Biel Casals is a Data Science student at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. His interests range from everything technology-related to economics, biohacking, and philosophy. He is also a fitness freak and DJ in his spare time.
Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 - Introduction & the utility of podcasts
06:04 - Biel's story
12:25 - Identity, self-improvement and the pursuit of an ideal
19:05 - Systems thinking & marginal gains
26:02 - The interconnection between future technology & self-improvement
31:36 - Economic efficiency & the struggle to find balance
37:12 - How can we reach the 'Truth'? Thoughts from a data-science student
56:34 - How concepts and language affect our reality
1:05:37 - Bio-hacking, nootropics and the limitations of the human condition
1:19:06 - The future of the human experience & consciousness
1:29:18 - Thoughts on Utopia & the future
1:49:47 - Final thoughts
Books/People Mentioned
'Utopia' by Thomas Moore
Lex Fridman (https://www.youtube.com/user/lexfridman) - is an AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and machine learning at MIT and beyond. Teaching: deeplearning.mit.edu.
Richard Dawkins - "Memes"
'Atomic Habits' by James Clear
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian-born political philosopher and cultural critic. He was described by British literary theorist, Terry Eagleton, as the “most formidably brilliant” recent theorist to have emerged from Continental Europe.
Slavoj Žižek - "What is nature"? ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIGeDAZ6-q4)
Terence Mckenna was an American ethnobotanist and mystic who advocated for the responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants.
Kevin Kelly is the founding executive editor of Wired Magazine and a former editor/publisher of the Whole Earth Review. He has also been a writer, photographer, conservationist, and student of Asian and digital culture
Kevin Kelly's "Technium" (https://palladiummag.com/2020/12/10/kevin-kelly-on-why-technology-has-a-will/)
Andy Clark and David Chalmers - "The Extended Mind" (https://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/courses/concepts/clark.html)
Nick Bostrom is a Swedish-born philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, and the reversal test
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist focusing on cognitive architectures, models of mental representation, emotion, motivation, and sociality
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