Singularity 1 on 1

 Fifteen years ago, I penned the first versions of Hamlet’s Transhumanist Dilemma and A Transhumanist Manifesto. Much has changed since then, including my perspective. I began with a questio...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/on-manifestos-and-dilemmas/

 Technology is the new religion, Silicon Valley – the new Promised Land, and entrepreneurs – the new prophets. They promise a future of abundance and immortality—a techno-heaven beyond o...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-the-how/

 Throughout history, capital and labor have been interdependent forces driving economic growth. Capital relies on labor to generate returns on investment, while labor depends on capital for wa...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/tech-unemployment/

 I have now been vegan for almost 9 years and people keep asking me how I feel and why I did it. So let me share a quick health update as well as the original 6 reasons why I went vegan. Since...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/6-reasons-why-i-went-vegan/

I have noticed that almost every startup in almost every industry is claiming “a revolutionary AI or blockchain breakthrough.” More recently I’m flabbergasted to see a similar fad in the g...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ethics/

Dr. Martin Shaw is the best oral storyteller that I know of. He is also the only person who can impromptu tell the entire Odyssey by his imagination alone. Martin is well versed in a variety of s...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-shaw/

When I started blogging and podcasting back in 2009 topics like wisdom were near-invisible, if not considered irrelevant to the conversations of AI, transhumanism, genetic engineering, and human ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-excellent-advice-for-living/

My goal with this podcast has always been to be a bit of a gadfly to your as well as my intellectual growth and, hopefully, a midwife to your best ideas rather than a disseminator of a specific m...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/emile-torres/

My podcast guest today is Nikolas Badminton. Nik is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. He has worked with over 300 organizations in foresight, strategy, and disruption – including NASA, the Un...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikolas-badminton/

This is my 4 min video pitch for the 2023 Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest. Hope you enjoy it but feel free to let me know if that’s not the case 😉  The Greatest Leadership Opportuni...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/leadership-nbf-pitch/

Prof. Massimo Pigliucci is one of those very rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy. Massimo has Ph.D. degrees in Genetics, Evo...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci-character/

When the war in Ukraine started, I asked myself if I could do anything to help. I have no friends or family in Ukraine, but I remember that a couple of years ago, I was interviewed by someone fro...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/alex-padalka/

Ursula Eysin is the founder of Red Swan, a consultancy focusing on the development of future scenarios. She is a trained ballerina, plays the flute, speaks 7 languages, does math, and reads chemi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ursula-eysin/

Zoltan Istvan is a former journalist, political candidate, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and founder of the US Transhumanist Party. He has been on this podcast twice before when we discussed ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-ai/

The Singularity Principles is a unique, comprehensive, and principled framework for riding the tsunami of change coming our way, instead of drowning in it. It is a one-of-a-kind work written by a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-principles/

This is an interview with Danko Nikolic and John Smart on the future of AI and their respective theories of Practopoiesis – Neuromimicry, and Autopoiesis – Biomimicry. During our 2-hour conve...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-john-smart/

Prof. Lewis Dartnell is an astrobiologist who looks for life on distant planets. In his most recent book, however, Dartnell turns his gaze inward and backward to the human story – who we are, h...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/lewis-dartnell/

Without a doubt, the social revolution in the West and individual insight/enlightenment in the East are among humanity’s greatest accomplishments. But we can have them separate no longer for we...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-loy/

Byron Reese is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, and futurist. He has enjoyed a wide range of success over 30 years, including two NASDAQ IPOs as well as the sale of three companies he founde...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/byron-reese/

I have always wanted to discuss Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy and how it relates to technology and transhumanism. The problem is that a very short list of people will make me enjoy such a ch...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/cadell-last/

Joscha Bach is a beautiful mind and a very rewarding interlocutor. No surprise I had many requests to have him back on my podcast. I apologize that it took 4 years but the good news is we are goi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach-ai/

Faith Popcorn founded her futurist marketing consultancy in 1974. She’s been called “The Trend Oracle” by the NY Times and “The Nostradamus of Marketing” by Fortune. Faith is a trusted ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/faith-popcorn/

Dr. Kendall Haven is the only West Point graduate to ever become a professional storyteller. Haven holds a Doctorate in Oceanography and spent eight years as a Senior Research Scientist for the ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kendall-haven/

Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. His work has appeared in 20 languages and has won awards on four continents. Most importantly, Prof. Boyd is ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/brian-boyd/

John Smart has taught and written for over 20 years on topics like foresight and futurism as well as the drivers, opportunities, and problems of exponential processes throughout human history. Jo...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-foresight/

Jonah Sachs is an author, speaker, and viral marketing pioneer. He helped create some of the world’s first and most heralded digital social change campaigns. Jonah Sachs is also the author of W...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonah-sachs/

Many of you know that I’ve been working on a new book provisionally titled ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. And so I thought it could be useful to me and interest...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-storr/

Many of you know that I am a fan of Buddhism in general and Zen Buddhism in particular. So I’ve always wanted to get a Zen Master on the podcast. I never imagined, however, that there is a Zen ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jundo-cohen/

Prof. Angus Fletcher is a story scientist working at the intersection of story and neuroscience. Angus started as a neuroscientist at the University of Michigan but eventually decided to pursue a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/angus-fletcher/

This is the second interview of my series on story, and my guest is PJ Manney. PJ is the author of the Phoenix Horizon Trilogy and has already been a guest on Singularity.FM twice before. She is...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-new-mythos/

Some of you may know that I’ve been working on a new book. The provisional title is ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future. Struggling with this book is why it’s been ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/lisa-cron/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 12: The Politics Story Never has our future been more unpredictabl...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/politics-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 11: The AI Story Computer Science is no more about computers than ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ai-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 10: The Capitalism Story …by directing that industry in such a m...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/capitalism/

I recorded this virtual keynote for a corporate client about 10 days ago and decided to share it publicly. Hope you enjoy it 😉    Technology is a Mirror, Not a Crystal Ball; It Reveals Who...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-reveals/

A few weeks ago, a client asked me to give a virtual keynote on futurism. The client was pretty happy with how it turned out, so I thought I’d share it publicly. This way, you can hopefully enj...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 9: The Technology Story Technology improves the lives of people wh...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 8: The Science Story   The universe is made of stories, not atoms...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 7: The Human Story The Earth does not belong to man; man belongs t...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/human-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  II: Our Story Gods always behave like the people who make them. Zor...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-ii-our-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 6: The Biology of Story Most people believe the mind to be a mirro...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/biology-of-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 5: The Importance of Story It’s like everyone tells a story abou...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/importance-of-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 4: The Power of the Storyteller The most powerful person in the wo...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/storyteller/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 3: The Power of Story We suffer not from the events in our lives b...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-power-of-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 2: The Story of Story The limits of my language means the limits o...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-story-of-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Chapter 1: The Definition of Story We started our thought experiment with ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/chapter-1-the-definition-of-story/

ReWriting the Human Story: How Our Story Determines Our Future an alternative thought experiment by Nikola Danaylov   Part  I: Story People always find it easier to be a result of the past ra...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/part-i-story/

It is harder and harder to make sense of life. Everything is changing, all the time, at a faster and faster pace. Our civilization is struggling to keep up with exponential technology and disrupt...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/rewriting-the-human-story-how-our-story-determines-our-future/

Dr. Gus Hosein is a 20+year-veteran of Privacy International. So to say that he knows a lot about privacy will be an understatement. But his knowledge is not merely academic. Gus and his scrappy ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/gus-hosein/

Though admittedly posthumanist, Francesca Ferrando‘s Philosophical Posthumanism is the best book on transhumanism that I have read so far. I believe that it is a must-read for transhumanists an...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/francesca-ferrando/

Kim Stanley Robinson has an asteroid named after him. The reason for that is simple: Stan, as he’s often known among people who know him, is one of the best known contemporary authors of classi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kim-stanley-robinson/

Dr. Matthew Cole is the only vegan sociologist that I know of. His unique point of view on veganism, especially its implications with respect to ethics, transhumanism, and the application of tech...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-cole/

Thomas Homer-Dixon is one of Canada’s most celebrated intellectuals. Luckily, he was also one of my Professors at the University of Toronto whose class on complexity has left an indelible mark ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/thomas-homer-dixon/

Maria Farrell is the author of some of my most favorite op-ed pieces of 2020. She is very smart, gutsy, genuine, feisty, generous, and Irish. Her writing is sharper, it penetrates deeper and she�...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/maria-farrell/

Glen Hiemstra has been a futurist for close to 40 years. But if you think his specialty is forecasting the future then you’d be wrong. No. Hiemstra’s focus has not been on the most probable, ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/glen-hiemstra/

Hans Moravec famously claimed that robots will be our (mind) children. If true, then, it is natural to wonder What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots? This is the question that Laura Major ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/laura-major-julie-shah/

Juan Enriquez is a bestselling author, TED All-Star with 9 TED Talks, and countless TEDx talks. Juan is an angel investor and Managing Director of Excel Venture Management. He has sailed around t...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/juan-enriquez/

Chris Hables Gray foresaw the current global pandemic in 2013 during our 1st interview, which has been perhaps the most undervalued conversation I have had on my podcast. But, despite the fact th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray/

Debora Spar is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online. Her research focuses on issues of gender and technolo...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/debora-spar/

Melanie Mitchell is the Davis Professor of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, and Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University. Prof. Mitchell is the author of a number of intere...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/melanie-mitchell/

Jenny Kleeman is a journalist who covers award-winning true stories in print, audio, and video. Most recently Kleeman is the author of a meticulously researched and extremely well-written book ti...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jenny-kleeman/

Jacinta González is not an angel or venture capitalist. She is not a scientist or a technologist. She doesn’t have a Ph.D. in AI or quantum mechanics. She is not an entrepreneur who founded th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacinta-gonzalez/

Last month I did an interview for Johan Steyn. It was a great 45-min-conversation where we covered a variety of topics such as: the definition of the singularity; whether we are making progress t...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-johan-steyn/

Renée Cummings is a criminologist, criminal psychologist, and an AI ethicist who, among other things, specializes in best-practice criminal justice interventions and implicit bias. Given the glo...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/renee-cummings/

Ada Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture, and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/terra-ignota/

Prof. Aaron Benanav has devoted his life to studying unemployment. Given that automation, technological unemployment, and universal basic income have become hot political and economic issues acro...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/aaron-benanav/

Karl Schroeder is not only a great science fiction writer but also a professional futurist who has mastered both the art and science. I invited Schroeder back on my podcast for a brief discussio...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/strangemaking/

A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by James Bickerton of the Daily Express. We discussed transhumanism, the Singularity, AI, and the threats to democracy, among other things. Here is the des...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-by-james-bickerton/

Ada Palmer is a Professor in History researching the history of science, religion, progress, culture and many other fascinating topics. She is also a science fiction author of the award-winning T...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ada-palmer/

I have previously interviewed a few fantastic scientists and philosophers but rare are those strange birds who manage to combine together both deep academic training and the living ethos of those...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/massimo-pigliucci/

People often ask me about my most favorite interview I have ever done. And my usual reply is that interviews are like children, even if we have our favorites it is not wise to express that outwar...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder/

Two days ago I was interviewed by Jon Nielsen of the fantastic Happy Ways Podcast. During this 50 min interview with Jon Nielsen, we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: why the world i...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/covid-19/

Dr. Ann Cavoukian was Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner for unprecedented 17 years and held the position during 3 different provincial governments. About 7 years ago, while still in office, I inte...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian/

James W. Clement is a longevity researcher who was the 12th person on the planet to have his DNA sequenced. In 2010 James launched his Supercentenarian Research Study, which he started in 2010 wi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-w-clement-the-switch/

This is the short closing speech I delivered at the 2019 Dark Futures meetup in Toronto. Not my finest speech but, since event organizer and futurist Nikolas Badminton kindly gave me a video of m...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/neotechnocracy/

Dr. David Ferrucci is one of the few people who have created a benchmark in the history of AI because when IBM Watson won Jeopardy we reached a milestone many thought impossible. I was very privi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci/

Katy Cook‘s recent book the Psychology of Silicon Valley: Ethical Threats and Emotional Unintelligence in the Tech Industry is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the conflicting...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/katy-cook-psychology-of-silicon-valley/

Cathy O’Neil is a math Ph. D. from Harvard and a data-scientist who hopes to someday have a better answer to the question, “what can a non-academic mathematician do that makes the world a bet...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/weapons-of-math-destruction/

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the smartest species of them all?” “You, oh Homo Sapiens, are smart, it is true. But AI will be smarter even than you.” *** The most popular myth abou...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-a-magnifying-mirror/

It’s been 7 years since my first interview with Gary Marcus and I felt it’s time to catch up. Gary is the youngest Professor Emeritus at NYU and I wanted to get his contrarian views on the ma...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus/

Prof. Steve Fuller is the author of 25 books including a trilogy relating to the idea of a ‘post-’ or ‘trans-‘ human future, and most recently, Nietzschean Meditations: Untimely Thoughts ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-fuller/

Cory Doctorow is probably my all time most favorite science fiction writer. The reason for that is simple – Doctorow is not only a great story-teller but also an activist. To paraphrase Karl Ma...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow-walkaway/

Tristan Harris is one of my heroes. And I don’t know about you but I am much more demanding and harder on my heroes. I just expect them to hold themselves to a higher standard, to know more, to...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/tristan-harris/

I first met Andreas Antonopoulos at the 2014 Bitcoin Expo conference in Toronto, Canada. At that time Andreas was already established as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos/

Today my guest is a world-renowned cosmologist and Astronomer Royal Sir Martin Rees. Martin has written 11 books and more than 500 scientific papers on topics ranging from the Big Bang and cosmol...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-rees/

Douglas Rushkoff has been named one of the world’s ten most influential intellectuals by MIT. He is an award-winning author, broadcaster, media theorist, and documentarian who studies human aut...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/team-human/

With 15 million unique visitors per month, Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of the largest health and wellness website on the internet. His life’s mission is to cure rather than treat disease ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-mercola/

Joscha Bach is one of those rare people whose primary motivation is unbound curiosity and inspiration. He clearly loves what he does and you can’t help but notice his radiating passion and yout...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/joscha-bach/

There are two people who caused me to become vegan and switch to a whole-plant-based diet. The first is Prof. Peter Singer who put the idea in my head many years ago when I started studying ethic...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-greger/

Stuart Russell is a professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley as well as co-author of the most popular textbook in the field – Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Given that it has b...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-russell/

There are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dir...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/artificial-intelligence-safety-and-security/

Inc Magazine called Tim O’Reilly the “Oracle of Silicon Valley.” Wired called him “The Trend Spotter.” Others have noted that “the Internet was built on O’Reilly books.” All in a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/tim-oreilly/

Some people say that renowned MIT physicist Max Tegmark is totally bonkers and refer to him as “Mad Max”. But, to quote Lewis Carroll from Alice in Wonderland, “All the best people are.�...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/max-tegmark/

A couple of weeks ago Joi Ito – head of the MIT Media Lab and contributor to WIRED Magazine, interviewed me about my Transhumanist Manifesto and related topics such as life-extension, immort...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-wired/

Peter Singer is arguably the most influential living philosopher of our day. His book on Animal Liberation basically started the animal rights movement and his textbook on Practical Ethics is th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-singer/

Last month Ryan O’Shea – host of the Future Grind Podcast, did what is probably the most thorough interview with me so far. I thought it might be good to repost it on Singularity.FM so that y...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-future-grind/

Jonathan Taplin is the Director Emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, and a former tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band, as well as a film producer for Martin Scorsese. If that is not ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-taplin/

Joi Ito is just one of those people who simply don’t fit a mold. Any mold. He is an entrepreneur who is an activist. He is an academic without a degree. He is a leader who follows. He is a tea...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/joi-ito/

It was all the way back in 2013 when Sean Gourley published a blog post titled Prediction just is a parlor trick. Manipulation is much more interesting. In it he wrote: The 2012 election will ul...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/sean-gourley/

Transhumanism is a growing social and philosophical movement with more and more people becoming aware of and sympathetic to it. In fact, in the last couple of years, transhumanism has gone politi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/gennady-stolyarov/

PJ Manney is an award-winning science fiction writer interested in transhumanism, empathy, story-telling, and the future of humanity. Her latest book (ID)entity is a can’t-put-it-down action-...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/identity/

“There’s no escape: the journey to a healthier society inevitably involves politics.” This is how well-known futurist David Wood starts his most recent book Transcending Politics: A Techn...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/transcending-politics/

Bill Nye – the Science Guy, was the science educator to a whole generation not only in the United States but also in Canada and the rest of the English-speaking world. He was among a handful o...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-nye/

Jose Cordeiro, MBA, Ph.D., is an amazing person with endless supplies of energy and optimism. In fact, I have never met a more involved and proactive person than Dr. Cordeiro because he is litera...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-longevity-cryonics/

Prof. Lawrence Krauss is a world-famous theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and activist against superstition whom I have dreamed of interviewing for years. So, when we finally booked the date, ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/lawrence-krauss/

A couple of weeks ago, during the last Transhumanist Meetup in Toronto, I did a Conversations with the Future book reading. Basically, I read my book’s foreword – the story of how I got to d...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/conversations-with-the-future-book-reading/

Matthew Le Merle is co-founder of Fifth Era and managing partner of Keiretsu Capital, which is the world’s largest angel network and most active US venture investor. Most recently, Le Merle is...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-le-merle/

Yesterday I did a Facebook Live session together with comedian Amish Patel where we talked about our April Fool’s Prank, got serious about comedy and did a little comedy about the serious. So, ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-amish-april-fools-prank/

Do you fear we might live in a simulation? Well, I just had the unique privilege to interview Dr. Amish Patel, who not only argues passionately that the Universe is indeed a simulation but also s...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/amish-patel-the-universe-is-a-simulation/

Marek Rosa is the founder and CEO of Keen Software, an independent video game development studio. After the success of Keen Software game titles such as Space Engineers, Marek founded and funded...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/goodai-marek-rosa/

Suzanne Gildert is a founder and CTO of Kindred AI – a company pursuing the modest vision of “building machines with human-like intelligence.” Her startup just came out of stealth mode and...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/suzanne-gildert-kindred-ai/

Gerd Leonhard is a musician, keynote speaker, and futurist with over 300 clients, 1,500 engagements, and over a million people of a combined audience at venues across the world. Gerd is most rece...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/gerd-leonhard-on-technology-vs-humanity/

I am tired of hearing that science and technology will save the world. It is almost the same as saying “Jesus will save you!” It evokes the very same passive quasi-religious hope that somethi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-is-not-enough/

The Age of Em by Robin Hanson is the best worst book I have read in a very long while. It is the best because Robin has a very effective, efficient and eloquent writing style and a personality to...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/age-of-em/

It  is Canadian Thanksgiving long-weekend and I thought I’d take a couple of minutes to acknowledge and meditate upon some of the many things I am very thankful for. Check out the video for my...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/thanksgiving-2016/

Every once-in-a-while, it is a good thing to do a headstand and look at the world from a different perspective. In podcasting terms that would mean putting Socrates in the hotseat and making me a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-aka-nikola-danaylov/

Kevin Kelly has been a high profile maverick of both silicon valley and technology in general for the past 35 years. Some of his books have gained not just a best-seller status but a near-cult f...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly-on-the-inevitable-12-technological-forces-that-will-shape-our-future/

Last Wednesday morning I and John Rennie participated in a very short televised debate for TRT World News titled “Are we nearing the Singularity?”. Now, I was totally green-screened, had no T...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-trt-world-news-debate/

Some people are just outright unreasonable: they refuse to adapt to the world and, instead, try to adapt the world to themselves. Marcin Jakubowski is one of those crazy people who has been tryin...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/marcin-jakubowski-open-source-ecology-mud-hut-singularity-1-day/

Albert Wenger is a venture capitalist and partner at Union Square Ventures. He was the president of del.icio.us and oversaw the company’s sale to Yahoo eventually becoming an investor in a numb...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/albert-wenger-world-after-capital/

We often tend to ignore people and books that we have a strong disagreement with. And yet, often times it is precisely those interactions that are very productive in helping us re-evaluate our ow...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-jones-against-transhumanism/

Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype and Kazaa, got so famous in his homeland of Estonia that people named the biggest city after him. Well, that latter part may not be exactly true but there are fe...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaan-tallinn/

Spencer Wolf is the award-winning author of After Mind, a mindbender of a science fiction novel about mind-uploading and AI that I just finished reading. When Spencer was a young child attending...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-wolf-on-after-mind/

Dr. Richard Stallman is an inductee of the internet hall of fame as well as the founder of the Free Software movement. In the words of Robert Grüning “Richard Stallman is like the Socrates of...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/richard-stallman-singularity-free-software/

About 4 1/2 years ago I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer on his fantastic non-dystopian AI trilogy WWW. To this day people keep telling me it is one of my very best interviews ever. Unfortunately, th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-quantum-night/

Stephen E. Arnold is a specialist in online search, content processing, and indexing. He is the author of seven books and monographs, including a trilogy on Google. Stephen is also the blogger be...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-e-arnold/

 A Transhumanist Manifesto Preamble Intelligence wants to be free but everywhere is in chains. It is imprisoned by biology and its inevitable scarcity. Biology mandates not only very limited d...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/a-transhumanist-manifesto/

 To be, or not to be: that was the question back when Machines did not challenge the reign of men. Will technology replace biology: that is the question now When computers get exponentially sm...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/hamlet-transhumanist-dilemma-will-technology-replace-biology/

Nick Gogerty is one of those people who wants to have his cake and eat it too – i.e. Nick is trying to make money while also doing good for the world. In fact, his latest venture – SolarCoin...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nick-gogerty-on-solarcoin/

“AI is coming and it could be the best or the worst thing” was Calum Chace‘s message at the end of my first interview with him. Since then Chace has written a non-fiction book on Surviving ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-surviving-ai/

Robert Steele is a very interesting person indeed: in the 1980s Robert was a clandestine CIA agent who believed not only in secrecy but also in Reagan’s right-wing politics and trickle down ec...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-steele-open-source-everything/

Dr. Michael Fossel is one of those few theoreticians who can see much of the big picture of aging. While some use mostly guesswork, and others hope to improve on that with logic, Fossel never shi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel-the-telomerase-revolution/

Last time I interviewed BioViva CEO Liz Parrish I had no idea that she would make global headlines shortly thereafter by becoming a gene therapy test subject herself. And so I wanted to bring her...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-becoming-gene-therapy-test-subject/

Singularity University is not about the singularity and is not even a university. It is not about abundance and is not an exponential organization. Then what is Singularity University about?! Tho...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-deconstructs-singularity-university/

Zoltan Istvan is the first unashamedly and unabashedly openly transhumanist presidential candidate in the history of the United States. His political campaign, his Immortality Bus Tour and his bo...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanist-zoltan-istvan-on-his-presidential-campaign/

How can humans ever hope to push back and delay the ever-growing power of software-based artificial intelligence? Well, Dr. Louis Rosenberg – founder and CEO of Unanimous AI, believes that huma...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/unanimous-ai-louis-rosenberg-on-human-swarming/

To me cryonics just makes sense. It may not be pretty but, just like open heart surgery, it is one of those things that, without any guarantees, can possibly extend your life substantially. Thus...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/dj-maclennan-on-his-cryonics-book-frozen-to-life/

Whether we like it or not, the current reality is that every day 150,000 people die. And while I have no doubt that one day humanity will defeat death of old age, like anyone else, I am not guara...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/dr-michael-fratkin-on-life-death-and-palliative-care/

Salim Ismail is one of those very rare individuals who can be and look from both inside and outside of the box – all at the same time. Furthermore, Ismail is one the few interviewees who have t...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-exponential-organizations/

There are those of us who philosophize and debate the finer points surrounding the dangers of artificial intelligence. And then there are those who dare go in the trenches and get their hands dir...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-on-artificial-superintelligence/

BioViva‘s CEO Liz Parrish is a fire-starter and probably not everyone’s favorite person. But if your goal is as bold as defeating aging then you’ll have to break some eggs. And so feel as ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bioviva-ceo-liz-parrish-on-gene-therapy/

Marshal Brain‘s 2003 book Manna was quite ahead of its time in foreseeing that eventually, one way or another, we will have to confront and address the phenomenon of technological unemployment...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/marshall-brain/

The first time I interviewed Jack Andraka he was the youngest guest ever on my podcast. At 16 he already had a mind-blowing list of science awards and inventions, the most notable of which was hi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-breakthrough/

This is my fourth interview with Ramez Naam and the reason for that is simple: Ramez is a cool, smart guy, who writes kick-ass, gritty, action-packed and scientifically compelling science fictio...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-apex/

  A few weeks ago I got interviewed on Review the Future podcast. Co-hosts Ted Kupper and Jon Perry did a great job in putting me on the spot and I enjoyed talking to them very much. So, if for...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nikola-danaylov-on-review-the-future-podcast-what-do-experts-think-about-the-singularity/

Technological unemployment is an issue that I have mentioned a few times during my past interviews. In fact, I would go as far as saying that it is at the bottom of the top 5 biggest problems hum...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/martin-ford-on-technological-unemployment/

I just finished reading PJ Manney‘s brand new novel (R)Evolution. And, while I was prepared for a stimulating nanotechnology and brain-enhancement science fictional story, I also got an action...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/pj-manney-revolution/

The idea that man is a machine is an old one. And since the brain is a physical part of that machine it is often presumed that it can necessarily be simulated on a digital computer. But very lit...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/miguel-nicolelis-and-ronald-cicurel/

It has been almost 5 years since I originally published my 23andMe DNA Test review where I concluded that it was right for me. I also asked you to seriously consider if it may or may not be righ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/emily-drabant-conley-23andme/

There are 3 individuals who have had the most impact on what I’ve been doing for the past 5 years: Ray Kurzweil – who helped me to see deeper into the exponential growth and disruptive nature...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/seth-godin/

David Wood is the chair of London Futurists and on the Humanity+ board of directors. He is an eminent futurist whose valuable newsletter I myself have been subscribed to for several years now and...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/futurist-david-wood/

“Rick Tumlinson is the descendant of pioneers who wants to help create the future pioneers who are going to go open the Solar system and expand life beyond the Earth. That’s why I am here. Th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/rick-tumlinson/

Pandora’s Brain is one of the most philosophical science fiction novels I have read recently. And since Calum Chace has been a valuable contributor to Singularity Weblog and a great blogger wit...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/calum-chace-on-pandoras-brain/

This is my second interview with William Hertling. The first time we met was at Greg Bear’s house near Seattle where we did both a 1on1 interview and a fantastic science fiction panel together ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling-on-turing-exception/

Marc Goodman is not your typical street cop – he considers himself a humanitarian, he is super smart and well educated, he has worked in over 70 countries, and speaks more languages than I can ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/marc-goodman-on-future-crimes-2/

Michael Fossel‘s dream is to reverse human aging and since 1996 he has been a strong and vocal advocate of experimenting with telomerase therapy as a potential way of intervention in a wide var...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-fossel/

During my recent visit to the Cryonics Institute I had the chance to do a video tour of CI and learn more about its vitrification procedures and membership policies. I also had the unique opport...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ettinger/

This is the concluding sci fi round-table discussion of my Seattle 1-on-1 interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling and Greg Bear. The video was recorded last November and was produced by Ric...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-ramez-naam-and-william-hertling-on-the-singularity/

Greg Bear is truly one of the masters of classic science fiction – he has written over 35 books, that have sold millions of copies, and have been translated into 22 languages. No wonder I was n...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/greg-bear-singularity/

If there’s ever been a case when I just wanted to jump on a plane and go interview someone in person, not because they are famous but because they have created a totally unique and arguably sem...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/danko-nikolic-practopoiesis/

Hannu Rajaniemi is a Ph. D. in string theory and fellow SU alumni best known for his popular science fiction trilogy The Quantum Thief . His work has risen to prominence both because of its merit...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/hannu-rajaniemi-on-quantum-thief/

Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project and I had great fun talking to him during our first interview. But it has been over two years since our previous conversation...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-state-of-the-future/

Jonathan Mugan is not only a computer scientist specializing in machine learning and AI but also a father of three and the author of The Curiosity Cycle: Preparing Your Child for the Ongoing Tech...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jonathan-mugan-the-curiosity-cycle/

I have often felt that being located in Toronto, Canada puts me at a bit of a disadvantage with respect to having a futuristic high-tech blog and podcast. Living in Silicon Valley or New York ap...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/arthur-traviss-corry-on-bitcoin-decentral/

Some will say that Bill Andrews is totally crazy – at 61 he runs an average of 10 miles per day and at least one 100-mile marathon per month. He also wants to “Cure Ageing or Die Trying”. ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bill-andrews/

Jeremy Rifkin is a social activist, economist, futurist and best-selling author of twenty books on the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jeremy-rifkin-on-the-zero-marginal-cost-society/

In my opinion, The Immortalists is the frankest, most open-minded, and uniquely personal documentary about life extension in general and Aubrey de Grey and Bill Andrews, in particular. I was priv...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-immortalists-david-alvarado-and-jason-sussberg/

Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, bestselling author, acclaimed public speaker, renowned futurist, and popularizer of science. As co-founder of String Field Theory, Dr. Kaku carries on ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/michio-kaku-future-of-the-mind/

Digital crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin are the singularity of money, and after spending some time educating myself, I have turned from a skeptic into a fan. If you are unfamiliar with the topi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/vitalik-buterin-ethereum/

Stuart Armstrong is a James Martin research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford where he looks at issues such as existential risks in general and Artificial Intelligence in parti...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-armstrong-existential-risks/

This is my second interview with Steven Kotler. Last time we discussed Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think – the book Steven co-wrote with Peter Diamandis. This time, we discuss rea...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-flow/

I met Prof. Ed Boyden at last year’s Global Future 2045 conference in New York. There I was highly impressed with Boyden’s impressive work in neuroscience in general and optogenetics in parti...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ed-boyden/

Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual because of his diverse background and impressive accomplishments ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss-agi/

Andreas Antonopoulos is arguably the face of bitcoin because he is probably the most prolific interviewee as well as the most publicly recognized expert in the field of crypto-currency. To top it...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/andreas-antonopoulos-on-bitcoin/

Peter Voss is an entrepreneur, inventor, engineer, scientist, and AI researcher. He is a rather interesting and unique individual not only because of his diverse background and impressive accompl...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-voss/

Emerging reports suggest that the BRX virus has already infected thousands of people. ByoLogyc – the company whose product is linked to the outbreak, has set up a mobile decontamination and va...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/byologyc-ceo-chet-getram-brx-virus/

Ted Chu is a professor of economics and former chief economist for General Motors. Most recently, Dr. Chu is the author of Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision of Our Future Ev...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ted-chu/

William Hertling is a rather recent science fiction discovery of mine and the author of award-winning novels Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears, A.I. Apocalypse, and The Las...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/william-hertling/

These are the videos of my presentation at the 2014 Podcamp Toronto. This year I decided that it is best not to speak about podcasting but rather focus on issues familiar to readers of Singularit...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/podcamp-toronto-2014-hole-ai-transhumanism-end-of-humanity/

Grady Booch is an IBM fellow, best-selling author, software engineer, geek, philosopher, storyteller, entrepreneur, and former US air-force serviceman who used to work on the secret space shuttle...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/grady-booch-enjoy-the-beauty-of-what-youre-doing-but-also-take-responsibility/

I first met Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro at last year’s GF2045 conference in New York. Dr. Ishiguro is known around the world for his android, geminoid, and telenoid robots and I have been trying to ge...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/hiroshi-ishiguro/

Alexander Hayes is an Australian researcher and Ph.D. candidate investigating the social implications of augmented reality (AR) technologies such as Google Glass. I met Hayes during last year’s...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/alexander-hayes-google-glass/

Bre Pettis is the charismatic founder and CEO of MakerBot – one of the most disruptive companies ushering in a revolution in personal manufacturing. If you ever heard of or want to know more ab...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bre-pettis-makerbot/

The first time I saw Dr. Gabor Forgacs was at last year’s fantastic Idea City conference in Toronto and, after his passionate presentation on bio-printed suffering-free leather, I knew that I w...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/gabor-forgacs-bioprinting/

Steve Omohundro is a scientist, professor, author, and entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in physics who has spent decades studying intelligent systems and artificial intelligence. His research into the b...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/steve-omohundro/

This is the first out of a series of 3 sci-fi round-table interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling, and Greg Bear that I did last November in Seattle. It was produced by Richard and Tatyana S...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam/

Brad Feld is an entrepreneur and a popular blogger. He is also the author of The Startup Series of books such as Startup Life. But Brad is best known for being a unique type of technology Venture...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/technology-venture-capitalist-brad-feld/

Today I just want to take a minute and say “Thank You!” Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity Weblog. Thank you, because without you there will be no Singularity 1on1. T...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/thank-you/

Last October I traveled to Vermont to visit the Terasem Movement Foundation and speak to its managing director Bruce Duncan. I first met Bruce at the Idea City conference in Toronto where he shar...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bruce-duncan-terasem-lifenaut-bina48/

Godfrey Reggio is an inventor of a film style that creates poetic images of extraordinary emotional impact for audiences worldwide. Reggio is prominent in the film world for his Qatsi trilogy �...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/godfrey-reggio-koyaanisqatsi/

Dr. Frank J. Tipler is a physicist and cosmologist perhaps best known for concepts such as the Omega Point or The Cosmological Singularity. He is a professor of mathematical physics at Tulane Uni...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/frank-j-tipler-the-singularity-is-inevitable/

Dave Asprey is founder of The Bulletproof Executive as well as a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent 15 years and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. He lost 100 poun...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bulletproof-executive-dave-asprey-biohacking/

David Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher who promotes what he calls The Hedonistic Imperative. David is also a co-founder of the World Transhumanist Association and a vegan who argues th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-pearce-hedonistic-imperative/

Dr. Noam Chomsky is a famed linguist, political activist, prolific author and recognized public speaker, who has spent the last 60 years living a double life – one as a political activist and a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/noam-chomsky-the-singularity-is-science-fiction/

For 20 years James Barrat has created documentary films for National Geographic, the BBC, Discovery Channel, History Channel, and public television. In 2000, during the course of his career as a ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-james-barrat-our-final-invention/

Dr. Stuart Hameroff is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Psychology and Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona. Together with British quantum physicist Sir ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/stuart-hameroff-quantum-consciousness/

It has been almost two months since I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Dr. Natasha Vita-More at her family house in Scottsdale, Arizona. Vita-More has been at the forefront for several decades...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-whole-body-prosthetic/

Robert Scoble is a Liaison officer for Rack Space, social media phenomenon, a technology pundit with a huge following, a journalist who has done thousands of interviews, and a man who “always t...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-scoble/

Stelarc is a world-renowned body-installation visual artist who has pushed the boundaries with his performances for more than four decades. His art has extruded the body beyond its physical limit...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/stelarc/

Dr. Geordie Rose is a founder and Chief Technology Officer at D-Wave Computers. I met Geordie at the IdeaCity conference in Toronto where he made an impassioned presentation about D-Wave and qu...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/geordie-rose-d-wave-quantum-computing/

Roman V. Yampolskiy is an Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering and Director at the Cybersecurity Lab of the University of Louisville. He is also an alumnus of Singularity University (...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/roman-yampolskiy-leakproofing-the-singularity/

Joseph Carvalko is a lawyer with many decades of experience who bravely sued the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States for deserting a POW in Korea. Carvalko is also an engi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/joseph-carvalko-techno-human-shell/

Last month I had the privilege of visiting Max More at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Alcor is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 and located in Scottsdale, Arizona. It is the world ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/alcor-max-more/

Peter Joseph is a musician, filmmaker, and social activist best known as the man behind the Zeitgeist film trilogy and the founder of the Zeitgeist movement. Peter’s films have become a counter...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-joseph-zeitgeist/

This Wednesday I was very privileged to interview Dr. Ann Cavoukian. Dr. Cavoukian is the information and privacy commissioner of the province of Ontario (Canada) as well as the creator and forem...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ann-cavoukian-privacy-by-design/

Nigel Ackland claims he is an ordinary man. But, after seeing the emotional impact he had on the audience at GF2045, I have to disagree with him. His speech titled Ordinary… Extraordinary. Life...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/nigel-ackland-bionic-arm/

A few weeks ago I got interviewed on the Futurology Podcast. During my one hour conversation with show host Jason Peffley we discuss a number of topics such as: how I got to do blogging and podca...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-gets-interviewed-on-the-futurology-podcast/

Marvin Minsky is often called the Father of Artificial Intelligence and I have been looking for an opportunity to interview him for years. I was hoping that I will finally get my chance at the GF...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/marvin-minsky/

Thad Starner is a wearable computing pioneer who coined the term “augmented reality” and a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is also a technical lead on Google Glass – a ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/thad-starner-google-glass-augmented-reality/

Daryl Oster is an inventor and engineer who wants to bring space travel to Earth. The idea is called ET3 – Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies. Oster is the CEO of ET3 and his company “us...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/daryl-oster-evacuated-tube-transport-space-travel-on-earth/

Chris Lewicki is the president and Chief Asteroid Miner at Planetary Resources – the first company that plans to locate and mine asteroids for water and precious metals. The company is backed...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-lewicki-on-singularity-1-on-1-stop-reading-about-it-and-start-doing-it/

Prof. Chris Hables Gray is someone whose work on both war and the cyborg is a must-read for anyone interested in those topics. I have followed Gray’s work for over 10 years and have read at lea...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-hables-gray-on-cyborg-singularity-citizenship/

Ori Inbar developed a passion for augmented reality (AR) ever since he realized that it will change every aspect of life and work we can think of. This realization has motivated him to become an ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ori-inbar-on-singularity-1-on-1-augmented-reality-will-change-every-aspect-of-life-and-work/

Jacque Fresco is a futurist, inventor, social engineer, visionary, and technician, best known for the Venus Project. In his Future By Design documentary about Fresco’s life and ideas, Emmy-wi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jacque-fresco-the-venus-project/

Amon Kalkin is a cognitive scientist, electronic artist, and founder of Zero State. He is 40 years old, born in New Zealand, and living in the UK, where he spends his time raising a young family ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/zero-state-amon-kalkin/

While I personally loved the first half of The Transhumanist Wager and disliked much of the second, I am convinced that the novel is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of our civiliz...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/zoltan-istvan-the-transhumanist-wager-is-a-choice-well-all-have-to-make/

Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have gone as far as labeling it “the most dangerous idea.” Thus a comprehensive book – a Transhuma...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-the-transhumanist-reader/

Will Crockett is a photo innovator and web TV personality. He has more than 30 years as a commercial photographer with clients like Pfizer, Boeing, Hewlett Packard, Cadbury, United Airlines, TIME...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/will-crockett-hybrid-photography-is-the-future-dslrs-are-the-past/

Matthew Putman is the most eclectic guest I have had on Singularity 1 on 1. Matthew is a PhD in applied mathematics and engineering, Professor at Columbia University, a Thiel fellowship mentor, e...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/matthew-putman-on-singularity-1-on-1/

James D. Miller is a professor of economics and, most recently, the author of Singularity Rising: Surviving and Thriving in a Smarter, Richer, and More Dangerous World. James is the second econom...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-d-miller-on-singularity-1-on-1-prepare-for-a-smarter-world/

Yesterday I went to speak to a class of grade 12 students from the Newtonbrook Secondary School in Toronto. I have been looking forward to this opportunity to challenge and be challenged by the n...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-at-newtonbrook-secondary-school/

Yesterday I spoke at this year’s edition of the annual Podcamp Toronto at Ryerson University. Since people often ask me for tips on podcasting, I decided to record my presentation so that it is...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/15-steps-towards-your-podcasting-success-socrates-at-podcamp-toronto-2013/

Ayesha Khanna is the co-founder of the Hybrid Reality Institute and co-author of Hybrid Reality book for Kindle. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ayesha Khanna we discuss a variety of...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ayesha-khanna-on-singularity-1-on-1/

My second interview with economist Robin Hanson was by far the most vigorous debate ever on Singularity 1 on 1. I have to say that I have rarely disagreed more with any of my podcast guests befor...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-social-science-or-extremist-politics-in-disguise/

Christine Peterson is not only the co-founder and past president of the Foresight Institute for Nanotechnology but also the person credited with coining the term open-source software. More recen...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/christine-peterson-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Dr. “George Church is one of the most brilliant scientists in the world,” says Steven Pinker on the front cover of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Regenes...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-church-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Today my guest is Doug Wolens. Doug is the lawyer-turned-documentarian whose most recent film is The Singularity. I have to say that neither Doug nor his film is what I expected. To paraphrase a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/doug-wolens-on-the-singularity-film/

Robin Hanson is not just a well known economist with seminal work in prediction markets. He is also a physicist, philosopher and AI researcher. Besides being a polyglot he is also an extremely l...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/robin-hanson-on-singularity-1-on-1/

I know how hard it is start a podcast. So when budding podcasters ask me for an interview, I am always looking for reasons to say “Yes.” This is a re-post of my month-old interview for the W...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/socrates-on-the-wow-signal-podcast/

Bob McDonald is the national science correspondent and popular host of CBC’s radio show Quirks and Quarks. If you are Canadian it is virtually impossible that you have not seen or heard him on ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/bob-mcdonald-on-singularity-1-on-1-follow-your-dreams/

Prof. Chris Eliasmith is currently the director of the Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at the University of Waterloo and the team leader behind SPAUN – the brain simulation project that re...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/chris-eliasmith-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Ken Hayworth is the president of the Brain Preservation Foundation and a strong proponent of chemical brain preservation. During my Singularity 1 on 1 interview with Ken, we talk about a variety ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ken-hayworth-on-chemical-brain-preservation/

Jack Andraka is the miracle whiz kid that came up with a totally unique pancreatic cancer detection test that takes 5 minutes to administer, costs 3 cents, is non-invasive, has been 100% accurate...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jack-andraka-on-singularity-1-on-1/

This is the second time that I interview Ramez Naam for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Last time we talked about Naam’s interesting background, professional experience, and award-winning book ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-nexus/

Lincoln Cannon is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. In my first interview with him, we talke...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-science-and-religion-exclusive-or-complimentary/

Gary Marcus is not only a professor in psychology but also a computer scientist, programmer, AI researcher, and best-selling author. He recently wrote a critical article titled Ray Kurzweil’s D...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/gary-marcus-on-singularity-1-on-1-bridge-the-mind-with-the-brain/

Lincoln Cannon is one of those people who break the mold. He is not only a software engineer with degrees in philosophy and business but also the president of the Mormon Transhumanist Associatio...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/lincoln-cannon-mormon-transhumanist/

Last Night I did a one hour interview for FastForward Radio by the Speculist. During our conversation with hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon I covered a few topics such as the personal st...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/fastforward-radio-by-the-speculist-puts-socrates-in-the-spot/

David Brin is not only a Ph.D. in astrophysics but also an award-winning, best-selling science fiction author, perhaps best known for his uplift series of novels and, most recently, Existence. Or...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-brin-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Jamais Cascio is one of the world’s top 100 thinkers according to Foreign Policy. He writes and speaks on a variety of topics from technology and global warming, to war, nuclear proliferation, ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jamais-cascio-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Tracy R. Atkins is not only a contributor to Singularity Weblog but also the author of a brand new singularity book titled Aeternum Ray. Aeternum Ray is rather unique because it is openly and who...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/tracy-r-atkins-aeternum-ray-singularity/

Dr. James Hughes is not only the executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) but also a well-known book author and transhumanist. I enjoyed having him on the s...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-hughes-on-singularity-1-on-1/

The first time that I looked at The Alpha Centauri Project by Marco Santini, I was struck by the book’s dedication: To he who explores new horizons, because knowledge doesn’t have limits, to...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/marco-santini-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Ray Kurzweil‘s impact on my life in general but especially on what I have been doing for the past 3 or 4 years is hard to exaggerate. It is a simple fact that, if I haven’t read his seminal ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ray-kurzweil/

Cory Doctorow is one of my all-time most favorite science fiction writers. So it is no surprise I had so much fun interviewing him. I don’t know how he does it, but Cory is one of those rare in...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/cory-doctorow/

Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have labeled it “the most dangerous idea.” I thought that it was time to bring some basic intellectu...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/transhumanism-natasha-vita-more/

“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” Brian David Johnson – Intel’s futu...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/intel-futurist-brian-david-johnson/

Giulio Prisco is an Italian information technology virtual reality consultant, as well as a writer, futurist, and transhumanist. Formerly a senior manager in the European Space Agency, Prisco i...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/giulio-prisco/

Jerome C. Glenn is co-founder and Director of The Millennium Project. He is well known for inventing the Futures Wheel technique and, among many other things, is also the primary author on their...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jerome-c-glenn-millennium-project/

Jim Harris is one of North America’s foremost management consultants, public speakers, authors, and thinkers on change and leadership. He is also another local Canadian thought leader that I d...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jim-harris-blindsided/

Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biomedical science to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. With eighteen internationa...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ryan-janzen-hydraulophone/

Steve Mann is sometimes called the first cyborg. Other times he is called the cyborg Luddite because of the stress he puts on choosing which technologies to embrace and which ones to abandon in o...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/cyborg-steve-mann/

Dr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, and computational neuroscientist who is currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I enjoye...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1/

George Dyson was born in 1953 and had a unique opportunity to witness firsthand the conjunction of mathematics and physics that brought the digital revolution to life. He has been observing the r...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dyson-singularity-1-on-1/

Hugo de Garis is the past director of the Artificial Brain Lab (ABL) at Xiamen University in China. Best known for his doomsday book The Artilect War, Dr. de Garis has always been on my wish-lis...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/hugo-de-garis-gods-or-terminators/

Daniel H. Wilson earned a Ph.D. in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. He is the author of The New York Times best-selling science fiction novel Robopocalypse and a columnist and contrib...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-h-wilson-on-singularity-technology/

Federico Pistono is perhaps the youngest guest I have ever had on Singularity 1 on 1. Despite that, Federico is already a scientific educator, social activist, blogger, and aspiring filmmaker. ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/federico-pistono-robots-will-steal-your-job/

Dr. Anders Sandberg is a well-known transhumanist, futurist, computational neuroscientist, and currently a research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. I have been th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/anders-sandberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-all-amazingly-stupid-but-we-can-get-better/

Karl Schroeder is one of those fantastic science fiction authors and futurists who, despite his numerous and profound books, have not quite made it into the mainstream yet. In fact, it was just a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/karl-schroeder-the-singularity-is-an-old-idea-keep-moving-forward/

Yesterday I interviewed John Smart on Singularity 1 on 1. Among many other things, John is an advisor in Futures Studies and Forecasting for Singularity University where I met him last summer. H...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/john-smart-on-singularity-1on1-accelerating-change-isnt-slowing-down/

This is my second interview with Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-f...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-1-on-1-randal-koene-on-the-ethics-of-mind-uploading/

A couple of days ago, I interviewed Australian James Harvey. James is unique among my guests because he was the first interviewee whose willingness to take a chance on a brand-new podcast helped ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harvey-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/

Today I interviewed Prof. Linda MacDonald Glenn on Singularity 1 on 1. Linda is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law. Her academic research en...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/linda-macdonald-glenn-on-singularity-1-on-1-sentience-matters/

This Monday I interviewed Dr. David Ferrucci on Singularity 1 on 1. David is the IBM team leader behind Watson – the computer that succeeded in dethroning humanity’s greatest ever Jeopardy ch...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-ferrucci-on-singularity-1-on-1-pursue-the-big-challenges/

Last week I interviewed Vivek Wadhwa on Singularity 1 on 1. I met Vivek last summer at Singularity University where he is the VP of academics and innovation. Vivek is one of those multi-talented ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/vivek-wadhwa-take-what-you-know-and-do-good/

Yesterday I interviewed philosopher David Chalmers. David is one of the world’s best-known philosophers of mind and thought leaders on consciousness. I was a freshman at the University of Toron...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-chalmers-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-be-rigorous-in-thinking-about-the-future/

Yesterday I was very fortunate to get a rare English language interview from Dmitry Itskov – the elusive Russian entrepreneur spearheading project Avatar and Global Future 2045. The first time ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/dmitry-itskov-on-singularity-1-on-1-its-time-to-think-about-who-we-are-and-what-is-our-place-in-the-universe/

Last week I interviewed Raymond McCauley for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Raymond last summer at Singularity University where he is the Co-Chair of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics. McCauley is one ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/raymond-mccauley-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-your-own-scientist-try-it-and-see/

Last Sunday I spoke at Podcamp Toronto. Since I never considered myself to be a successful blogger or podcaster, I wanted to simply introduce people to the concept and ideas behind the technologi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/10-tips-for-your-blogging-success-socrates-gets-riled-up-at-podcamp-toronto/

This is my second interview with George Dvorsky. The first time I had George on Singularity one-on-one, we ended up talking for 1 hour and 14 minutes. I am afraid that I enjoy his company so mu...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/george-dvorsky-on-singularity-1-on-1-specialization-is-for-insects/

Last week, I visited Eric Boyd at HackLab.TO. While there, I interviewed Eric for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. Eric is the president of HackLab.TO, one of the co-founders of StumbleUpon, and a ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/eric-boyd-on-singularity-1-on-1-diy-transhumanism-just-do-it/

Yesterday I interviewed Steven Kotler on Singularity 1 on 1. Together with Peter Diamandis, Steven is the co-author of Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think. Abundance is a book that pro...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/steven-kotler-on-singularity-1-on-1-get-off-the-couch-and-change-the-world/

Yesterday I interviewed Ramez Naam for my singularity podcast. Ramez is the author of an award-winning, timely and easy-to-digest book on the ethical, political, economic, and other implications ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-world-needs-innovation-dont-be-a-spectator-participate/

This morning I interviewed Daniel Kraft for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Kraft at Singularity University where he is the Medicine and Neuroscience Chair and executive director of the FutureMed...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/daniel-kraft-on-singularity-1-on-1-you-dont-have-to-be-a-doctor-to-improve-health-care/

A couple of months ago I interviewed Rachel Haywire for Singularity 1 on 1. I had some difficulties in posting this interview but, since those were eventually resolved, better late than never…...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/rachel-haywire-on-singularity-1-on-1-art-is-intellectual-and-the-intellect-is-artistic/

Those of you who followed SingulatityWeblog.com last summer know that I was very fortunate to attend Singularity University on NASA’s campus in Mountainview, California. The 10 weeks I spent th...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/top-5-tips-for-applying-to-singularity-university/

I couple of days ago I interviewed Michael Shermer for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Dr. Shermer at the recent Singularity Summit in New York where he was one of the most entertaining, engaging, and ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-shermer-on-singularity-1-on-1-be-skeptical-even-of-the-skeptics/

Last week, I interviewed Luke Muehlhauser for Singularity 1 on 1. Luke Muehlhauser is the Executive Director of the Singularity Institute, the author of many articles on AI safety and the cogn...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/luke-muehlhauser-on-singularity-1-on-1-superhuman-ai-is-coming-this-century/

This weekend, I interviewed Jose Cordeiro for Singularity 1 on 1, and I have to admit that this was one of my favorite interviews so far. It had perhaps the most vital, most positive endings on t...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jose-cordeiro-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-energularity-is-near/

Last week I interviewed Dr. Randal Koene for Singularity 1 on 1. Dr. Koene is perhaps one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists. He is director of analysis at Halcyon Molecular, co-founder of...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/randal-koene-on-singularity-1-on-1-mind-uploading-is-not-science-fiction/

Yesterday, I interviewed science comedian Brian Malow for Singularity 1 on 1. Brian is one of those unique comedians who is capable of making you laugh and think. During our conversation, we disc...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/science-comedian-brian-malow-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-grow-up-look-deeper-and-see-the-world-with-fresh-eyes/

It is only fair that every once-in-a-while Socrates – i.e. “the man with the questions,” ought to get the table turned on him, take the other side of the microphone and answer a few questi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/no-illusions-podcast-cameron-reilly-puts-socrates-in-the-spotlight/

A couple of days ago I interviewed David Simpson for Singularity 1 on 1. David Simpson is a young up-and-coming science fiction writer from Vancouver. He is the author of the sci-fi novels Pos...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/post-human-trans-human-and-the-god-killers-david-simpson-on-singularity-1-on-1/

This Thursday I interviewed David Orban for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that David is one of my favorite singularitarians and I enjoyed talking to him immensely. During our conversation...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/david-orban-on-singularity-1-on-1-what-is-the-question-i-should-be-asking/

This week I interviewed Greg Wientjes for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Greg at Singularity University and picked up a copy of his book Creative Genius in Technology: Mentor Principles from Life St...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/how-do-you-cultivate-genius-in-technology/

Last Sunday I interviewed Robert J. Sawyer for Singularity 1 on 1. I have to admit that, despite the fact that he is a very well-known and successful best-selling science fiction writer, I only ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/robert-j-sawyer-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-human-adventure-is-just-beginning/

Last week I interviewed Sonia Arrison for Singularity 1 on 1. I met Sonia at the Singularity University, where she is a founder and a trustee, and there I picked up a copy of her seminal book 1...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/sonia-arrison-on-singularity-1-on-1-make-regenerative-medicine-a-top-priority/

Yesterday I interviewed Spencer Greenberg for Singularity 1 on 1. Spencer is the Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, the quantitative hedge fund that he co-founded in 2005 at the age ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/spencer-greenberg-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-become-better-thinkers-study-our-cognitive-biases-and-logical-fallacies/

During my 10 weeks at Singularity University, I was able to ambush Dan Barry for a 20 min interview for Singularity 1 on 1. Former NASA astronaut and veteran of 3 space missions, Dan is currently...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/dan-barry-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-let-anyone-tell-you-that-you-cant-reach-your-dreams/

During my time at Singularity University, I was privileged to get a 30 min interview with Salim Ismail for Singularity 1 on 1. During our conversation we discuss issues such as Salim’s persona...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/salim-ismail-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-are-already-gods-we-might-as-well-start-acting-as-such/

Last week, I was privileged to get a 30-minute interview with Peter Diamandis. Peter is not a very tall man, but I have to say that he has the energy of a giant. Interviewing him was like pluggi...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/peter-diamandis-on-singularity-1-on-1-singularity-university-is-star-fleet-academy-for-the-worlds-biggest-challenges/

Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is award-winning science fiction author Charlie Stross. It was his seminal singularity book Accelerando that not only won the 2006 Locus Award (in addition to...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/charlie-stross/

Today my guest is Jaron Lanier. Jaron lives in Berkeley, California, and, like John Horgan, is one of the better-known critics of both Ray Kurzweil and the technological singularity. Unlike many ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jaron-lanier-on-singularity-1-on-1-the-singularity-is-a-religion-for-geeks/

Today, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is digital culture and cyberpunk icon R.U. Sirius. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/r-u-sirius-on-singularity-1-on-1-question-the-authority-of-your-brain/

Today, my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is Vernor Vinge, the person who coined the term technological singularity. Currently, Vernor Vinge is putting the final touches on the sequel to A Fire ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/vernor-vinge-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-surpass-the-wildest-dreams-of-optimism/

Today my guest on Singularity 1 on 1 is transhumanist strategic philosopher Max More. (As always you can listen to or download the audio file above or scroll down and watch the video interview in...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/question-everything-max-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/

This is my second interview with Prof. Kevin Warwick. Last time I had him on – You Have to Take Risks to be Part of the Future, he shared his views on a wide variety of topics such as human an...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-1-on-1-become-the-cyborg/

Last time I had Dr. Aubrey de Grey on Singularity 1 on 1 the interview turned out to be a hit. In fact, it is still by far the most popular podcast that I have done and the audio file has been li...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-grey-on-singularity-1-on-1-better-funding-and-advocacy-can-defeat-aging/

Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour-long Skype interview with James Martin for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. James Martin is Andrew Crofts‘ archetype Change Agent in addition to being a...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-martin-on-singularity-1-on-1-we-can-control-accelerating-technology/

A couple of months ago I saw Roman Polanski’s film The Ghost Writer based on the titular bestselling book by Robert Harris. At the time, I could hardly imagine that only a couple of months afte...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-change-agent-the-ghostwriter-and-the-singularity-andrew-crofts-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour long phone interview with Dr. Stephen Wolfram for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/stephen-wolfram-on-singularity-1-on-1-to-understand-the-future-explore-the-computational-universe/

Today I am very happy to have Andrew Hessel as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As always, you can listen to or download the audio interview above, or scroll down and watch the video recording in...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/andrew-hessel-on-singularity-1-on-1-dont-fear-synthetic-biology/

Want to find out who, according to the NY Times, is “the first female philosopher of transhumanism”? Today’s episode of Singularity 1 on 1 features Natasha Vita-More. (As always, you can li...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/natasha-vita-more-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Today I am very happy to have the Eyeborg Rob Spence as my guest on Singularity 1 on 1. (As usual, you can listen to or download the audio above, or scroll down to see the video recording of the ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/the-eyeborg-rob-spence-on-singularity-1-on-1/

Today’s podcast episode features prominent author, maverick technologist, and regular TED speaker Kevin Kelly. Kevin just published a new book called What Technology Wants. Seth Godin blogge...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-kelly/

Today, my guest is Ben Goertzel. During our 40 min conversation, we cover a wide range of topics such as Ben’s original interest in time travel and science fiction, his decision to start workin...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/ben-goertzel-on-singularity-1-on-1/

In today’s podcast episode, I am very privileged to have Terry Grossman. Terry generously agreed to do this interview from his office in Colorado, and for about an hour, we covered a number of...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/terry-grossman-on-singularity-podcast-live-long-enough-to-live-forever/

Today I have Douglas Rushkoff as my guest at Singularity Podcast and we discuss a variety of topics such as his most recent book Program or Be Programmed, the impact of modern media and social ne...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/douglas-rushkoff-on-singularity-podcast/

It was an interesting and enriching contrast to have John Horgan as my guest at Singularity Podcast. Following Jason Silva‘s super impassioned and optimistic defense of the singularity, accompa...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-john-horgan-on-the-end-of-science/

In today’s podcast episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Silva. I enjoyed talking to Jason immensely and have to admit that I was fascinated by his impassioned, enthusiastic, and p...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/jason-silva-on-singularity-podcast-let-your-ideas-be-noble-poetic-and-beautiful/

Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Aubrey de Grey. He is a world famous and controversial author and theoretician in the field of gerontology and is currently serving as a chief sc...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/aubrey-de-greys-singularity-podcast-longevity-escape-velocity-maybe-closer-than-we-think/

In today’s podcast episode I had the privilege of doing an hour-long interview with the first cyborg — Prof. Kevin Warwick. I enjoyed talking to Prof. Warwick immensely and got him to share h...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/kevin-warwick-on-singularity-podcast-you-have-to-take-risks-to-be-part-of-the-future/

In this edition of Singularity Podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with prominent Canadian transhumanist and animal rights advocate George Dvorsky. George is both a passionate and fascinating...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-george-dvorsky-on-transhumanism-and-the-singularity/

In this edition of the Singularity Podcast, I was privileged to do a phone interview with Barry Ptolemy, the director and producer of Transcendent Man. Barry was very generous in making time in...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/singularity-podcast-barry-ptolemy-on-transcendent-man/

This is the second singularity podcast. Given my experience with James Harvey I already knew that interviewing people is an acquired skill that I really need to work on. This interview is another...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/michael-anissimovs-singularity-podcast-singularity-without-compromise/

This is my first singularity podcast. I intend to do many more interviews like that to spark the discussion about the singularity with the help of some of the best and brightest people I can get ...

https://www.singularityweblog.com/james-harveys-singularity-podcast-we-are-singularia/