February 1, 2022
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Kris Tyte & Sean Snodgrass
Anti-Aging Life Hacking & Technology
In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss technology and discoveries in the aging process and upcoming anti-aging technologies on the horizon, and what implications this type of emerging technology may represent to humanity and civilization. We then have a deep look at human and artificial intelligence and machine capabilities, and some of the unnatural effects of applied technology. In our last segment, we brainstorm a potential idea for indoor food production at the home or apartment scale becoming practical and perhaps preferable.
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“I used to save all these batteries and connect them in a series to make things happen like motors turning.
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Childhood experimentation with electronics illustrating curiosity and early hands-on learning with circuits.
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“Why have any kind of expiration date?
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Philosophical exploration of longevity and the concept of extending human lifespan beyond natural limits.
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Organization focused on long-term thinking, including projects like a 10,000-year clock.
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Infographic illustrating how a breakthrough in fusion energy could drastically reduce energy costs, lowering the cost of bitcoin production and potentially affecting its market value.
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“Wisdom is just by default becoming less and less of a premium commodity because it doesn't have the same value anymore, because nobody has the generational wisdom of how to deal with CRISPR technology, for example.
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Insight into how rapid technological advancement reduces the applicability of past experience.
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Infographic illustrating how human innovation builds cumulatively across generations.
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“Elon Musk said more than half of the intelligence is now in the machine.
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Commentary on the growing role of machine intelligence in modern society.
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Infographic depicting evolution from manual labor to highly automated manufacturing systems.
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“It creates the next composition that would have taken a human a week to produce, and it produces it in half a second.
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Highlighting exponential productivity advantages of AI systems in creative and technical fields.
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“We don't blame the AI itself, we blame the human engineers because the AI is not culpable.
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Ethical discussion about accountability in AI systems and responsibility of developers.
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Overview of the opioid epidemic and pharmaceutical accountability.
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“With resource management on a finite planet, you're always going to have a resource management issue of some type.
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Statement emphasizing limits of natural resources and sustainability challenges.
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“Technology is going to always come around and solve the next problem, even if those problems were created by technology itself.
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Observation about recursive technological dependency and unintended consequences.
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“It gets a moral pass through its complexity.
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Insight into how complexity can shield organizations from accountability.
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“You can imagine a full-scale rejection of something like a metaverse or second life.
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Prediction of societal backlash against overly immersive digital environments.
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Explanation of swatting, where false emergency reports trigger armed police responses.
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“One way we can beat aging is by making sure we have as many meaningful experiences as possible across our timeline.
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Perspective that experiential richness can enhance perceived lifespan and well-being.
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Infographic illustrating a plug-and-play indoor gardening concept combining automation, lighting, and sustainability.
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“There's a certain energy budget that goes into going from growth to plate, from garden to plate.
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Commentary on hidden energy costs in global food supply chains and industrial agriculture.
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