Stars and Bacteria Jas Gill

In this conversation we discuss:
- The concept of psychological innovation versus technological innovation
- What are psychological moonshots
- The struggle between the hard sciences, social sciences and business
- Engineers vs marketers - who deserves more credit
- How our evolutionary behaviour drives consumer decision making
- The trouble with metrics and optimisation

In this conversation we discuss:
- Are carbohydrates friend or foe?
- The benefits of fasting
- How both carbohydrates and fasting are related to the ageing process
- Simple hacks to delay ageing
- Why medical advice around nutrition tends to be a lagging indicator and how to fix this
- Lessons in building a startup in the health and nutrition space

In this episode we discuss:
- Can parasites hack your behaviour, change your personality and compel you to commit suicide?
- Why do some scientists think parasites are the invisible designers of the brain?
- What are the military warfare strategies parasites use in the war against humans?
- Does studying parasites have implications for new mechanisms of psychopharmacological treatments?
- What is the most dangerous parasite that exists?

In this conversation we discuss:
- Making sense of the human source code
- The secrets of living your best life are locked in your genome
- The importance of optimism
- The 1 thing Maria would do if she started a company today
- Why choosing the right investor is like finding the right groom

In this episode we discuss:
- What is an emotional Turing test?
- Does the introduction of social robots influence the relationships between human beings?
- Has technology outpaced social norms - or are the state of social norms influencing technology
- How the Shinto religion has shaped Japan's perception towards robots
- Astroboy vs The Terminator
- What does a modified Maslow's pyramid look like for AI?

In this conversation we discuss:
- The current problems in the world of research
- Importance of a Silicon Valley - Stanford complex
- Technologies which detect cognitive problems decades before they manifest
- Raising money from VCs versus grants