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Grant Slater

@grantslater

Producer of @futurologypod for @berggrueninst in Los Angeles. FM radio maker out of Bombay Beach, California, on the Salton Sea.

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined April 2007
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Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) Writer Ross Andersen (@andersen) asks the questions shaping the future.  youtube.com/watch?v=NN31hRla… In this episode, Andersen speaks with Futurology Producer Grant Slater (@grantslater) about time defining  the evolution of intelligent life.
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Humans can’t reason. They’re not actually able to reliably make predictions given complex sequences of meaningful data. They can only fake it by brute forcing unreliable chains of serial symbolic reasoning, and even then most of the outputs are garbage
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Boris Yeltsin’s farewell speech, AI translated by HeyGen technology, which retains features of the original voice (like Yeltsin’s slow, slightly slurred delivery) and also alters lip movements to synchronize with the translation.
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Why competent human translators are an excellent idea.
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The Kremlin Has Entered Your Telegram Chat wired.com/story/the-kremlin-… via @instapaper
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Oh look, I produced something that a magazine calls podcast of the year.
Catherine Perloff (@catherineperlo1) profile pictureCatherine Perloff@catherineperlo18 Aug 2022
For the cover of @Adweek I profiled Podcast of the Year Maejor Frequency, where music producer @MAEJOR explores the power of sound to heal. The process of making the podcast mirrored its message: inspiration comes from getting outside yourself adweek.com/media/how-maejor-…
Maejor Frequency Listened to the Universe to Create Podcast

Maejor Frequency Listened to the Universe to Create Podcast

Adweek's Podcast of the Year finds the harmony between the creative process and content.

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Michael V.@Mykejv113731 Jul 2022
News from 110 years ago
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Jesse Zwick@jessezwick29 Jun 2022
Friends – I’m very excited to announce that I’m officially running for Santa Monica City Council! I’m running to make my community more inclusive, sustainable, and safe. And each of those begins with making it more affordable to live here. (thread) jessezwick.com
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by… | Poetry Foundation poetryfoundation.org/poems/4… via @instapaper
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. V I do not know which…

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The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s “Whole Earth Catalog” newyorker.com/news/letter-fr… via @instapaper
The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s “Whole Earth Catalog”

The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s “Whole Earth Catalog”

The baby-boomer communards leave behind a frightening, if unintentional, inheritance—a ravaged environment, eviscerated institutions, and an eroding democracy.

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A Trip That Doesn’t End newyorker.com/tech/elements/… via @instapaper
A Trip That Doesn’t End

A Trip That Doesn’t End

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A Field Guide to Psychedelics newyorker.com/magazine/2015/… via @instapaper
The Science of Reincarnation—VIRGINIA Magazine uvamagazine.org/articles/the… via @instapaper
The Science of Reincarnation: UVA psychiatrist Jim Tucker investigates children’s claims of past...

The Science of Reincarnation: UVA psychiatrist Jim Tucker investigates children’s claims of past...

UVA scientist explores children’s memories of past lives

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Eight years ago, there were Russian rallies, memes, pop songs shouting: Крым наш! (Crimea is ours!) Not seeing two words – Украйна наша – anywhere in 2022.
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A lifetime ago, I wrote a profile of James Inhofe for @okgazette which could be an interesting read as he prepares to retire. tulsatvmemories.com/Inhofe-G…
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Max Fras@maxfras23 Feb 2022
Every Ukrainian conversation this week – at Islington, London
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