Non-Oil and Gas related podcasts to listen to today (1)

An a16z Podcast (Feb. 24, 2017) about Brains, Bodies, Minds … and Techno-Religions – with  Yuval Harari, Kyle Russell and Sonal Chokshi

(44 minutes worth listening to)

Really interesting interview that doesn’t seem so unrealistic, even today, that corporations (e.g. facebook, google, amazon) and governments (you know them…) may know us better than we know ourselves and be able to make even better decisions for us than we can or already do… 

It discusses a potential 2ndwave of techno-religion in the post-humanist era (where corporations / governments become the new “gods” and the need for a new economic model on a global basis. Not only due to the displacement of people by machines in certain jobs but also the emergence of techno-biologically enhanced humans with the wherewithal to pay for these enhancements.

Here’s the link (https://a16z.com/2017/02/23/yuval-harari-from-homo-sapiens-to-homo-deus/).