaks down degrees into smaller, Lego-like building blocks of learning, and allow both children and adults to tailor their education background to better position them for job prospects and career mobility.
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#045 Extera: The Future With Quantum Computing with Shalaka Verma (Director Microsoft)
24 Jan 2021
00:33:23
In this episode, I speak with Shalaka Verma, Director of Microsoft about the kind of future we can see with quantum computing. She was previously a guest on my COVID-19 Special series: “What’s Next for AI” and wanted to get her back on the show.
The use cases for quantum computing are vast, ranging from agriculture, medical, finance, etc but still, the technology can be only used on a small scale as the results still need to be validated by quantum simulators. However, the future is promising as many of the ambiguities in science can be potentially solved with much more accuracy than the present.
Here is what you will understand in the episode;
What is Quantum Computing
What Does it Solve and the Future Applications
How Businesses Needs to Quantum Proof Their Data Encryption
Can Quantum Computing Help with Developing General AI
Philosophy of Quantum Physics
Shalaka Verma leads a team of Global Cloud Solution Architects to drive the development of differentiated industry-aligned solutions on Microsoft Cloud and Services around it.
She also leads the Azure Quantum adoption within Microsoft partner ecosystem to develop early use cases and PoCs. Previously she drove Technology Sales Strategy Transformation towards the next-gen at IBM. Delivered several first of its kind wins for IBM across Data and AI platforms, Hybrid Cloud, and DR/BC Strategies. Chosen to be the first Quantum Ambassador for IBM in the ISA region.
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#044 Intera: Making Sense of Plant Medicine with Jonathan De Potter (Founder Behold Retreats)
17 Jan 2021
01:10:47
In this episode, I speak with Jonathan De Potter, founder of Behold Retreats, which provides bespoke holistic wellness programs incorporating plant medicine retreats in beautiful, safe, and legal locations. The information we read and/or hear about the healing effects of plant medicine, but there’s no point to this if the experience is a one-off situation. It’s only effective if it can be integrated into our stressful and busy modern life.
Here’s what to expect from the episode;
How modern life created a void in Jonathan’s life
Comparison with the West and Eastern perspective of society
5 Reasons for Plant Medicine
What are the healing, growth, and transcendence
Integration with Modern Life
Spirituality in Modern Society
Jonathan de Potter is the Founder of Behold Retreats, passionate about plant medicine, and believes that absolutely everyone can improve their mental health and consciousness. He believes that in these times of change, the single most valuable contribution any of us can make is to focus upon our own personal and spiritual development.
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#043 Extera: Using Reputation For Better Social Media with Jenna Pilgrim (CEO Streambed)
10 Jan 2021
00:58:17
The first episode of 2021 is on redesigning social media that can incentivize better content sharing to reduce fake news and propaganda using reputation as an indicator. The relationship with the original content creator and who’s sharing is disconnected. There’s the reputation of the publisher and the sharer that needs to be set straight to understand the quality behind the information that is spread.
Jenna Pilgrim is the CEO of Streambed, a company that is building a social media content analytical tool for content creators on top of blockchain infrastructure. By being able to track the content for its virality, it can put the source and the people who share it accountable and be able to get the network of those people closer than before.
Here is what to expect from the episode;
Lessons learned from blockchain leader from the early days
How she thinks the influencer market can be better
Thoughts about corporations and governments on content censorship
How reputation capital will work on social media and blockchain
What reputation in virality should really mean
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Year End Fun: Future of Turntablism and DJing with DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing)
27 Dec 2020
01:08:50
In this 2020 year end special, I had an awesome chat with my friend and also the music producer of the Future Design Podcast, DJ toMU:吐夢 (aka ShowNing).
We explored the future of turntablism and DJing as technology has been changing how musicians are creating and recording music. Also the landscape of DJ has changed drastically since DJ toMu started DJing.
This episode is a special one for me as I was a turntablist when I was back in school, obviously not as good as DJ toMU. He went on to become the 1st runner up in DMC NY in 2005, which is the most prestigious DJ competition in the world and he's the only Japanese that made it that far.
He created a DJ toMu FDP Special Set for us just for this show. Check his set out on 1:05:40!
Here's what to expect from the episode;
- How has technology changed DJing - Different concepts of DJs - Finding your sound - Why he got into Hip-hop and moved to NYC - DMC NY experience - Future of Music
#042 Extera: Navigating Through Muddy Waters of DeFi with Edmund Lowell (CEO KYC Chain)
20 Dec 2020
00:53:05
Decentralized Finance, DeFi as it’s called in the crypto community, has gained so much popularity during this year. The market size went from just under U$1bn to over $11bn, which is still small compared to the colossal size of the traditional finance markets, but it’s becoming a force to be reckoned with.
In this episode Edmund Lowell, CEO of KYC-Chain, talked to us about all the nuts and bolts of the DeFi industry and how AML/KYC is an essential part of keeping this industry together if and when another crash comes along.
Here’s what you can expect from this episode;
What is decentralized finance
How do many of the DeFi platforms work
What are the existential threats to this industry
How does AML/KYC play a key role in the DeFi space legitimized
How self-sovereignty through protecting our digital identity is important in this digital world
Is monetization of digital identity the right incentive model
You can go here to find more about projects that Edmund is involved in; KYC-Chain | Self Key | Key Fi
#041 Intera: Conscious Breakthrough from Karma with Johnson Chong (Dharma Teacher) Part 2
15 Dec 2020
00:54:49
In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self.
Here is what you will find in this episode;
Struggles between family values and influences from a multicultural city of New York
Acting as a way to escape the emotional dilemmas and rebellious times
Inflection point from finding yoga practices
Breaking free of the past patterns and judgment from others
Finding spirituality and oneness
Busting the myths of positive thinking and result-oriented mindset
Finding the beauty in tragedy and understanding dharma
He is a dharma teacher at Ten Percent Happier and a Shamanic guide helping conscious leaders break through the mental and emotional obstacles that keep them in self-doubt and fear ... so that they can lead more powerfully without sacrificing their inner peace and joy. You can find his sessions here.
#041 Intera: Conscious Breakthrough from Karma with Johnson Chong (Dharma Teacher) Part 1
13 Dec 2020
00:56:23
In this episode, I speak with Johnson Chong who was my former yoga teacher but also he’s so much more. He’s an artist, life coach, and dharma teacher. Currently, he resides in Sydney and released his book Sage Sapien. It’s an autobiography about his difficult upbringing and how he reconciled with his past by embracing the emotional adversities and finding his opportunities for growth to be his true authentic self.
Here is what you will find in this episode;
Struggles between family values and influences from a multicultural city of New York
Acting as a way to escape the emotional dilemmas and rebellious times
Inflection point from finding yoga practices
Breaking free of the past patterns and judgment from others
Finding spirituality and oneness
Busting the myths of positive thinking and result-oriented mindset
Finding the beauty in tragedy and understanding dharma
He is a dharma teacher at Ten Percent Happier and a Shamanic guide helping conscious leaders break through the mental and emotional obstacles that keep them in self-doubt and fear ... so that they can lead more powerfully without sacrificing their inner peace and joy. You can find his sessions here.
# 068 Intera: Lonely but Not Alone - The Loneliness Epidemic
03 Oct 2021
00:50:49
Technology was supposed to bring us together but somehow it has divided us. We have traded in convenience for human connection. We can do every daily activity while staying in the comforts of our house. Shopping can be done on Amazon, food delivery on Food Panda, exercise on Peleton or gym apps, calls on Zoom, etc. Our opinions can even be canceled on social media. Even though we aren't actually isolated, jobless, or friendless, why are we becoming more lonely?
In this episode, Peng Fong, a 20-year veteran journalist and podcast host of Alone Together, discusses the culprits of making us lonely in this world where we are not necessarily alone, and how we can bring ourselves out of our shells in order to feel connected again.
Here we discuss; - Why she started the Alone Together Podcast - Addressing loneliness - Technology's tradeoff of convenience - Parental hacks for children - Accepting and being curious about opposing opinions - Using technology to bring us together
Peg Fong has been writing for the Vancouver Sun, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, CBC, South China Morning Post, and The Economist. She also teaches Journalism at Langara College in Vancouver.
#040 Extera: Reclaim Biodiversity with Alternative Protein - Eugene Wang (CEO Sophie's BioNutrients)
06 Dec 2020
00:50:56
In this episode, I speak with Eugene Wang, CEO of Sophie’s BioNutrients, a Singapore based food biotech company that’s developing large scale facilities to grow alternative protein using micro-algae.
We have lost nearly three-quarters of our land environment's biodiversity due to industrialized agriculture to raise livestock. Like cell-based protein, this can be produced in a lab but unlike lab-grown food, this can be scaled bigger and faster.
Here are the highlights from this episode;
How is micro-algae so much more nutrient than most protein sources
How is micro-algae such an efficient way to grow protein
How does this compare with plant/cell-based protein
Why he thinks bio-processing is the way we will grow food in the future
Why we won’t be compromising our culinary culture with this protein source
Eugene started this business when his daughter, Sophie, suffered an allergic reaction to seafood. Since then he has been finding a way for people to get nutrients from the ocean without using animals.
Sophie’s Bionutrients is on a mission to unleash the limitless possibilities of nature, restore our planet, and eliminate food allergies by creating plant-based, protein-rich alternatives to meat and seafood using microalgae, the mother of all food and plant life.
#039 Intera: Consciousness of Ancient Civilizations - Betty J. Kovacs PhD (Author)
29 Nov 2020
01:04:13
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Betty Kovacs, author of Merchants of Light, about how the ancient civilizations had higher interconnectivity with cosmic consciousness through their shaman-mystic traditions.
Today this consciousness is surfacing once again all around the world. It is rising out of the dreaming, symbolic, visionary mind that is sensitive to deeper orders of reality and in tune with the creative principles of both the human psyche and the universe. This mode of consciousness can heal the wounds of our current worldview by igniting these creative principles within modern, rational consciousness.
Here’s what you can expect from the episode;
- What is Merchants of Light? - What are the misunderstandings of our view of ancient civilizations? - How the ancient people were using sacred plants and other techniques to reach altered state of consciousness - How the Duerteronomists reversed the course of our spiritual and religious construct - What she thinks the ancient civilizations will say about our modern society
She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, in Comparative Literature and Theory of Symbolic/Mythic Language. She taught Literature, Writing, and Symbolic/Mythic Language for twenty-five years. She served many years as Chair and Program Chair on the Board of Directors of the Jung Society of Claremont in California and sits on the Academic Advisory Board of Forever Family Foundation. She speaks to national and global audiences through webinars, keynote presentations, and media interviews. Dr. Kovacs is the author of Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing the World, winner of the Nautilus Silver Book Award and The Scientific & Medical Network 2019 Book Prize. She has also written The Miracle of Death: There Is Nothing But Life.
See her detailed explanation of the Merchants of Light here. Her book is on Amazon.
#038 Extera: Radical Transparency for IoT Data - Tim Panagos (CTO Microshare)
22 Nov 2020
01:07:31
In this episode, I have Tim Panagos, CTO of Microshare. He is developing smart sensors in buildings for contract tracing and preventative cleaning.
In the first half of the episode, we focused on how we can prevent ourselves from a data-driven surveillance state. There is a dire need for us to flip the script from handing over our data with no accountability from the data collector to reclaiming our data rights.
Here’s what to expect from the episode;
- Why radical transparency is needed for both data collectors and producers - Why we shouldn’t wait for governmental regulations for data privacy and take action ourselves - What we can learn from our digital twins that exist online - How data transparency can prevent us from a Big Brother scenario - How Microshare’s smart sensors work to prevent diseases to spread in buildings - Why Microshare’s solution can improve employee/employer relationship
Tim is a technology executive with 20 years of experience in Enterprise Software. Tim was most recently Chief Architect of Accenture’s global Business Process Management (BPM) practice leading architecture innovation. Prior to that, Tim was CTO at Knowledge Rules, a global consulting start-up, and held multiple engineering leadership roles at Pegasystems (PEGA).
Tim holds a Masters in the Management of Technology from MIT and studied Computer Science at UNH.
#037 Intera: Using VR in Social Media Branding - Eugene Capon (CEO Studio Capon)
15 Nov 2020
00:59:21
In this episode, I have Eugene Capon, CEO of Studio Capon. They are known for creating the first TV-style VR talk show called “Glitched”, you can find it on YouTube here.
AR/VR is known for its application in gaming, but it’s not just about that. Immersive experiences can be created in social media, a leap from the existing relationships we have online.
Here’s what to expect from the episode;
- How did Eugene construct his career from an intern at a digital signage company to running a VR content creation company? - How do you create your brand image and continue recreating your image even when that previous image no longer suits you anymore? - How do you differentiate yourself from the pack when everyone is using social media for self-branding? - What VR offers that the current social media experience can’t offer - Why VR can increase empathy towards others - The technologies that can take VR to another level
Eugene is a prolific public speaker on the subject matter of XR and social media. His speaking credits include VRLA, Seattle Creators Day, Vloggerfair, Twitch Stage Live at Emerald City Comicon, Eastside VR, Augmented Reality Los Angeles and Seattle After Effects Meetup (The country’s largest AE meetup). Eugene has also made numerous media appearances in various forms including DOPE Magazine, Pixvana blog, Nextshark online magazine, GoMedia, Pro Video Podcast, Rev VR Podcast, Studio 110 with DJ Dirty Harry, and Becoming Human Podcast.
#036 Extera: Farming the Desert - Ole Kristian Sivertsen (CEO Desert Control)
08 Nov 2020
00:39:03
In this episode, I have Ole Kristian Sivertsen, CEO of Desert Control. I found about him and his company from reading a CNN article and I immediately reached out to him.
They have invented “Liquid Nano Clay”, a liquified form of clay to be sprayed onto the desert so that farming can be done. It attaches to sand particles and retains water/nutrients and it has turned a small part of the Dubai desert green.
Here’s what to expect from the episode; - What is Liquid Nano Clay? - How does Liquid Nano Clay work? - How is Desert Control changing the deserts of Dubai? - How can countries with limited water resources become more self-sustainable? - How does their Liquid Nano Clay compare with other farming technologies?
In 2018 Ole joined as CEO of Desert Control, fueled by his passion for creating hope for a better future for "people and planet." In this role, he is promoting global stewardship for our planet's vital soil ecosystem.
His leadership philosophy is to inspire action and growing hope by making people successful; Empowering employees to achieve success creates a great workplace. Inspiring people to make customers successful creates a great company. Creating a great company to make the world a better place makes it magnificent!
#035 Intera: Psychedelic Awakening - Adam Andros Aronovich (Psychedelic Researcher)
01 Nov 2020
01:08:16
In this episode, I have Adam Andros Aronovich, a researcher for the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC). He also conducts workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light in the Peruvian Amazon.
Psychedelics, after being criminalized in the 1970s, for 4 decades of being in the shadows, have now started to be researched for its profound impact in curing mental diseases. But it also allows us to see a different perspective of reality, one that is not molded in the rationalistic, and materialistic world view that we are accustomed to.
Here’s what to expect from the episode;
- What exactly defines a psychedelic drug? - How does Ayahuasca work in the body? - What are the medicinal benefits being discovered? - What actually is a psychedelic experience? - How psychedelics awakes us from what we perceived as reality - What is the altered consciousness that made Adam realize?
Adam Andros Aronovich is a doctoral candidate focusing on Medical Anthropology and Cultural Psychiatry. He is an active member of the Medical Anthropology Research Center (MARC) and part of the Ayahuasca Community Committee at the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. In the last four years, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in the Peruvian Amazon, where he has been doing qualitative research in collaboration with ICEERS, the Beckley Foundation, and, more recently, the Centre for Psychedelic Studies at Imperial College. Beyond his work conducting and coordinating research, Adam regularly facilitates workshops at the Temple of the Way of Light, a prestigious healing center in the Iquitos area.
*The Future Design Podcast does not endorse the recreational use of psychedelics. While these substances often carry a negative stigma and taboo, we ask that you learn for yourself and make an informed decision.
#034 Extera: Is General AI Coming? - Peter Voss (CEO AIGO.ai)
25 Oct 2020
00:54:43
In this episode, I chat with Peter Voss, CEO of AIGO.ai (Ahy-go) and the gentleman who coined the term “Artificial General Intelligence".
AGI has been long talked about for decades but it wasn’t because of computational power that is helping it become a reality but a diversion from how AI has been developed. Data scientists and cognitive psychologists both are needed to make this AI come to life.
Here’s what to expect from the episode;
The 3 waves of AI - the history of AI
The difference between Programmers / Data Scientist v.s. AGI
Are Quantum computers important for General AGI?
What are the elements necessary for AGI?
What is the mechanism of “Understanding”?
Can AGI connect with humans?
The human limitation that AGI can make a breakthrough
How AGI will deal with the Trolley Problem
Peter Voss started in electronics engineering, then fell in love with software. The first major success was developing a comprehensive ERP package and taking that company from Zero to 400-person IPO in seven years.
Currently, he’s focused on commercializing the second generation of our AGI-based ‘Conversational AI’ technology called 'Aigo' (say: I-go). Aigo.ai is the most advanced natural language interaction platform available. It is implemented using a brain-like cognitive architecture – also known as ‘The Third Wave of AI’.
This week on the Future Design Podcast we chat with Leslie Maliepaard, CEO of The Planet Calls, on the pressing issue of Climate Change and more essentially, the Plastic Crisis. With new economical models of thinking such as the Circular Economy, can foundational pillars of these systems help us to re-think how we handle Climate Change?
Here are a few episode highlights:
The Linear vs Circular Economy.
The false advertising of Recycling: Why it doesn’t really work.
Is money involved in the Circular Economy system?
How can we make a difference as consumers and encourage our governments to do the same?
Leslie has a background in building and leading tech, financial, and SaaS startups in Europe and Africa for the past 20 years. Her current passion projects include Circular Economy, Clean Water, and Sustainability. She has sat on a number of different advisory boards in the past, in Quantum Encryption, SaaS sectors as well as the World Business Angel Forum Global Women Leaders Committee.
She has also co-founded Fortrino, a consulting company that advises and invests in late-stage / growth companies in Cyber Security, Data Privacy, Social and Impact sectors (post-seed in Europe), and The Planet Calls Foundation. The latter aims to progress the ‘sustainable future’ movement and boost the resilience of companies. They work with companies and many other dimensions of sustainability, building a more sustainable future TOGETHER.
Check out their YouTube documentary called "The Planet Calls" here.
#032 Extera: Carbon Circulating Feeds - Brian Reddy (CEO Kinnva)
11 Oct 2020
00:43:28
We talk to Brian Reddy about the impact of carbon on our environment and his plans to encourage carbon circulating practices. Are there better ways to mitigate the impact of carbon in our environment which is causing ripples of problems — security of food and water for our future generations due to our chronic use of land? Is this a catalyst for change to the way we “feed the future”?
Here are a few episode highlights:
Mitigating the social costs of carbon, who are the key stakeholders and what role can they play?
Addressing the importance of the growing need for food, feed protein, and sustainable alternatives.
Global warming/Climate Change and it’s a relationship with the Sustainability of Food Supply Chains
The business model for circulating carbon. What is methane's value?
Brian Reddy is the Founding Executive Director of Kinnva A, Synthetic Biological Startup with a domain-focus across Biotech, Feed Tech, Food Tech, Agritech, and Cleantech. Kinnva utilizes innovative fermentation technologies (with both wild and engineered strains) and intensified processing methods. They produce high-value biochemicals and biomaterials for Food, Feed, Nutraceuticals, Cosmetics/Skincare, and TCM markets.
Kinnva’s vision is about “feeding our future” and its mission is to “build a sustainable platform to produce high-value biochemicals and biomaterials from an abundant resource that does not compete with the human food chain”.
#031 Intera: Uniting with Sentientism - Jamie Woodhouse (Community Leader)
04 Oct 2020
00:50:59
We discuss a lesser-known philosophy, Sentientism. Sentience is defined as the animal's capacity to experience. It is a framework that focuses mainly on logic, evidence, and morals to improve our thinking as well as decision-making regarding the development of a social construct. Does this mode of thinking reprogram our society towards functioning more effectively as a sentient whole rather than being human-centric?
Here are a few episode highlights:
Understanding Sentientism: What defines a Sentientist?
How can sentient-harming industries move away from it?
Sentientism and its benefits in the modern world.
Can Sentientism work in developing nations?
Debunking issues around de-growth.
The importance of our decisions.
Jamies is an advocate of Sentientism which commits to the use of evidence, reason and granting moral consideration to all sentient beings. This philosophy could give us a better chance to solve the world’s problems.
He also has been working on a wide range of NGOs / charity / open data /learning / private investment/community building projects. (e.g. https://www.facebook.com/groups/sentientism/) He is also working as a ski instructor and ski race coach (trainee).
This is a short from episode that I've started to supplement the normal series.
It's not a regular series but I intend to empower you with a bit of happiness hacks that you can incorporate in your life that I learned over the years.