Topics: (00:04:26) - Who are your influences? (00:08:57) - When Facts Expire: The Half-life of Knowledge (00:22:57) - The Playbook behind Boston Dynamics and DeepMind  (00:28:36) - Research Orgs other than Academia, Govt, and Industry (00:31:00) - DARPA and Speculative Technologies (00:39:08) - Ink & Switch (00:41:13) - Challenges of University Tech Transfer Offices (00:47:42) - Transforming the future of Education  (00:52:20) - Using AI tools in day-to-day life (00:55:40) - Sam’s job at Lux Capital (00:58:07) - Overperforming and Underperforming Technologies (01:02:33) - What mental models do you use most frequently? (01:03:45) - How to corner the market on a high-tech skillset (01:05:40) - Industries you’re watching that no one else is paying attention to?  (01:07:41) - Sci-Fi book recommendations Links for more on Sam: Sam on Tedx: The Half-Life of Facts Sam’s books Sam’s Website Companies Mentioned: Boston Dynamics DeepMind DARPA Speculative Technologies The Foresight Institute Books Mentioned: Why Greatness Cannot be Planned by Ken Stanley The Three-Body Problem Trilogy by Cixin Liu Neal Stephenson Books Culture series by Iain Banks Babel by R. F Kuang Foundation by Isaac Asimov Don Swanson - Undiscovered Public Knowledge To support the costs of producing this podcast:  >> Buy a copy of the Navalmanak: www.navalmanack.com/  >> Sign up for my online course and community about building your Personal Leverage: https://www.ejorgenson.com/leverage  >> Invest in early-stage companies alongside Eric and his partners at Rolling Fun: https://angel.co/v/back/rolling-fun >> Join the free weekly email list at ejorgenson.com/newsletter >> Text the podcast to a friend >> Or at least give the podcast a positive review to help us reach new listeners!