Rational Optimization /w Elias Schlie

Links - ⁠⁠⁠Zelar City Website⁠⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠What is Zelar City? Summary The conversation centers around Zelar City, a pop-up city in Berlin focused on longevity and community building. Victoria Forrest, the founder, discusses the motivation behind creating a collaborative space for individuals passionate about fighting aging. The dialogue explores the concept of network states, the challenges in aging r...

Laurence is the Co-Initiator of Vitalia city, a Funding Steward of Vita DAO, one of the Core Organizer of Zuzalu.city, and a Part of the Organizing Committee of Zellar City Today we talk about Crypto, longevity, and Network states. Links - ⁠⁠Zelar City Website⁠⁠ - ⁠⁠What is Zelar City? Chapters 00:00 Intro 02:21 Laurence's background 05:03 Funding longevity science with Crypto 06:49 Laurence on Po...

Alexey Strygin is working in the longevity industry for the last 10 years. He was part of the early days of Insilico Medicine and also worked as a Chief Digital Health Officer at Gero.ai. Links - ⁠Zelar City Website⁠ - ⁠What is Zelar City? Summary Alexey Strygin discusses the importance of Longevity Economics and the need for increased funding in the longevity industry. He suggests the creation of...

Hi, I'm Elias, an AI student trying to solve aging. If you have the same goal, this podcast is for you. Here, I share what I learn on my journey, and interview people working on the same goal so they can share what they have learned. Let’s make more time. The motto is: "Live forever or die trying!" Previously, this was the Rational Optimization podcast. a philosophy podcast focused on the question...

Mark Kagach studied the books of David Deutsch for 4 months straight with incredible intensity. Today he summarizes everything he learned in this time. ⁠⁠📹⁠⁠Watch on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🏔️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to connect, shoot me an Email: hi@eliasschlie.com 𝕏 ⁠Mark's Twitter⁠ 🌐 ⁠Mark's Website⁠ 𝕏 ⁠My Twitter 🌐 ⁠⁠⁠⁠My Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📸 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to suppor...

Jeroen Kappen is a monk of the Krishna consciousness movement. He practices many hours of chanting every day. Additionally, he studied their scriptures meticulously and did a lot of Bhakti-yoga. Today, he is telling the story of how he got there ⁠ 📹⁠⁠Watch on YouTube⁠⁠⁠ 🏔️ ⁠⁠⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠⁠ 🌐 ⁠⁠⁠My Website⁠⁠⁠ 📸 ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠⁠⁠https://p...

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Jeroen Kappen is a monk of the Krishna consciousness movement. He practices many hours of chanting every day. Additionally, he studied their scriptures meticulously and did a lot of Bhakti-yoga. Today, we sat down and he explained to me what exactly he believes in. 📹⁠⁠Watch on YouTube⁠⁠ 🏔️ ⁠⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠ 🌐 ⁠⁠My Website⁠⁠ 📸 ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠...

With 99% certainty, I would say that nothing matters. Udesh Habaraduwa, a master's student of Cognitive science and Artificial Intelligence and the host of the One-Deeper-Podcast, challenged this belief today. We went into a really deep discussion. This is easily one of the best episodes of the Rational Optimization podcast so far! 📹 ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ 🏔️ ⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠ 🌐 ⁠My Web...

My guest today was a drug dealer for 8 years. He tells the story of his rise (making money, taking drugs) and fall (getting arrested, fighting addiction). It's really interesting to listen to him talk about a life that is so incredibly different from the average. 📹 ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ 🏔️ ⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠ 🌐 ⁠My Website⁠ 📸 ⁠Instagram⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠https...

Toni Venema is a teacher who truly burns for god. Today, we discussed rational and emotional arguments for and against believing. 📹 ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ 🏔️ ⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠ 🌐 ⁠My Website⁠ 📸 ⁠Instagram⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠https://paypal.me/eliasschlie⁠ 🫶

My guest today is a Christian who decided to go to America to tell people about god. He went there without money, contacts, or a place to sleep. Today, he tells the story of what he experienced there. We also start discussing about god a little ;) 📹 ⁠Watch on YouTube⁠ 🏔️ ⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠ 🌐 ⁠My Website⁠ 📸 ⁠Instagram⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠https://paypal.me/eliassc...

Eelco Roovers is an Ayurveda practitioner, a former ballet dancer, and a former biologist. When I presented him with the question of this podcast "What is, all things considered, the most rational thing to do" he told me that the question is inherently flawed. So today, I decided to talk to him about why he believes this. Before this podcast, he told me to read the book "I and Thou&...

Bjarne Dietrich is a German paramedic who decided to go help the civilians living on the frontlines in Ukraine. He brings them food and medical supplies. 📹⁠ Watch on YouTube⁠ 🏔️ ⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠ 🌐 ⁠My Website⁠ 📸 ⁠Instagram⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠https://paypal.me/eliasschlie⁠ 🫶 Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:44 - Why/How did you go to Ukraine? 00:39:37 - What w...

Udesh is a masters student of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence. Today, we talked about good and bad vs. right and wrong. We also went into how personality influences our view of the world and Udesh gave me a new understanding of why so many people will never be able to believe that nothing matters. We also really went into arguments for why this whole thing that we do is kind of meani...

Cesare Dalbagno is a student of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence. Today, we talked about leadership and how you can leverage the group to determine what is good and bad. 📹 Watch on YouTube 🏔️ List of my favorite Episodes 🌐 My Website 📸 Instagram ❤️If you want to support this podcast: https://paypal.me/eliasschlie 🫶 Chapters 00:00:00 - Teaser 00:00:36 - Intro 00:02:15 - AI differen...

A few days ago, I understood that we (Humans) don't understand anything. We act like our goals are important while not understanding anything. So today I talked about this revelation with Andrei Lixandru. 00:00 - Intro 04:08 - Why I want to build AGI 13:10 - Humans understand nothing ⁠📹Watch on YouTube⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠🏔️ ⁠⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐My Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠📸My Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤...

Andrei Lixandru is a Cognitive computing and Artificial intelligence master's student whom I questioned about the possibility of building an AI Oracle - basically a general reasoning machine capable of 'calculating' the best decision given specific information and goals. 📹Watch on YouTube⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠🏔️ ⁠List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠🌐My Website⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠📸My Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you want...

How do you build up/maintain the habit of working hard on what you want to achieve? What is the best way to prioritize and schedule your goals? Those are the questions Mark Kagach and I try to tackle today. Other Episode with Mark: YouTube ; Spotify 📹 Watch on YouTube ⁠⁠🏔️ List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🌐My Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠📸My Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠⁠Paypal.me⁠⁠ 🫶...

Sam Altman wrote an amazing article outlining 13 steps on "How to be Successful?". In this podcast, I summarize the important points for us to understand his ideas. The article I was talking about 📹Watch on YouTube⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠ 🏔️List of my favorite Episodes⁠⁠ ⁠⁠🌐My Website⁠⁠ ⁠⁠📸My Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠⁠Paypal.me⁠⁠ 🫶 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - 1. Compound your se...

In his Book "The Art of Impossible", Steven Kotler lays out a way for everyone to reach things that once seemed impossible. I read and was really impressed by this book, so I summarized the most important points for everyone who wants to find out "How To Reach The Impossible?" ⁠ 📹Watch on YouTube ⁠ ⁠🏔️List of my favorite Episodes⁠ ⁠🌐My Website⁠ ⁠📸My Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you wan...

Nikhil Yadav REALLY doesn't believe in Free Will. He thought this through to a higher degree than any other person I have ever talked to. ⁠ 📹Watch on YouTube⁠ ⁠🏔️List of my favorite Episodes⁠ ⁠🌐My Website⁠ ⁠📸My Instagram⁠⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to support this podcast: ⁠Paypal.me⁠ 🫶 Resources - Beginning of Infinity - David Deutsch - Fabric of reality - David Deutsch - Behave - Robert Zabulki - T...

Wouter Smeets is the founder of the Startup Mintrospect which sells psychedelic truffles with an integrated guide on how to use them on the internet. Today, we talked a lot about his product and the opportunities of microdosing. We also went deep into the philosophy of nonduality and wanting. 📹Watch on YouTube 🏔️List of my favorite Episodes 🌐My Website 📸My Instagram⁠⁠ ❤️If you want to support t...

Ansar Bajwa is a student of Cognitive science and Artificial Intelligence from Pakistan who has a deeply philosophical view of life and belief in god. Resources - Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth - Mirza Tahir Ahmad Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:16 - Idea on how to find valid conclusions about life 00:03:16 - Ansar's Meaning of Life 00:04:48 - Ansar's thoughts on prayer 00:...

I signed up for a 10-day Vipassana Meditation retreat. A retreat where you meditate for 10 days straight without any human interaction. In this podcast, I talk about what this is, it's rules, and what I fear and expect. 00:00 Intro 01:18 How I came to do this crazy thing? 02:50 What is it? 05:50 Doing NOTHING for 24 hours 08:35 Rules 11:07 My fears 11:53 My expectations