Bloomberg and the Future of the 2020 Election 🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore sits down with political correspondent, Brett Ewer, to discuss how Mike Bloomberg performed in the most recent democratic debate, what makes his political strategy so unique compared to the other candidates, and how Bloomberg is likely to fare in the Democratic Primary, as well as, potentially, the 2020 General Election… Key Questions: What is unique about Bloomberg’s political strategy? How has his strategy fared up t...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 83
The End of Anonymity? 🕵️♂️ In this episode, Mattimore discusses the recent breakthrough in the field of facial recognition technology, and what that means for the future… Broad Topics: What major milestone has just been reached in the field of facial recognition? Why is this milestone significant? How accurate is Clearview compared to other systems? What are the benefits of Clearview’s facial recognition technology What are the dangers of Clearview’s facial recognition technology What will it ...
Feb 18, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Predicting and preparing for the next recession 🎢 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin delve into past recessions: what caused them, what resolved them, and what we can learn from them. We also explore what’s different about our current economic situation. And we provide tips for how to position yourself financially so your assets are safeguarded against the next recession... Broad Topics: What is a recession? How should we define it? When will the next recession occur? Let’s look at some lead...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 81
How to grow an idea from nothingness into greatness 🚀 This is a very special episode because today marks the official launch of our brand new performance marketing agency: Noble Growth ( noblegrowth.co ). In this episode, we share our philosophy behind Noble Growth; and more importantly, we teach you how to grow any idea from nothingness into greatness just by following a few simple methodologies. We also explore how marketing is likely to evolve in the future, and how you can use these industr...
Feb 04, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 80
Earth's 6th Mass Extinction ☠️ In this episode, Mattimore sits down with Michael Kipp, Postdoctoral Scholar in Geochemistry at Cal Tech, to discuss the five major mass extinction events in earth’s history, the current sixth extinction that is taking place right now, and possible future scenarios for animal extinction and human extinction in the years to come… Key Questions: How do scientists differentiate between “mass extinction events” and “background levels of extinction?" What caused the 5 p...
Jan 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 79
Future US Presidents 🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore and Brett discuss who is likely to win the 2020 election, how the impeachment trial in the Senate is likely to play out, how a future president should address issues around Iran, trade, and election security, and, how the presidency itself is likely to evolve in the future… Key Questions: Who did well during the most recent debate? Who didn't do well? How have the polls changed for democratic candidates over time? What should we make of the be...
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 78
How to Create Wealth in the World of Tomorrow 💲 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore discuss the best ways for creating wealth now and in the future. We also discuss related concepts such as leverage, accountability, skill stacks, game theory, scale economies, and how wealth distribution is likely to change over time... Key Questions: How is wealth distinct from money and status, respectively? How has the nature of wealth creation changed over time? How to build your skill stack and cultivate ...
Jan 14, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 77
Mars and the Future of Humanity 👾 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore discuss... What NASA and SpaceX have planned for Mars in the short term, The challenges of establishing a Martian colony in the medium term, and What Mars could one day become in the long term Key Questions: Why go to Mars? Why not go to Europa, Titan, or somewhere else? What does NASA and SpaceX have planned for Mars? Why is it so hard to get to and then land on Mars? Why not just land rovers on Mars? Why do we need to sen...
Jan 07, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Habit Loops and How to Change Them ♻️ In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss how habits are formed, how to break bad habits, why New Years resolutions so often fail, why systems are better than goals, and how habits are likely to evolve in the future... Broad Topics: How habits are formed How to break bad habits What are “keystone habits?” Why New Years resolutions fail Why systems are better than goals Why willpower is a muscle that must be exercised How habits are likely to evolve in th...
Dec 31, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 75
Why we sleep and how to fix the world's sleeplessness epidemic 😴 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore explore why we sleep, what happens when we don’t get enough sleep, how to solve the current epidemic of sleeplessness in the modern world, and how our understanding of sleep, health, longevity, and dreams is likely to evolve in the future... Broad Topics: Dispelling myths for why we sleep, and how much sleep we really need… Why do we sleep? What is the function of sleep? Types of Sleep: REM Sl...
Dec 24, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Surging Seas 🌊🏘 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss why the rate of global sea level rise is accelerating, why it's rising faster in some areas on earth than others, the projected impacts for coastal cities, and potential solutions... Key Questions: How to find out if your home is at risk for sea level rise? Why isn’t the sea rising uniformly across all coastal cities? Why is the sea level rising, and by how much? What is the historic context of sea level rise? Which cities and count...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 73
Predicting our Interstellar Future 🚀💫👩🚀 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss why the current methods of space travel are so inefficient, how we might innovate with improved methods for traversing space, and what each scenario will mean for the future of humanity and life beyond earth... Broad Topics: Why is current space travel so expensive, dangerous, and inefficient? What are some recent and future innovations in space travel? How might the "Sky Hook" help us traverse space? Pros...
Dec 10, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 72
How Will Dogs Evolve and Adapt in the Future? 🐶💫 In this episode, we’re doing something a bit different… we are going to look at the future through the eyes of another species: dogs. Specifically, Justin and Mattimore explore what the world looks like from a dog’s perspective, how dogs have evolved up till now and will continue to evolve in the future, and also the changing roles that dogs will play in human society… Key Questions: What does reality look like from a dog’s perspective? Misconce...
Dec 03, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Free Will and the Future of Volition 🕹 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore discuss the nature of free will, whether or not free will exists, and how new technologies may constrain and expand free will in the future... Key Questions: Why does Sam Harris believe that “free will is an illusion?” Does the recent debunking of the famous “free will study” affect the validity of arguments against the existence of free will? Do we (Justin and Mattimore) agree that “free will is an illusion?” What are...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 70
David Sinclair on "Why we age and why we won't don't have to" 🔬 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin sit down with David Sinclair, professor of biology at Harvard Medical School, multiple time entrepreneur, and author of the New York Times best-selling book: “Lifespan: Why we age and why we don’t have to” 🧬 Broad Questions: Why do we age? What happens when we age? Why might we not have to age? How has our understanding of aging evolved? What should people do to live longer? Best Case Scenario...
Nov 19, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 69
How to Fight Back Against Distraction 🎯 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin sit down with Nir Eyal, author of the best selling book “Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life,” to explore strategies for how individuals, organizations, and societies can become truly indistractable... Key Questions: How has the nature of distraction changed in the last 10-15 years with smartphones, push notifications, and "always on" work culture? Are people becoming more distractible o...
Nov 12, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Super-Intelligence: Mankind's Last Invention 🤖🤲💫 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss what it will be like to live in a world where machines are smarter than humans, the different paths for getting there, and how each path will impact civilization... Broad Topics: Failure of intuition - Why it’s so hard to actually worry about AI? Will we achieve AGI? If so, when? What do the experts predict? Will AGI prove to be beneficial or problematic? How might AGI impact different sectors of so...
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Season 1Ep. 67
School Bullies, Cyber Bullies, and Adult Bullies 👊 In this episode Mattimore and Justin discuss the future of bullying... Broad Topics: What is bullying? Why do people bully? Cyber bullying vs traditional bullying Childhood vs adulthood bullying How to stop a bully Do we need bullies? Dominance behavior in general (including fights at school) Growing up: Becoming who you are Future Scenarios: Worst Case Scenario Best Case Scenario Most Likely Scenario Thanks for tuning in 🔭 Website: hencethefu...
Oct 29, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Democrats and the Future of America (pt. III of our series) 🐴🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin sit down with Brett Ewer to discuss the most recent democratic presidential debate in Ohio. We also talk about some of the policy issues that were brought up during that debate. Plus, we update our predictions for who we think is going to be the next nominee for president of the United States... Key Questions: Democratic Debate (Ohio): Who did well, who didn’t do well? What was the strategy o...
Oct 22, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 65
War, Peace, and the Gray Zone in Between 🕊🌫⚔️ In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss what a major war in our lifetime would look like, how that war would be fought and won given emerging technologies, and what can be done to prevent such a war... Broad Topics: The Gray Zone Likelihood of War Historic Context Cyber War Space War Nuclear War Information War Mercenary War Ideological War Autonomous Weapons Supersonic Weapons Artificial Intelligence Shifting Power Dynamics Game Theory Futur...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 64
High Crimes, Misdemeanors, and the Future of the US Presidency 🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore sits down with Hence, The Future's political correspondent, Brett Ewer, to discuss how the current impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is likely to play out... Key Questions: What’s the most charitable interpretation of the phone call between Donald Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine? What’s the most realistic interpretation of these events? Who’s at fault: Trump, Rudy, Trump’s Cabinet, Zelensky...
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Fighting Climate Change with Carbon Capture 🌫⏬ In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss: WHY carbon capture is necessary HOW carbon capture occurs; and WHETHER OR NOT carbon capture technology will be able to curb carbon emissions enough so that the human race will avoid the worst impacts of climate change… Key Questions: Why do we need carbon capture? How does carbon capture work? What happens to the carbon we extract? Pros and Cons of Abiotic vs Biotic carbon capture… Who are the major c...
Oct 01, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Cultivating Mindfulness 🧘♂️ In this episode, Mattimore sits down with yoga and meditation teacher, Paul Teodo, to discuss why mindfulness matters, how to cultivate mindfulness, and what conscious changes are likely to occur in the future... Key Questions: Why practice mindfulness and meditation? What are the motives of people who go on meditation retreats? What roles do gender and sexuality play in mindfulness? How should one go about achieving mindfulness? What are the key ingredients to mind...
Sep 24, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 61
10 Democratic Candidates for President of the United States 🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin sit down with political correspondent, Brett Ewer, to discuss how the democratic presidential field has evolved since the third #DemDebate in Houston, TX... Key Questions: 2020 #DemDebate (Houston): Who did well, who didn’t do well? What was the strategy of each candidate going into the debate? Which democratic candidate had the best take on medicare for all? Which democratic candidate had the ...
Sep 17, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Wildfires, Crop Burning, and a Warming Planet 🔥 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss why the Amazon is being burned, alternatives to burning crops and garbage, and the proper way to manage wildfires in order to preserve earth's forests... Broad Topics: Amazon Fires Human-caused fires Natural fires / wildfires The role of earth’s forests Climate change and fires How to properly manage fires Future Scenarios: Worst case scenario Best case scenario Most likely scenario Thanks for listenin...
Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Hong Kong's Fight for Freedom ✊ In this episode, Mattimore and Justin delve into the most serious threat to China's Communist Party since Tiananmen Square in 1989, and what that could mean for China, the US, and the world... Key Questions: What is happening right now? Context for the current protests in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s history up till now, and how that differs from that of the Mainland Differences in mindset between Hong Kongers and Mainland Chinese citizens Key factors in determining the ...
Sep 03, 2019•57 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Investing in the Future 🦄💰 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin interview Semil Shah on the future of venture capital, entrepreneurship, and tech companies 🚀 Semil is a Silicon Valley based investor at Haystack Fund. He’s also a Venture Partner at Lightspeed Ventures, and a thought leader who’s made meaningful contributions to TechCrunch, Quora, Harvard Business Review, and Twitter (@semil) 🎙 Key Questions: How has the VC investing landscape changed from the time you first got involved up t...
Aug 27, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 57
How Brains and Machines will Interact in the Future 🧠✨🤖 In this episode, Justin and Mattimore discuss Neuralink and the burgeoning field of brain-machine interfaces... Broad Topics: Neuralink’s recent unveiling... Evolution of brain-machine Interfaces Early use cases for brain-machine interfaces Later stage use cases for brain-machine interfaces The ultimate mission and strategy of Neuralink Dangers and challenges for brain-machine interfaces Future Scenarios: Worst Case Scenario Best Case Sce...
Aug 20, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Firearms, Safety, and the 2nd Amendment 🔫🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin discuss the root causes of gun violence, and the various solutions that are being proposed... Key Indicators: Overall, violent crime in the US has decreased tremendously. However, there has been a slight uptick in the past few years Hate crimes in the US are on the rise Mass shootings in the US are on the rise The US has more guns per capita, and more gun deaths per capita, than almost any other country, Yemen b...
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Democrats and the Future of America 🐴🇺🇸 In this episode, Mattimore and Justin are joined by political expert, Brett Ewer, to discuss each of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President, and how their respective visions would impact the future of America... Broad Topics: 2020 Democratic debates: Who did well; who didn’t do well? Different stories that candidates tell about the state of America Which democratic candidate has the best chance of winning the primary? Which democratic candidate ha...
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 54
