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Max Hawkins

πŸ‘€ Speaker
14 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

We believe the metaverse will be the successor to the mobile internet.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

When I lived in San Francisco, I would wake up right at 7 a.m.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

and immediately go to my favorite coffee shop.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And I would drink my coffee and get onto my bicycle and ride into work.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And I had, I optimized my schedule to be perfect.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And I was hooked.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

I started using this app to go to all different places in San Francisco.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

I went to museums randomly, random grocery stores, random bars, random bowling alleys, random florists.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And I started discovering that there was an entire side to San Francisco that I had been ignoring because of my preference.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And it sent me all over the world.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

Taipei, Taiwan, Mumbai, India, Dubai.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And every time I would go to a new city, I would do the same sort of stuff I was doing in San Francisco, go to random events, meet random people.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

And I lived there for two to three months and then asked the computer again for the next location.

TED Radio Hour
How predictions took over our lives

I did this for two years.