Exponential Wisdom

Episode 105: Living Past 100 Years

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Peter and Dan discuss the wide-ranging implications of today’s biotech and longevity breakthroughs, now adding years to the human healthspan.

In this episode:

  • Peter mentions the significance of Dr. David Sinclair’s latest cover-featured publication in Nature, which offers groundbreaking evidence for reversal of age-related decline in mice– an advancement now being tested and validated in in vitro human cells.
  • Dan talks about the importance of nurturing friendships with those younger than you, a key step in nurturing a youthful mindset. Peter further shows how such relationships can contribute to a healthier mentality about taking risks.
  • Peter discusses the implications of adding 30 healthy years to one’s life. For one: by the time you are 60 years old, you have accumulated the majority of your wealth, whether in terms of capital, relationships, or intelligence. By extending our healthy years, this vantage point provides a major advantage when starting new companies and sustaining a prosperous life.

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Episode 104: Capital Availability

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Peter and Dan discuss the abundance of capital available to entrepreneurs today, exploring the reasons for a historically unparalleled surge in funding and its accessibility. In 2019, aggregate global crowdfunding — inclusive of peer-to-peer lending — reached $14 billion, with over 2,000 platforms offering access to funding. But as is the case with many digital platforms, this too is experiencing double-digit growth. Experts now project that crowdfunding will reach $30 billion by 2025.

In this episode: 

  • Peter explains how today’s speed of computation is helping drive an abundance of available capital across industries globally. Between crowdfunding sites, venture funding, ICOs, and SPACs, there is no capital-related excuse to put off pursuing your MTP and Moonshot.
  • Dan discusses the geo-political ramifications of the pandemic and how entrepreneurs have used the last eighteen months to their advantage. 
  • Peter talks about the benefits of Bitcoin and why cryptocurrencies will transform economies for the better.

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Episode 103: Longevity Mindset

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Peter and Dan discuss the benefits of fostering a Longevity Mindset. Now more than ever — during a new age of exponential medicine — many will no longer have to accept the cards we’re dealt. Technologies like genome sequencing, RNA transcriptomics, Wnt pathway modifiers, novel vaccines, CRISPR, liquid biopsies, CAR-T cells, gene therapy, exosomes, and stem cells are just some of the innovations under development.

In this episode:

  • Peter reframes aging as a disease, one that many are beginning to believe can be slowed, stopped and perhaps even reversed.
  • Dan and Peter compare the process of vaccine creation today to methodologies used 10 years ago, exploring how COVID-19 has sped up all parts of the process. 
  • Peter explains why the best thing you can do for your longevity is to optimize sleep, diet and exercise, and to “not die from something stupid.”

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Episode 102: Exponential Mindset

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Peter and Dan explore the benefits of cultivating an “Exponential Mindset,” an understanding that computation and derivative technologies (AI, VR, 3D Printing, etc.) are growing exponentially. Thirty doublings drive a billion-fold improvement that the human (linear) brain finds difficult to grasp.

In this episode:

  • Peter discusses how humans evolved to be linear thinkers, yet the power of our technology has long been doubling every 18 months. And the power of exponential doublings can be extraordinarily hard to wrap our heads around: 10 doublings = ~1,000x growth… 20 doublings = ~1,000,000x growth…  30 doublings = ~1,000,000,000x growth.
  • Dan covers the history of the steam engine, examining how this specific innovation saw an exponential boom in global mobility.
  • Peter outlines how exponential technologies are converging, disrupting, and transforming business models and industries, enabling even small teams to compete successfully with large corporations.

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Episode 101: Abundance Mindset

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Peter and Dan discuss the benefits of cultivating an “Abundance Mindset,” through which we more readily see how exponential technologies — computation, AI, 3D printing, robotics, VR, and others — can dematerialize, demonetize, and democratize products and services. What was once available only to the richest and most elite, is increasingly accessible to almost anyone on the planet.

In this episode:

  • Peter talks about growing up with a “Scarcity Mindset.” In a world of scarcity, we entertain the paradigm of a finite pie. If your neighbor gets a slice, you necessarily get a smaller slice. This is a perceived world of limited resources and fierce competition. When geared with an Abundance mindset, however, rather than slicing the pie into thinner and thinner pieces, we simply bake more pies… millions more pies. 
  • Dan talks about the importance of a positive mindset and how he trains his by cutting out TV (a cognitive “fast” he has now sustained for 3 years) and carefully selecting the news he follows online.
  • Peter talks about looking at the positive possibilities in every scenario and challenge, illustrating ways in which you might use the pandemic to transform your business and lifestyle.

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Episode 100: Capital Velocity

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Peter and Dan discuss the abundance of capital and growth of the global economy, including crowdfunding, venture funding, and SPACs.

In this Episode:

  • Peter talks about global venture funding hitting an all-time record high, despite the pandemic.  With all this investment, the seeds have been planted and he expects successful new startups in 2022 or 2023. 
  • Peter and Dan discuss the phenomenon of special-purpose acquisition company (SPACs) and how more and more companies are going public using new methods. 
  • Dan talks about the mindset shift he saw during the last year of the pandemic, where people are experimenting more and more. 

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Episode 99: Blockchain Solving Deepfakes

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Peter and Dan discuss the now-booming world of blockchain and the latest phenomenon of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

In this episode: 

  • Peter makes the case for his belief that blockchain will play a key role in detecting deepfakes, a growing concern recently fueled by Tom Cruise deepfake videos that have gone viral on TikTok.
  • Dan envisions the role that blockchain will play during the next election cycle, projecting how it will interact with voting systems and help detect inaccurate news. 
  • Peter and Dan talk about the recent NFT craze and why people are willing to pay millions for these new digital art forms. 

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Episode 98: Creating AI Avatars

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Peter and Dan explore the technology of AI avatars. Diving into a fun conversation about intelligent digital humans that are now surfacing in certain industries, Peter and Dan envision how these AI avatars might also influence human interactions in business.

In this episode:

  • Peter talks about his experiments with three companies he’s excited about in the AI avatar space, namely LifeKind, HourOne, and Futureloop. Having fed his own blogs, books and podcast episodes into such AIs as training data, Peter talks about the successes of these experiments, which have surprised him with extraordinarily lifelike audio and visuals. 
  • Dan talks about how the pandemic and its accompanying work-from-home Zoom culture will accelerate people’s willingness to use and interact with virtual avatars, particularly as meetings continue to remain virtual.
  • Peter and Dan discuss AI avatars used in filmmaking, and how these might serve to immortalize deceased actors and singers. For instance, digital avatars with the likeness of Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley could one day even converse with live audiences.

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Episode 97: The New Commercial Space Age

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Peter and Dan discuss recent breakthroughs in the commercial space industry, highlighting a slew of new startups entering the marketplace, whether in analytics or rocket engineering. As we witness the shift from a heavily government-funded space industry to one propelled by privately funded companies, the world will soon see more and more access to space.

In this episode:

  • Peter gives an update on the commercial space industry, as well as the challenges and opportunities of mining precious metals and rocket fuels on asteroids and the Moon.
  • Dan narrates the story of two great historical inventions that allowed for deep water navigation: the sextant and chronometer, which enabled accurate measurements of latitude and longitude, respectively. These tools were critical to expanding the reach of human exploration across our largely water-coated planet. Fast-forward roughly 250 years, and Peter shows how they serve as a useful analogue for some of today’s pioneering commercial space rockets.
  • Peter demonstrates how pioneering companies’ opening of the space frontier is unlocking a new abundance mindset in the commercial space sector… One in which we’re now witnessing a surge in capabilities and new opportunities.

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Episode 96: Innovation at Warp Speed

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Peter and Dan discuss the record-breaking speed of technological change and why the pandemic has accelerated rates of innovation. They also showcase the critical importance of honing your mindset during this time, as the pandemic continues to shape our industries, requiring us to adapt.

In this episode:

  • Peter shares one of his biggest lessons learned over the past year: to “never let a good crisis go to waste.” He explains why now is the most opportune moment to make changes in your organization, to internalize that we are not returning to “normal,” but must rather propel our businesses towards a future of new paradigms and novel markets. 
  • Dan talks about the concept of being a hero to others during times of crisis, explaining why entrepreneurs naturally think this way, and why such an instinct is more relevant than ever.
  • Peter emphasizes the increased velocity of communications and deal-making in a business world of virtual meetings, decimating the time previously needed to fly and meet face-to-face. Dan further highlights the value of virtual events and environments to help more people and collaborate more quickly on ideas.

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