Matt Ward is an angel investor, serial entrepreneur, speaker, futurist, growth hacker, and author focused on helping startups change the world. He now runs The Syndicate podcast where he interviews top angel investors and VCs like Jeff Clavier, Esther Dyson and Tim O’Reilly about early stage tech investing. If hosting one podcast wasn’t enough he also hosts The Disruptors podcast where he covers exponential technologies such as artificial intelligence, genetics, blockchain and quantum computing. He is also the author of ‘Gods of the Valley: How Today’s Tech Giants Monopolize the Future’.
In this episode, we cover:
- 1:52 - The Disruptors
- 3:32 - Longevity and living to 150
- 6:11 - Genetic editing
- 10:44 - The rise of clean meat
- 14:41 - Inequalities of artificial intelligence
- 17:08 - Ready Player One and a VR world
- 21:34 - Autonomous vehicles
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- disruptors.fm
- mattward.co
- Tools: Slack, Zapier, Google Docs
- Book: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie
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