Extrapolate with Rob Hof

World-renowned philosopher Rosi Braidotti explains why Silicon Valley transhumanism is a dangerous threat to democracy, why the modern "happiness industry" is a capitalist trap, and how the next generation can use "affirmative ethics" to redesign the future of humanity. Rosi Braidotti is a distinguished contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician, best known for her pioneering work in posth...

Pioneering literary scholar and critical theorist N. Katherine Hayles explains why our traditional ideas of free will are being dismantled by AI, why the transhumanist dream of downloading your brain into a computer is a dangerous fantasy, and why human destiny is now permanently entangled with machine intelligence. Katherine Hayles is a globally recognized theorist who has spent decades exploring...

Sociologist and bioethicist James J. Hughes explains why the future of human enhancement and AI shouldn't belong to Silicon Valley billionaires, and how a "techno-progressive" revolution can guarantee radical life extension, basic income, and technological freedom for the 99%. James J. Hughes is a sociologist, bioethicist, and former Buddhist monk who serves as the Executive Director of the Instit...

Transhumanist pioneer and designer Dr. Natasha Vita-More explains why the AI "doomsday" narrative is a myth, why we need to stop using the flippant term "anti-aging," and how we must fundamentally redesign the infrastructure of human life for a 200-year lifespan. Dr. Natasha Vita-More is an award-winning innovator, academic, and a foundational figure in the transhumanist movement. She wrote the Tr...

MIT engineer and longevity expert Jose Cordeiro explains why we are between the last mortal generation and the first immortal generation, how AI is accelerating the cure for aging, and why he believes humans will achieve biological immortality by 2030. Jose Luis Cordeiro, PhD, is an MIT-trained engineer, transhumanist, and world-renowned advocate for life extension. He is the co-author of the inte...

Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey breaks down why aging is a solvable engineering problem, not an inevitable destiny — and why he believes we are closer than ever to "Longevity Escape Velocity." Aubrey de Grey is an English author and biomedical gerontologist, best known for devising the SENS platform (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence). He is currently the President of the LEV...

Transhumanist author and political candidate Zoltan Istvan argues that AI and humanoid robots won’t just change the economy, they’ll replace most human work faster than governments can respond, and without a safety floor, society risks chaos. His solution is straightforward: Universal Basic Income as the minimum stability layer before the job apocalypse hits. Zoltan Istvan is a futurist, writer, a...

Political economist Nick Srnicek breaks down how AI is reshaping capitalism, work, and global power — and why the real story isn’t “robots taking all our jobs”, but who owns the systems and how states choose to deploy them. Nick Srnicek is a Canadian writer and academic, and a lecturer in Digital Economy at King’s College London. He’s best known for his books Platform Capitalism , Inventing the Fu...

Kevin Kelly – co-founder of WIRED and one of the world’s most influential technology thinkers – explains why you shouldn’t try to be “the best”, but “the only”, why your most “wasted” year might become the engine of your future, and why we’re still at day one of AI. Kevin is the founding executive editor of WIRED magazine and now its “Senior Maverick”. For decades he’s been known as a “cool hunter...

Biotech CEO Liz Parrish explains why you’re legally allowed to choose euthanasia in many countries – but not allowed to choose experimental medicine that might extend your life – and why she decided to become “patient zero” for gene therapies targeting aging itself. Liz Parrish is the founder and CEO of BioViva, a US biotech company developing gene therapies for aging and age-related diseases. In...

World-renowned labour economist Guy Standing explains how a new class of people – the precariat – is trapped in insecure work, unstable income and chronic anxiety, and why he believes a universal basic income is now essential if we want to save democracy, freedom and basic human dignity. Guy Standing is a British labour economist and Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London. He...