Great Reads Podcast Selections

Elizabeth Dunn has been researching and writing about the business of restaurants and her recent pieces are a fascinating look at where we're headed in the world of food. We talk about the winners and losers in the coming war for our tummies. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Polly Rodriguez is the co-founder and CEO of Unbound, an ecommerce site dedicated to women's sexuality. In this episode we talk about the future of human to human contact and what happens when you look beyond the cliches. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Machine learning expert has some fascinating things to say about the coming AI explosion and how we're more likely to see armies of smart systems rather than a unified artificial intelligence. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Lopp is my favorite thinker in cryptocurrency and the information he shared with me back in 2016 is still applicable today. Take a listen as we gear up for fresh episodes in the new year. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

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This week on Technotopia we talk to writer Tobias Stone whose focus on the future is tinged by lessons of the past. It's a fascinating discussion with a fascinating thinker. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we talk to Rahul Sood, founder of Unikrn and creator of one of the most successful recent US ICOs. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

James Williams is a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. He studies the ethics of attention and persuasion in technology design and spoke with us about the rise of attention-grabbing advertising and media and how we can fight back against the onslaught. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week I speak with Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at GMU and and editor at MarginalRevolution.com , one of my favorite sources for amazing things. This wide ranging conversation covers income inequality, future economics, and the benefits of despair. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

RERUN - This week we talk to Bassem Hamdy of Procore about the future of construction and the coming changes that will fix the way we build buildings. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Mitch Goldstone runs ScanMyPhotos, a service that scans photos. This week we talk to him about the future of memory and media. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to Chris Boos, the man who trained a robot to beat humans at FreeCiv. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Cryptocurrency expert Gil Penchina joins us this week to talk about the future of token sales. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk about security with Neil Feather. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Stephanie Alys is a Co-founder and Chief Pleasure Officer (CPO) for British lifestyle brand, MysteryVibe. That's right: this episode is about robotic pleasure devices. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to the creators of Arduino about their amazing platform. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we talk with Emilio Ferrara, a researcher who has discovered that botnets can be used for good. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to Abe Burmeister of Outlier clothing, a company that looks to the future when it comes to spider silk and goat hooves. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we talk about trusting humans to do a computer's job. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

This week we talk to independent game maker Zoe Quinn about her new book, Crash Override. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

On this episode we learn about some real tools that can prevent us from getting hacked. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode we talk to Kristoffer Lawson, the creator of one of the coolest user interfaces I've seen in a long time. Lawson also talks about the future of personality transplants. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Ed Zitron is a PR professional with an interesting view on the future. In this episode we talk about power, network, and bread. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

Ofir Barzilay works for Cyberbit, a company that manages IOT for big buildings. In this episode we talked about how to protect buildings in the future. Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode I talked with Rabbi Abe Cooper, Associate Dean, Director Global Social Action Agenda of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Rabbi Cooper's insight on hate groups, cyberterrorism, and good childrearing are a wonder and he turned this podcast into a really nice monologue. Enjoy! Get full access to Great Reads By John Biggs at johnbiggs.substack.com/subscribe