Jason Silva - Shots Of Awe, Psychaedlics And The Future Of Artificial Intelligence

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Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jason Silva is the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic Channel’s #1 rated and Emmy-nominated TV series, Brain Games, seen in over 100 countries. “A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age” was how The Atlantic described television personality, filmmaker and philosopher Silva, who has also been described as “part Timothy Leary, part Ray Kurzweil, and part Neo from ‘The Matrix.’” Silva is the creator of the Discovery Digital web series SHOTS OF AWE, micro-documentaries exploring creativity, innovation, exponential technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism and the human condition. In short: Philosophy, Science and Art for the YOUTUBE generation. The videos, which “play like movie trailers for ideas,” according to The Atlantic, have spread like wildfire across the internet and have been viewed more than 10 million times. Influencers such as Ron Howard, Richard Branson, Leo Dicaprio, Tribeca Films Co-founder Jane Rosenthal, actor Mark Ruffalo, NASA, and many others have tweeted Jason's videos. Here are the details for Jason's tour: Link: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1468748?utm_source=ManTalks Use promo code: "mantalks" for 20% off. For more information about ManTalks or to join a ManTalks Mastermind: Click Here Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.comFacebook | Instagram | Twitter Some questions Connor asks... How did your obsession start with documenting with film? - 2:50 Why do you believe language is so important? - 7:02 What are some of your insights into microdosing responsibly? - 14:34 What’s your opinion on Artificial Intelligence? - 17:51 Can you tell us some details of your upcoming tour of Canada? - 22:26 Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks community! Thank You to the Team: Editing & Mixing by: Aaron Johnson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, guys and gals to the Mantox podcast. I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of
0:13.3	Man Talks. Today is a bit of a different type of episode. I have an incredible guest with me.
0:18.8	I'm going to skip the intro. We're just going to dive
0:21.2	into who's with me and why we exist. So the mission of Man Talks is very simple. We are here to help
0:28.3	develop more self-aware, high-performing, and impactful men in the world, the type of men that you
0:33.0	want to be and the type of men that you want to be around. So that's our mission. And joining me today
0:38.9	is Jason Silva. He's an incredible, incredible guy. He's a media artist. He's a futurist. He's a
0:46.2	philosopher. He's a keynote speaker and a TV personality. If you've never heard of Jason Silva,
0:51.9	he is the creator of Shotsava, which is a short film series of trailers for the mind that serve as a philosophical espresso shot exploring innovation, technology, creativity, futurism, and the metaphysics of the imagination. It's had more than 13 million views, and he is also an
1:14.0	Emmy-nominated host of the National Geographic Channel's hit TV series Brain Games, which is airing
1:21.1	in over 100 countries around the world. So he's a pretty cool guy, and on this short podcast episode, it's a little bit shorter
1:29.8	than usual because he is a crazy, busy guy. We dive into a few things. We dive into the future
1:36.6	of artificial intelligence. We talk about psychedelics and how a lot of people are starting to use psychedelics for peak performance
1:47.0	and, you know, drug reduction and a whole bunch of other components that will dive into.
1:54.0	And last way, we talk about the use of words as a creation tool for our reality.
2:03.1	So this is some really, really cool stuff.
2:06.0	He dives into some more existential and esoteric side of things, but it's really, really interesting.
2:12.3	So without any further delay, I would like to bring on Mr. Jason Silva. Hey, thanks for having me, man. Great to be here with you. Yeah, yeah, awesome. So let's just dive in. So I'm curious, I've followed you for the last couple of years, and I got a chance to read up about you. You're born in Venezuela. I think, correct. correct. That's right. That's right.
2:34.3	Yeah, yeah, correct.
2:35.5	And, yeah, and from what I understand, like, you always had this, like, obsession with,
2:41.4	with creating film and producing and documenting really, like, even from a very young age.
2:49.4	Is that, is that right?
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