Anion The Future

Almost spot on a year ago (so I apologise for anything that may now be outdated) Dr Matthew Ryan and I discuss a range of topics, including his double Masters and PhD and his fathers double PhDs (and studying under Tolkien). Early Australia. The climate crisis. Macarons. What does the Australia Institute do? And so so much more. Intro Music by Supakarn Nakavisut. Outro Music by (me) Kasimir Gregor...

I am joined (in late Dec 2020) by Dr Edwin Johnson, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Newcastle and current Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sheffield. We discuss his PhD titled Competition in Polymer Brushes – Understanding specific ion effects in complex environments. Ed’s Twitter @Ed_Johnson_Au Ed’s Google Scholar   Papers: Temperature dependent specific ion effects...

This is part 2 of the episode co-hosted by Kas Gregory and Supakarn Nakavisut, interviewing Anthony Saltis. We discuss time travel, Capitalism, mobile phones in society, the Dunning-Kruger Effect, education, children in parliament and happiness vs productivity. 00:42 – Time Travel Philosophy 06:10 – Antibiotic resistance 09:05 – Work Culture and pandemics – Capitalism 13:20 – Unified moral prefere...

This episode is co-hosted by Kas Gregory and Supakarn Nakavisut. We interview Anthony Saltis about Philosophy and Medicine, touching on Medical and medicinal anthropology, medical ethics, identity, and the construct of time. Sometimes we got a bit side-tracked, but hopefully you enjoy, nonetheless. We recorded an impromptu interview, and I thought it was interesting enough to share. Anthony is cur...

Register: unelife.com.au/epc-coast-run Donate: https://epc-coastrun.raisely.com/   Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Anion The Future. This is a quick announcement for the Coast Run Goes Global Event. The event is raising money for the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) and consists of trying to log as many running kilometres this week as you can. Similar to step challenges like Ste...

I am joined by Dr. Sarah Pearson, the current Deputy Director-General for Innovation at Advance Queensland. We discuss Sarah’s career that started in Particle Physics but has since included, cancer research, Cadbury confectionary, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), with a huge focus on collaborative innovation. Sarah’s LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahpearsoninnovatio...

Brent and I discuss the future of Universities, the importance of soft networks and clusters of competence, creativity and the 6 thinking hats. New music in the introduction by Supakarn Nakavisut (@BARE MUSIC - https://bit.ly/33ZtIh8) 00:00:43 – Intro (Music by Supakarn Nakavisut) 00:01:25 – Specialising/decentralising Universities? 00:04:45 – Future of Universities 00:08:10 – Purpose built cities...

Brent and I discuss Accounting and its role in society, touching on COVID-19. We than walk through his career, with a slight divergence to discuss the Earle Page College Coast Run, that has now was over half a million dollars for the Children's Medical Research Institute (CMRI). 00:00:45 - What inspired a career in Accounting? 00:07:00 - Impact of COVID-19 on our Economy. Are we valuing the right...

In this episode I am joined by Brent Gregory to discuss the power of the mind. Timestamps: 1:00 - Hypnosis 4:50 - Wheelchair story 8:50 - People don’t tell the truth 11:00 - We’re all constantly hypnotising each other 13:00 - Teaching and NLP 19:00 - The internal representation 22:50 - What is internal representation? 27:30 - Subtle motivators 28:50 - The concept of flow 30:45 - Anchoring 34:10 -...

In this first episode of Anion The Future I am joined by Professor Sue Gregory to discuss the future of education. Timestamps: 3:10 – How prepared was the education sector for COVID-19? 7:47 – Unexpected Challenges that have evolved 11:05 – Virtual Learning and Virtual Worlds 18:46 – Virtual and Augmented reality in Education 24:08 – Phones in Education 25:55 – Social media and alternate learning...