Rajat Bhageria is an entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of Chef Robotics.

What does it actually take to build and deploy generally intelligent robots? Rajat's company is actively scaling robotics in the food industry and is here to tell us all about it.

In this conversation, we talk about what the current food manufacturing process looks like, the challenges and opportunities in robotics, what the coolest AI and robotics companies are on the market today, why the future might look like WALL-E, and much more.

00:00:00 Introducing Chef Robotics
00:03:50 Automating Food Assembly
00:08:23 Technical Backend
00:16:45 Robotics Complexity
00:22:55 Deployment & Scaling
00:34:39 The Future of Robotics
00:45:22 Startups & Self-Actualization
00:49:01 Positive Vision of the future

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Today, we're talking with Don Davis, an artist and illustrator who has spent his career helping us imagine the wonders of space. His work with NASA, Carl Sagan, and the U. S. Geological Survey's branch of Astrogeologic Studies has been seen by millions and helps us bridge the gap between imagination and reality.

In this conversation, we talk about Don's childhood fascination with space, the influence of science fiction on his work, and how the ideas around space colonization evolved.

(00:00) Reflecting on historical parallels between Apollo 11.

(05:32) Fascination with space exploration during childhood.

(08:01) Joining the USGS

(12:57) Moon Paintings

(15:38) Meeting Carl Sagan

(20:40) Relationship between knowledge and art

(22:45) Dinosaur reconstruction

(27:49) Exploring Mars

(31:58) Miniatures & Models

(35:04) Painting Space Settlements

(37:30) Future of rocketry

(42:29) 2001: A Space Odyssey

(43:59) Willie Lay and,"Engineer's Dreams"

(51:13) What's next for Don

(53:42) Quote from "Shape of Things to Come"

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Today, we're talking with Isaiah Taylor the founder of Valar Atomics — a new energy startup using nuclear fission to create oil & gas from thin air. At Valar, their goal is to bring the cost of energy down 10-100x and unlock a new era of superabundance. 

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Today, we're talking with Rick Guidice, an artist and illustrator renowned for his visionary depictions of space habitats and futuristic concepts, which have significantly contributed to NASA's Ames Research Center's visual explorations. His iconic work has played a pivotal role in shaping public perception of space exploration and human settlement beyond Earth.

In this episode, we talk the impact of Rick's space-themed artwork on envisioning future possibilities; his artistic process, inspirations, and the cultural influence; and the evolution of space exploration imagery and its role in shaping public perception and enthusiasm for space endeavors.

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Show Notes/Links Mentioned:

• The Mandalorian
• Space Settlements: A Design Study
• Emerging Ecologies Exhibit
• "Megastructures" by Neil Blevin

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Today, we're talking with Jim Pethokoukis, the author of "The Conservative Futurist" and the newsletter "Faster, Please!" where he writes about innovation, economics, and the potential of future technologies.

In this episode, we talk about the optimistic cultural zeitgeist of the 1960s space race, the unfulfilled promises of that era, such as nuclear-powered space exploration,  the role media plays in shaping societal attitudes towards the future, and much more!

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Show Notes/Links Mentioned:

• "Faster, Please!" on Substack
• The Conservative Futurist: How We Get the Science Fiction Future We Were Promised
• "For All Mankind" TV series
• SpaceX Mars colonization video
• "The Peripheral" by William Gibson
• "The High Frontier" by Gerard K. O'Neill

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Issac Arthur is a physicist turned YouTuber and science educator.

Join us as we discuss the roots of progress and its potential into post-scarcity futures, the challenges of building in practice, Issac's favorite science fiction media and his vision for his channel, his personal journey studying physics to becoming a YouTuber, and what innovation and future utopian scenarios may be possible, including space colonization and virtual reality.

Issac's story is proof that passion and optimism can blossom into a lasting career. We hope you find inspiration in his story to go build your own visions for a positive future!

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YouTube: @isaacarthurSFIA

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Today, we're talking with Don Clark (instagram), the incredible artist behind Invisible Creature.

Links mentioned:

• David Klein Art
• Stan Galli
• Syd Mead
• Phantom City Creative

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Today, we're talking with Eliot Peper (twitter) the novelist behind great science fiction books like Reap3r, Veil, Cumulus, and Bandwidth. 

Links mentioned:

• Our World in Data
• Nadia Asparouhova's tweet
• Man in Space
• Oliver Mortin's The Moon

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Today, we're talking with Jason Green, the CEO and Cofounder of Upward Farms. At Upward Farms they're helping shape the future of food by growing organic, leafy greens and fish in a complete vertical farming ecosystem. In this conversation we cover the future of food, the work they're doing at Upward and how the tide is turning, how business as usual is over, and how we now have the opportunity to step up and build the future that we want to live in. 

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Today, we're talking with Ian Rountree the founder and partner of Cantos.vc, a venture fund investing in near frontier technologies that will change the world. In this conversation Ian and I cover the changing landscape of venture, financing the future, and bounce around quite a bit between the various facets of the future that are being built right now.

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Today, we're talking with Sam Bhagwat, the Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Gatsby. Gatsby's an open source web firmware that enables developers to create websites optimized for the modern web. In doing so, they're ensuring that this digital web infrastructure, that we all take for granted, keeps improving and getting better.

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