Unfinished Business: About Humanity

Roham Hosseini
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Unfinished Business: About Humanity Podcast

"Unfinished Business" is a podcast about humanity. Topics range from philosophy to science, engineering and politics. I'm Roham, your host, and I like to have long conversations with people I find interesting.

Episodes

  1. 10/05/2021

    Social Media, Cancel Culture & America's Future | Stephanie Schwab

    This is my conversation with Stephanie Schwab. She is the founder & CEO of Crackerjack Marketing, a pioneering social media agency, based in Chicago. It was a pleasure to discuss a range of topics from tech to politics with Stephanie, and I hope you enjoy it too. Connect with Stephanie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieschwab/ Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going! Georg Blücher Jonathan Harel Hossein Yousefi Stephanie Schwab Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini Hosted by Roham Hosseini Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini Timeline: 0:00 - Introduction 2:28 - Is Social Media Hurting Society? 8:07 - How Do We Fix the Social Dilemma? 10:52 - How Did Tech Giants Become So Huge? 15:40 - Internet is becoming less anonymous 21:18 - How much should we care about privacy? 23:17 - The rise of Trump and the danger of governments 27:20 - Trump vs. Biden 33:10 - How can the US remain the leading country in the world?  37:17 - Advice for young people moving to the US  42:42 - Should we worry about cancel culture?  50:00 - Polarization in th US  52:00 - Should companies get involved in politics?  55:29 - Raising children in the internet age  1:01:02 - What’s it like to have a child?  1:02:03 - What's the meaning of life?  1:06:23 - Are Marketing and Business people good for the world?  1:16:38 - Book Recommendations

    1h 19m

  2. 29/04/2021

    Nationalism Post-Trump, Cold War 2 & Life After Jobs | Michal Rozynek | #006

    This is my conversation with Michal Rozynek. He has spent the last 10 years in financial services and payments & holds a PhD in Political Theory from the University of Edinburgh, as well as an MBA from the University of Oxford —having published on topics ranging from nationalism to financial inclusion. This is one of my favourite conversations ever. I hope you enjoy it too.   Connect with Michal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrozynek/ Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!   Georg Blücher Jonathan Harel Hossein Yousefi Stephanie Schwab   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini​​ Hosted by Roham Hosseini   Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini     Timeline:   0:00 - Intro   2:49 - Future of nationalism in the 2020s   6:10 - The rise of cosmopolitanism and “citizens of the world”   9:10 - The resurgence of state power in the 21st century   10:45 - Should we worry about WW3?   14:50 - The US-China cold war   16:20 - Data privacy and trust in institutions   19:05 - “The new iron curtains” (internet censorship)   25:15 - AI Superpowers - the AI race   27:55 - Is AI becoming too intrusive?   30:15 - Will life quality decrease with automation?   37:20 - Life after automation & hyper-realistic simulations   44:05 - Where is Crypto headed?

    55 min

  3. 20/04/2021

    Investing As Students, Creator Economy & Gen Z's Financial Future | Nazareno Clemente

    This is my conversation with my dear friend, Nazareno Clemente. Naza is in a way my mentor, co-thinker, and co-worker.   We had a chat about investing as students, the financial world during COVID, the creator economy and our financial futures. This is not financial advice :))   Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!   Georg Blücher  Jonathan Harel  Hossein Yousefi  Stephanie Schwab   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini​​  Hosted by Roham Hosseini   Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini     Timeline:   00:00 - Digital Assets vs Physical assets   7:45 - DogeCoin & Cryptocurrency Talk   25:42 - Future Jobs & Projects   32:39 - Offensive Jokes & Cancel culture   46:35 - Making Content

    1h 12m

  4. 19/04/2021

    Dreams, Immortality, Leaving Home & Education | Nazmi Shehi | Unfinished Business #004

    This is my conversation with my dear friend, Nazmi Shehi. Nazmi is a brilliant thinker and Founder of "Stics", "Not a social media for kids". I really enjoyed this conversation, although we kept getting interrupted and I was quite nervous. Still getting used to all this :))    Connect with Nazmi: linkedin.com/in/nazmi-shehi-265990170 Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!   Georg Blücher  Jonathan Harel  Hossein Yousefi  Stephanie Schwab   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini ​​Hosted by Roham Hosseini   Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini    Timeline:   00:00 - Quitting Professional Football   9:10 - Day to day of living alone Turkey (with no phone)   15:11 - Dealing with change & the meaning of life   24:00 - Simulation theory   29:00 - Immortality & Living Forever   35:00 - Most social media is negative for humanity   38:00 - Boomers & the education system   48:42 - Book recommendations

    53 min

  5. 09/04/2021

    Memes, AI & Finding Meaning | Jonathan Harel | Unfinished Business #003

    This is my conversation with my dear friend, Jonathan Harel. He is an incredible data scientist and creator of uhmmm.app  I really enjoyed this conversation and I wish him luck on his journey!    Connect with Jonathan: linkedin.com/in/jonathan-harel   ​​-------------------------------------------------------------------  Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!   Georg Blücher  Jonathan Harel  Hossein Yousefi  Stephanie Schwab   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini ​​-------------------------------------------------------------------  Hosted by Roham Hosseini   Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini    Timeline:   0:45 - The meaning of memes  9:11 - Living in communities    16:45 - Building a company  22:19 - Ambitions and goals  31:00 -Struggles of speaking two languages   34:48 - Data Science  40:29 - Life advice for young people  51:35 - Cultural diversity   1:00:40 - Covid & financial consequences  1:05:34 - AI dangers  1:19:14 - Tech giants & our data   1:24:30 - What’s next for Jonathan?

    1h 27m

  6. 09/04/2021

    Simulation Theory, Quantum Computing, Open Source | Hossein Yousefi | Unfinished Business #002

    This is my conversation with my friend and mentor, Hossein Yousefi. Hossein is a software engineer and co-founder and CTO at Identi  We talked about privacy, open-source software, free will, the nature of reality, quantum computers, and Identi's quest of re-tuning social media.  learn more about identi here: https://identi.app/  connect with Hossein: hossein@identi.app  -------------------------------------------------------------------  Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!  Georg Blücher  Jonathan Harel  Hossein Yousefi  Stephanie Schwab  Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini -------------------------------------------------------------------  Hosted by Roham Hosseini  Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini

    2h 50m
  7. Future of Governments, Vaccines & Education | Hannes Chopra | Unfinished Business #001

    24/02/2021

    Future of Governments, Vaccines & Education | Hannes Chopra | Unfinished Business #001

    This is my conversation, with my favourite mentor and teacher, Hannes S. Chopra.  I enjoyed this conversation, and it was a big accomplishment for me. Hope you enjoy it too.   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Hosted by Roham Hosseini   Twitter: twitter.com/RohamHosseini80   LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/roham-hosseini Special Thanks to my amazing supporters on Patreon for helping keep this project going!   Georg Blücher Jonathan Harel  Hossein Yousefi  Stephanie Schwab   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rohamhosseini  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Timeline   0:00 - Intro  1:37 - Who is Hannes Chopra?  5:37 - Limitless Human Becoming   8:23 - Duty vs Happiness  25:03 - Becoming aware of awareness   32:31 - Becoming a parent  40:11 - Why the education system is broken  51:26 - What's happening in Russia?  1:00:06 - the future of the EU  1:25:08 - The future of nation-states  1:32:40 - What is Love  1:34:12 - Book recommendations

    1h 38m
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"Unfinished Business" is a podcast about humanity. Topics range from philosophy to science, engineering and politics. I'm Roham, your host, and I like to have long conversations with people I find interesting.

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