FuturologyPod

Futurology is a weekly podcast from the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles where we work to name what’s next. Join us as we imagine a future we can accomplish together, instead of one we must all work to prevent. Premieres on 6/24

"The idea that you can remake the world. That's not an idea that was common at all in the past. It would have been considered hubris." Futurology’s resident futurist Nils Gilman says the future is at our fingertips. Full episode:youtu.be/cHCiDVv63Sk

"He might ironically give greater legitimacy to this regime than they have ever had before." Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria), host of CNN's GPS, on why Trump's War on Iran is giving the Islamic Republic unprecedented standing. Full episode here: youtu.be/OQ96iN0Kvl4

“They were able to hold the Strait of Hormuz hostage with $30,000 drones… There are a lot of people who can afford that.” Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria), host of CNN's GPS, on the democratization of violence. Full episode here: youtu.be/OQ96iN0Kvl4

"The biggest own goal that the Trump administration has made." Fareed Zakaria (@FareedZakaria), host of CNN's GPS, discusses what Trump's break with US allies could cost us. Full episode here: youtu.be/OQ96iN0Kvl4?si…

“We’ve got people living to a longer period of life, and we don't have as many youth coming along to be able to look after them." Silicon Empire author Nick Srnicek (@nsrnicek) on the incoming care work boom. Full episode: youtu.be/ivprrWwWcJI

"Utopia should never be conceived of as an end state. There has to always be a space for contestation and discord and tensions and contradictions." Silicon Empire author Nick Srnicek (@nsrnicek) says don’t wait for utopia, move toward it. Full episode: youtu.be/ivprrWwWcJI

"The AI industry will just have full rein... and it will not have anything beyond the ethics of the individuals running these companies to hold them back." Nick Srnicek (@nsrnicek) on Trump blocking regulation of AI. Full episode here: youtu.be/ivprrWwWcJI

"We all have an inner garden that we're responsible for. I think we need to take good care of that." Novelist Elif Shafak (@Elif_Safak) on the connections our future depends on. Full episode: youtu.be/VH4myjCIUQA

"Within these large language models, the knowledge is often tilted in a West-centric direction. The knowledge of many minorities and all that oral storytelling is being erased." Elif Shafak (@Elif_Safak) on what AI gets wrong.  Full episode: youtu.be/VH4myjCIUQA

"I like it when faith and doubt hold hands and dance together.” Elif Shafak (@Elif_Safak) on spirituality vs. religiosity. Full episode here: youtu.be/VH4myjCIUQA

“I would not be surprised if the first thing an AGI asks for is access to a quantum computer.” Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven on why quantum processing is a whole new level of power. Full episode: youtu.be/DhifEzMSsGA

“You would go into an altered state of consciousness.” Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven says linking your brain to a quantum computer might feel something like meditation or psychedelics. Full episode: youtu.be/DhifEzMSsGA

“People will get used to it.” Google Quantum AI founder Hartmut Neven says the quantum multiverse will soon seem as obvious as a round Earth. Full episode: youtu.be/DhifEzMSsGA

"Why not consider for bicameral legislatures to have one house elected and the other house chosen by lottery? A Senate and a people's house." Political philosopher Michael Sandel has big ideas to save democracy. Full episode here: youtu.be/kgoOo8-A7vI

"Liberals, instead of offering an alternative conception of what it is to be an American citizen… ceded this potent language of community and belonging to the right." Michael Sandel on the void MAGA filled. Full episode: youtu.be/kgoOo8-A7vI

"’If you didn't go get a university degree, your failure is your fault.’ It's no wonder that many working people came to feel patronized and looked down upon." Michael Sandel on how meritocracy bred resentment. Full episode here: youtu.be/kgoOo8-A7vI

"Change is hard, it’s happening fast, but we’ve done it before." Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on the pattern of change. Full episode here: youtu.be/Q49rfO_Gvqw

"The digital and offline worlds are actually one and the same… The more that we recognize that we can help shape technology to fit the world that we already live in." Evan Spiegel on ending digital dualism. Full episode here: youtu.be/Q49rfO_Gvqw

"Seven dollars for older folks to every dollar for folks under the age of 18. It's no wonder there's that feeling of nihilism." Snap CEO Evan Spiegel on why investing in young people is our most urgent priority. Full episode here: youtu.be/Q49rfO_Gvqw

"The worst wars in human history – in the name of what? Not religion, not ethnicity, not race – in the name of nationalism." Reza Aslan on why nationalism isn’t long for this world. Full episode here: youtu.be/05Oz9bZrWRE