Mustreader
By Greg Mustreader
MustreaderApr 21, 2021
Life of Luba. Clubhouse, TikTok, productivity, personal media strategy / Mustreader Podcast
Luba Yudasina (Life of Luba) is a content creator and entrepreneur. She formerly worked at AirBnB, Yelp, and ran her own startup.
Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/1AhHpFObO9k
My video on Getting Things Done: https://youtu.be/Qh4YcvDV8OA
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Roam Research: https://roamresearch.com
Notion: https://notion.so/?r=54896487b90e4fb5a84041bb2e4517b1
Centered: https://centered.app
0:00 – Intro
0:47 – Startup mentoring
05:18 – Running your own YouTube channel
07:15 – Social media for startups
08:47 – TikTok content
12:15 – Future of Clubhouse
16:56 – Rules on health and productivity
20:50 – Obsession with productivity
22:30 – Pandemic and working out
25:45 – Importance of priorities
29:26 – Note organization
33:42 – Silicon Valley exodus
36:39 – Moving to LA
38:40 – Personal media strategy
42:47 – Importance of trying
44:17 – Advice for startup founders
Frederic Beigbeder. Books to understand the future. Posthuman life
Frederic Beigbeder is a French writer, TV host, and literary critic. Today we discuss which books can help us cope with isolation, which books to read to predict the future, what French and Russian writers have in common, and when we will become posthuman.
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Notes from Underground: https://amzn.to/3aiAwJX
A Journey Round My Room: https://amzn.to/387ucCq
The Minority Report: https://amzn.to/2KtGqx4
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: https://amzn.to/2LLmMgL
Time Out of Joint: https://amzn.to/3mu9Lop
Frankenstein: https://amzn.to/2LJUIu9
A Life Without End: https://amzn.to/37thKOq
The Man In A Case: https://amzn.to/2KbGcuI
0:00 – Intro
0:49 – Role of literature
1:54 – Book recommendations
3:22 – Inspiring books
4:50 – Can modern writers predict the future?
6:10 – On immortality
8:08 – Border between the human and the post-human
10:18 – Privacy vs self-development
11:32 – Future of privacy
14:11 – Will reading go away in future?
15:28 – How books change you
16:56 – Favorite authors from the past
19:50 – Modern writers
22:24 – Like Bunin
28:05 – Frederic's new book
29:35 – Tolstoy or Dostoevsky
GPT-3, Replika. When will the AI replace humans? Artem Rodichev
Artem Rodichev is the Head of AI at the San Francisco-based Replika, one of the leading startups in the area of conversational AI algorithms.
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Replika’s site: https://replika.ai
0:00 – Intro
00:44 – Creation of Replika
05:14 – On digital immortality
08:04 – On GPT-3
13:09 – Risks of creating the AI
21:05 – How soon will the general AI appear?
22:34 – Will people stop talking to each other in future?
28:08 – The strangest conversation with Replika
29:56 – Cases of offensive behavior of Replika
33:24 – Can artificial intelligence create art?
We will get to Mars by 2030: the man behind the human Mars mission, Robert Zubrin
Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer and the President of the Mars Society.
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The Case for Mars: https://amzn.to/30Nl2IT
Russian edition, «Курс на Марс»: http://partners.book24.ru/r/vNTmA
0:00 – Intro
0:40 – Which country will be the first to reach Mars
05:59 – Why hasn't anyone done it yet
07:31 – Why the US is postponing the Mars program
10:35 – Similarities between SpaceX and Lockheed Martin
12:23 – How Elon Musk is going to use Martian materials
13:48 – What prevents us from reaching Mars
16:30 – Sending unmanned vehicles to Mars
17:47 – Risks of a flight to Mars
18:36 – The number of people in the first mission to Mars
20:16 – Why the Mars mission is so important
28:24 – Which social problems can the colonization of Mars cause
30:41 – The Mars Society
32:59 – Terraforming Mars
36:45 – The use of nuclear weapons in the terraforming of Mars
37:46 – About flying to Mars in person
Andrei Linde: why we live in a multiverse. Inflation theory of the universe
Andrei Linde is a Professor at Stanford University and one of the authors of the inflationary theory of the universe.
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The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy: https://amzn.to/30yhlqx
0:00 – Intro
0:40 – The inflationary theory of the universe
12:24 – On discussing the theory with Stephen Hawking
15:12 – Brief description of the inflation theory
17:14 – How particles were formed in a vacuum
18:59 – On creating the inflationary theory
25:04 – Scientific consensus about the inflationary theory
27:02 – The multiverse theory and evidence for it
47:02 – Simulation theory
Charlie Kam: transhumanism, universal basic income and singularity
Charlie Kam is the 2020 US presidential candidate endorsed by the US Transhumanist Party.
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Charlie's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/KamCharlie
If I had to Build a Brain - https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gdh9Z4zczz0
The Singularity is Near - https://amzn.to/2X90qZd
Age of the Intelligent Machines - https://amzn.to/2X7HlH2
Age of the Spiritual Machines - https://amzn.to/334rkp2
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - Science fiction culture and books by Ray Kurzweil
3:55 - Why Ben Zion left the US Transhumanist Party
8:49 - Artificial meat industry in future
12:11 - Marketing of the US Transhumanist Party
14:37 - How the pandemic raised the issue of life-extension
16:21 - Why will mass production make universal basic income inevitable
17:54 - How will universal basic income change people's lives
21:02 - Duopoly of Republicans and Democrats in the US
25:41 - Joining the Democratic Party
27:17 - When will the US get a transhumanist president
29:32 - Understanding what transhumanism is
32:32 - Transhumanism and becoming a cyborg
36:12 - Three steps after becoming the president
Niko Vorobyov: should we legalize all drugs?
Niko Vorobyov is a writer and a former drug dealer
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00:00 - intro
00:45 - on activism
02:35 - Niko's story
02:55 - how Niko began selling drugs
03:55 - how Niko got into prison
04:55 - which books inspired Niko while in prison
06:50 - how Switzerland decriminalized heroin
09:20 - on heroin addiction
11:02 - why people get addicted to heroin
11:30 - why should we legalize all drugs
14:16 - reasons behind overdoses
17:00 - on Fentanyl
19:13 - on trips
20:27 - on psychedelics
23:00 - what drugs to keep banned
26:05 - why replacement therapies are banned
27:30 - drug policies issues
33:56 - plan on how to legalize drugs
42:00 - weed legalization issues
47:00 - on legalization's potential cons
51:55 - on policies in Portugal
Elizabeth Tasker: exoplanets, life in space, and how to find it
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1:33 - On exoplanets
3:10 - Stuff we thoght was right about exoplanets which turned out to be wrong
7:15 - Our Solar System is not unique
11:15 - How to discover information about exoplanets
13:00 - Habitable zone and life on exoplanets
16:30 - Comparing exoplanets with the Earth
20:15 - Biosignatures and signs of life
22:35 - Elizabeth is optimistic about life on exoplanets
24:30 - How long it could take us to fly to exoplanets
27:15 - Plans to send a mission to exoplanets
27:45 - How society could change in case of discovery of extraterrestrial life
29:50 - There is no consensus on sending info to aliens
32:58 - The arrogance of assuming that we are alone in the Universe
35:35 - Distribution of views on extraterrestrial life among scientist
37:29 - Educating people about space and the mistakes of the media
40:06 - Underinvestment in space
42:30 - Elizabeth's book
Udara Peiris: how to understand the economy, post-COVID growth, AI vs. humans
Udara Peiris is the Associate Professor of Finance at ICEF, HSE University and also Member of the Research Advisory Board at the Central Bank of Russia.
Robert Bridge on social media censorship, alt-right media, and polarization
Robert Bridge is a US-born journalist and writer who now lives in Moscow, Russia
Elena Milova: how to improve your health and be a longevity activist
Elena Milova has been promoting healthy life extension since 2013. She is a Board member at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation / Lifespan.io. lena explains how she improved her health through biohacking and how to discuss life extension with people who are reluctant to accept this idea.
Joe Davis on bioart, DIYbio, space art and aliens
Joe Davis is a research affiliate at the Department of Biology at MIT, and the godfather of bioart and space art.
Felix Werth: German Party for Health Research. Is transhumanism a bad term?
When will longevity activists take power? In Germany, it may happen quite soon.
Check out my new video podcast with Felix Werth, Chairman of the German Party for Health Research. His party already has some achievement in promoting transhumanist agenda, even though he himself dislikes the term "transhumanism" (we discuss this as well).
Katerina Akulich: how to develop habits and be happy
Katerina Akulich is a behavior designer who helps businesses and people develop habits. She knows a ton about how to stay productive, sleep better and be happy — even if you are a working mother of a newly born baby.
Sergey Gorbatov on career success and giving feedback
30% of feedback leads to negative results. Having a side hustle is an important career advantage. Different types of feedback are like different types of sandwiches.
Check out my new video podcast with Sergey Gorbatov, an experienced HR Executive and Professor at IE Business School in Madrid. Sergey explains how to give constructive feedback and how to win in the career market in the pandemic.
Dr. Alexander Lebedev on psychedelic therapy and research
Dr. Alexander Lebedev on LSD Psychotherapy, ego. Experiments and positive effects of psychedelics
Eugene Akulich on coaching, consulting, and growing in the crisis
My new video podcast with Eugene Akulich, principal at BCG and executive coach. We speak on why everybody need coach right now and how to survive the crisis.
5 tips for staying productive and resilient during the quarantine
Here are my 5 tips how to stay sane and productive during the quarantine, based on scientific research and personal experience. All those tips apply equally in ordinary times as well, but are especially helpful in times of seclusion.
Vitaly Borishan on getting into top US universities and admissions consulting
Vitaly Borishan, whose company helps foreigners get into top US universities.
Vitaly speaks what may increase your chances of getting accepted and how to write interesting essays. He also advises me on whether I should get a Stanford MBA and how to get accepted.
James Ahearne on EdTech, remote work, and Russia
James is EdTech entrepreneur who live and do business in Moscow
Daniel Kraft on gadgets and apps for tracking health and future of healthcare
Daniel Kraft, Stanford & Harvard trained physician-scientist and innovator.
Alex Zhuravlev on coronavirus, Chinese government and future of China
Ex-McKinsey and Schwarzman Scholar on coronavirus, Chinese government, education and future of China
Koen Kas on healthy life and apps for biohacker
Koen Kas is a healthcare visionary driven by the aim to make healthcare delightful, personalised, and ultimately preventive. Koen says soon we will eradicate most diseases by preventing them before they appear. In the podcast we also discuss apps for biohackers.
Brian Kennedy on aging research in Singapore, alcohol, biohacking and immortality
Brian Kennedy, Ph.D. is the Director at the Centre for Healthy Aging at the National University Health System and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, at the National University of Singapore since 2017.
Yuri Deigin on epigenetic rejuvenation, longevity research and transhumanists in politics
Yuri Deigin is the CEO of Youthereum Genetics, serial biotech entrepreneur, longevity research evangelist and activist, and a cryonics advocate.
Vít Jedlička on Liberland, blockchain government, taxes, courts and police in a libertarian state
Vít Jedlička is a Czech politician, founder and elected president of Liberland.
João Pedro de Magalhães on fighting aging, singularity, immortality and transhumanism
João Pedro de Magalhães is a microbiologist at the University of Liverpool.
Alex Kadet on immortality, death, transhumanism and future of humans
Alex Kadet, Russian transhumanist, chief business development officer at Open Longevity, biotech entrepreneur who fights human aging.
Mattias Ribbing on mnemonics, memory palace and new ways to learn languages and maths
Mattias Ribbing is a 3-time Swedish memory champion and a Grandmaster of Memory. He has written a book on applying memory techniques to learning maths.
Peter Singer on effective altruism, veganism, philosophy and best books
Peter Singer is the most influential philosopher of our time, who has inspired two important social movements: effective altruism and animal rights movement.
Chris Dancy: Mindful Cyborg on his gadgets, biohacking and Quantified Self movement
Chris Dancy is touted as the most connected man on Earth and a ‘mindful cyborg’.
Aubrey de Grey on ending aging and reaching immortality
Aubrey de Grey is the most famous expert in the world on ending aging, founder of SENS foundation and a real-life Gandalf.