Thinking On Paper: Technology, For Humans
Episodes
Web3 At The Gates Of Hollywood│ David Bianchi
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hollywood Said No. So David Bianchi Built a New System.They didn’t want RZR. Too risky. Too smart. Too original.So David Bianchi said screw it.He mi...
Federico Faggin on Consciousness, Meaning, and Why AI Will Never Be | Irreducible, Chapter 1
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're reading chapter 1 and 2 of Irreducible by Federico Faggin. Slowly. Because this is deep. What is consciousness? Is the universe conscious, and i...
Inside World ID and the Fight for Digital Identity | Ajay Patel, Head Of World ID At Tools for Humanity | Crypto, Blockchain & Privacy
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ajay Patel, Head of World ID at Tools for Humanity, joins Mark and Jeremy to Think on Paper about how identity might be rebuilt for the AI age. From i...
The Silicon Curtain Is Closing. Welcome to the Post-AI World: (Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari)
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no going back.Whatever this book has taught us, there was a pre-AI world and there is a post-AI world. And however it plays out, nothing wil...
Will AI Obey the Dictator or Expose Him? (Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari)
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI doesn’t sleep. It doesn’t feel fear. It can’t be tortured into silence.So what happens when regimes built on fear try to rule through machine...
The Web3 Marketing Playbook - Diego Borgo On The Past, Present & Future Of Blockchain
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be honest. Most Web3 marketing has been a dumpster fire.Hype over strategy. Jargon over value. Brands pushing NFTs like they’re limited-edit...
Beyond the Qubit Count: Inside IonQ’s Fight for the Quantum Future
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone’s screaming “quantum supremacy.”IBM. Microsoft. Google. D-Wave. IonQ. Billion-dollar roadmaps, competing architectures, and more qubit ...
Data Centers IN SPACE | Philip Johnston, Starcloud CEO
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Philip Johnston, co-founder of StarCloud, is building data centers in space. Forty-megawatt GPUS that unfold in orbit, bleed heat into the vacuum, and...
Will AI Take Your Job, or Just Your Soul? (Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari)
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter 9 of Nexus doesn’t mess around.It asks if democracy can survive the data age, if creativity is just statistical noise, and whether AI is com...
AI in Orbit: Can Satellites Stop The Wild Fires?
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wildfires stopped before they start. Disasters mapped in real time. Cities scanned with unsettling precision.That’s the promise of AI-powered satell...
Paperclips, Stalin, and the AI That Loves You to Death
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could AI’s mission to help us end in our destruction?In Chapter 8 of Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari draws a line between Stalin’s applause tests and alg...
Ethereum Is Broken. STXN Wants to Use Time Travel To Fix It
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One in five Ethereum transactions fails. You lose gas. You lose time. You lose faith.Enter STXN. Programmable money. Smart transactions. Blockchain wi...
You’re Being Watched. The AI Doesn’t Need Permission
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your phone is listening. Your apps are watching. One billion cameras track your every move. And now the AI knows what to do with it.This isn’t scien...
When AI Writes Your Myths, Moves Your Markets, and Messes With Your Mind
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your mind isn’t just influenced by AI—but reprogrammed by it?In this episode of Thinking on Paper, Mark and Jeremy tackle Chapte...
Most Human Wins │ Packy McCormick's Not Boring Essay On AI
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI makes outputs cheap. Prompts are everywhere. Execution is instant. So where does that leave you? If your work can be replicated by a $20 model and ...
From the KGB to ChatGPT │Nexus Book Club, Yuval Noah Harari
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What do Caesar, Stalin, and ChatGPT have in common? Power. In this episode of Thinking on Paper, Mark and Jeremy rip open Chapter 5 of Yuval Noah Hara...
Quantum XPRIZE: Revolutionizing Climate Change, Medicine & Energy with Quantum Computing
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Could quantum computing revolutionize our fight against climate change, accelerate breakthroughs in medicine, and unlock new sources of energy? In thi...
Book Club: Witchcraft, Bibles, and Lies—How Religious Texts Shape Reality
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever considered how religious texts have shaped belief systems, power structures, and the way we perceive truth? In Chapter 4 of Yuval Noah H...
WeVR: Will A.I Eat Hollywood And Revolutionize Your Entertainment in 3 Years - Anthony Batt and Neville Spiteri
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What will entertainment look like in just three years? Virtual reality and AI are on the brink of transforming how we create, consume, and connect thr...
Book Club: Nexus, Chapter 3: Your Dreams, Songs And Fantasies - How Documents Took Over the World
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Thinking On Paper Book Club! This week we're reading Chapter 3 of Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari and asking how stories shape societies an...
Book Club: Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari - Why Fiction Drives Human Cooperation - Chapter 2
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Thinking On Paper Book Club. We're reading Chapter 2 of Yuval Noah Harari's Nexus, and it's all about how stories influence societies, ...
Book Club: Nexus, by Yuval Noah Harari - Power, Truth & Information (Why Your Reality Is Not Your Truth And Why More Information Is Bad For Society)
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Book Club, Live! Mark Fielding and Jeremy Gilbertson are reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Nexus, trying to understand and get their heads around inf...
Haize Labs: How a 23-Year-Old is Making AI Safer and Smarter - CEO And Founder Leonard Tang
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The AI revolution is here, but how do we ensure it’s safe and reliable? Meet Leonard Tang, the 23-year-old founder and CEO of Haize Labs, who’s ta...
ToonStar: Clicking Buttons Won't Create The Next South Park, But AI Can Shift The Power From Hollywood To Creators - Founders Luisa Huang & John Attanasio
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Toonstar founders John Attanasio and Louisa Huang are challenging Hollywood's animation giants with AI technology that cuts production time by 80% and...