Variance
Variance
Podcast Description
Discover how bold ideas are born. In each episode, we sit down with trailblazers in science, tech, art, and design to uncover the variant mindsets and views that spark breakthroughs. Tune in for insights into what it takes to upend convention—and create something truly new.
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Focuses on groundbreaking ideas and unconventional solutions across various fields, with episodes addressing topics such as sustainable architecture in the context of climate change featuring Dan Spiegel discussing housing crises and electric car infrastructure, and the implications of creative thinking on design and art.
Discover how bold ideas are born. In each episode, we sit down with trailblazers in science, tech, art, and design to uncover the variant mindsets and views that spark breakthroughs. Tune in for insights into what it takes to upend convention—and create something truly new.
What is human consciousness? Is it local and generated from our biology, or non-local and part of a different field? What are other ways of studying and probing it? Where does meaning and purpose come from? Can we more deeply connect with other human beings than what we thought was possible?
Join Niraj Mehta, an investor and science funder, probing the nature of consciousness and how it reflects in his personal mission. Niraj ran an investment fund that never had a down year and now focuses on his family office, science institute, and meditation practice. He is pushing the boundaries of science on consciousness and what deep human connection means.
“I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness.” Max Planck, The Observer (London, England) (25 January 1931), p. 17
Show Notes:
EHF Fellow Profile: Niraj Mehta
Mark Gober, Where Is My Mind (Podcast)
Eben Alexander (Esquire Profile)
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