Stranded Technologies Podcast

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Episodes

Ep. 6: Michael Strong on Exit Options from Public Education, the Failures of Schooling & the Purpose of Learning

Niklas talks with Michael Strong, the founder and CEO of The Socratic Experience , an online school that helps students ages 8-19 discover and develop their unique genius and prepares them for success in the 21st century. Michael is the author of books including “The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice”. He is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. Michael and Niklas start by talking about the purpose of education. Do s...

Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min

Ep. 5: Bart de Witte on Open Innovation, Healthcare AI and the Narrative for the Future

Niklas talks with Bart de Witte, Founder of Hippo AI, a non-profit that fights for making medical knowledge openly available and AI-based healthcare a common good. Hippo AI, for example, aggregates and cleans datasets from individual and institutional data donations. This means making data available without reward for open-source usage that benefits communities or society at large, such as the use of breast-cancer data to improve global access to breast cancer diagnostics. Bart and Niklas start ...

Jul 12, 2022•1 hr 29 min

Ep. 4: Jessica Flanigan on Patients’ Rights vs. Medical Paternalism, the Ethics of Human Challenge Trials and Accelerating Medical Innovation

Niklas talks with Jessica Flanigan, Associate Professor at the University of Richmond. Jessica's research addresses the ethics of public policy, medicine, and business. Jessica is the author of two books. In "Pharmaceutical Freedom" (Oxford University Press, 2017), she defends rights of self-medication. In "Debating Sex Work" (Oxford University Press, 2019), she defends the decriminalization of sex work. We start by talking about Jessica's work on pharmaceutical freedom. Jessica claims that medi...

Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 7 min

Ep. 3: Robin Hanson on Decision-Prediction Markets in Firms, The Long Road to Innovation and the Future of Governance w/ Tom Bennett

Niklas talks with Robin Hanson , Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and Tom Bennett, Founder & CEO of Futuur , a prediction market where you can trade on future events with play money or crypto. Robin is the world's foremost expert on prediction markets. He introduces the ideas behind prediction markets and highlights the potential of prediction markets to fundamentally change and improve the governance of major institutions. Tom points out how U.S. regulators such ...

Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 8 min

Ep. 2: Medical Regulations and the Byzantine Journey for Patients to Access Life-Saving Drugs w/ Simone Azevedo & Henk Schuring

Niklas talks with Simone Azevedo, CEO and Co-Founder of Xingu Health, and Henk Schuring, Chief Regulatory and Commercialization officer at Prilenia Therapeutics. We talk about the right of patients to access medical drugs not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Why would patients want to take non-approved medical drugs? Patients of rare diseases often have few options. So they turn to drugs in clinical trial stage, even though their safety & efficacy isn't proven. Henk &...

Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 15 min

Ep. 1: Navigating the Regulatory Maze of International Finance, Banking in Emerging Markets and Crypto in Special Jurisdictions w/ Sean Pawley & Rasheed Griffith

Niklas talks with Sean Pawley, CEO and Founder of Seshat Bank and Rasheed Griffith, COO and Chief Compliance Officer of Merkle Hedge. Sean has founded an API-first commercial bank for Latin America. He talks about his journey from East Africa to Central America, and how he uses the novel regulatory regime on Prospera Honduras to innovate in key areas for banking. Notably, he talks about the "Pawnbroker for All Seasons" model to risk management pioneered by Mervyn King (ex. Governor of the Bank o...

Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 22 min

Introduction to the Stranded Technologies Podcast

Niklas, the founder if Infinita Fund, introduces the podcast. He talks about the thesis of "stranded technologies", why they present a massive opportunity to unlock innovation, and why it's important to talk about ethics and mitigating risks. Join the community to discuss what’s said in the episodes: Discord: https://discord.gg/Z4H6UjbubK Website: https://www.infinitafund.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visi...

Jun 10, 2022•4 min

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