530 - How to Stay Ahead of The Future: Tech Futurist, Jamie Metzl Reveals What You Can Do to Stay Sharp in A Rapidly Changing World

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🗓️ 20 January 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Everything is changing all the time. So how do we keep up? How do we learn to stay ahead of the future? That's what Jamie Metzl is here to tell us. Jamie is a tech futurist, self-taught genomics expert, economist and the bestselling author of "Hacking Darwin," which is all about genetic engineering and "the frontiers of biology." But what's most important here is that Jamie didn't go to school for genomics. He's self-taught. And he skipped the line by be self-taught AND a skilled sci-fi writer. Combining both made his book his #1. And opened the doors to new opportunities. That's what learning is about. So I ask Jamie to teach me how he learns. So we can be better learners, too. I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to “The James Altucher Show” and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram Check Out The Altucher Book Club Series: Apple Podcasts YouTube Instagram

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show.
0:09.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.8	We live in a world that's changing so rapidly that even the world's greatest experts
0:21.0	in whatever field it is, like their knowledge is getting stale every minute.
0:26.6	So we all have to be just constantly learning and constantly exploring and that's the way
0:31.6	that we're going to stay relevant and involved and engage in this world that is going to
0:38.1	change at a rate that is not only faster than ever before but will constantly and always
0:43.4	be increasing.
0:44.4	If you are doing something in Goatfake and holding yourself to the highest standards and
0:48.8	saying, well, if I'm going to make a statement, I better be able to back that statement up.
0:54.1	That's the thing.
0:56.6	So Jamie, we did a great podcast a few weeks ago about your book Hacking Darwin, which
1:07.1	is all about your expertise in genomics and how fast and incredibly things are going
1:13.8	to change over the next few years.
1:15.4	They're even changing right now because of genetic engineering and our strengths of genomics
1:18.7	and nobody knows about this.
1:20.3	I didn't know about it until I read this book and then spoke to you.
1:23.4	What I'm fascinated about is who the fuck are you?
1:27.2	I used to make some of that same question every morning.
1:30.6	Like, you know, I thought, okay, Hacking Darwin about genomics is this is going to be a
1:35.0	top MD PhD who's done all this research?
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