How To Approach The Future — AI, Humanity, and Creative Thinking with Futurist Jamie Metzl
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
What sets humans apart? Technology and healthcare futurist Jamie Metzl dives into the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity, why learning and creativity are crucial, and what it really means to be optimistic.
This week’s conversation is with leading geopolitical expert and technology futurist, Jamie Metzl, a returning guest to the podcast we’re so happy to welcome back.
Jamie boasts degrees from Brown (undergrad), Harvard (law), and Oxford (Ph.D), but that may just be the least interesting thing about him. He’s served in the U.S. State Department, and on the National Security Council, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the World Health Organization expert advisory committee on human genome editing. He’s also been called “the original COVID-19 whistleblower” as a leading advocate for a full investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
His bestselling book, Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity, is a groundbreaking exploration of the future of our species. Jamie’s profound and provocative inquiry suggests humankind is about to start evolving by new rules as genetic engineering begins to alter the core foundations of our lives - sex, love, war and death.
This conversation proves that Jamie has so much more to offer than his resume and I’m so grateful to have had him back on the podcast for this insightful and important discussion.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the most important things will be to have your own philosophy about what humans will do |
| 0:08.0 | best in general and in whatever field you're in, what will be the most essential role of humans |
| 0:17.6 | in that? And to really double down on developing those skills. |
| 0:32.1 | Okay, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm your host Dr. Michael Jurevee |
| 0:38.7 | by trade and training a high-performance psychologist. And I am humble to welcome back to the |
| 0:43.1 | podcast, the incomparable Dr. Jamie Metzel for this week's conversation. Jamie is a leading geopolitical |
| 0:50.4 | expert in technology futurist. Does that mean exactly? Well, I hope you're excited to find out. |
| 0:57.5 | His accomplishments are nothing short of extraordinary. Jamie has served in the U.S. National |
| 1:02.4 | Security Council, the State Department, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and the World |
| 1:08.1 | Health Organization Expert Advisory Committee on Human Genome Editing. He's also been called |
| 1:14.0 | the original COVID-19 whistleblower as a leading advocate for the full investigation into the origins |
| 1:20.8 | of the COVID-19 pandemic. And if that wasn't enough, he wrote a best-selling book titled Hacking |
| 1:26.7 | Darwin, Genetic Engineering in the Future of Humanity, a groundbreaking exploration of the future |
| 1:33.6 | of our species. Jamie's profound and provocative inquiry suggests humankind is about to start |
| 1:40.3 | evolving by new rules as genetic engineering begins to alter the core foundations of our lives. |
| 1:47.2 | Sex, love, more, and death. In addition to as many impressive degrees, a PhD from Oxford, |
| 1:54.3 | a law degree from Harvard, an undergraduate degree from Brown, Jamie is an Ironman triathlete |
| 2:00.1 | and an ultra marathon runner. And he spent time living and working at refugee camps in Cambodia. |
| 2:06.8 | I mean, she is. I think it's clear. This human has no shortage of insight when it comes to living |
| 2:15.6 | a life of high performance. And I'm excited for you to experience his sharp mind as we get into |
| 2:21.8 | strategies for learning AI, high performance living, the future of humanity, the future of leadership, |
| 2:29.6 | and so much more. So with that, let's jump right into this week's conversation with Jamie Metzel. |
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