Marshall Kirkpatrick on cognitive levers, combinatorial possibilities, symphonic thinking, and compound learning (AC Ep39)

by shan | Apr 8, 2026 | Podcast

“The technology we’re working with today really makes a lot of those best practices and mental models and the whole toolkit more accessible than ever to more people.” –Marshall Kirkpatrick About Marshall Kirkpatrick Marshall Kirkpatrick is founder of...

Cornelia C. Walther on AI for Inspired Action, return on values, prosocial AI, and the hybrid tipping zone (AC Ep35)

by shan | Mar 12, 2026 | Podcast

“You and I, we’re part of this last analog generation. We had the opportunity to grow up in a time and age where our brains had to evolve against friction.” –Cornelia C. Walther About Cornelia C. Walther Cornelia C. Walther is Senior Fellow at...

Joel Pearson on putting human first, 5 rules for intuition, AI for mental imagery, and cognitive upsizing (AC Ep25)

by shan | Dec 3, 2025 | Podcast

“This is the first time, really, humanity’s had the possibility open up to create a new way of life, a new society—to create this utopia. And I really hope we get it right.” –Joel Pearson About Joel Pearson Joel Pearson is Professor of Cognitive...

Vivienne Ming on hybrid collective intelligence, building cyborgs, meta-uncertainty, and the unknown infinite (AC Ep13)

by shan | Aug 6, 2025 | Podcast

“What I need is someone who will have an idea I would never have had. In fact, better yet, an idea no one else in the world would ever have. That’s human space. That’s our job now: the unknown infinite.” –Vivienne Ming About Vivienne Ming Vivienne Ming is a...

Claire Mason on collaborative intelligence, skills for GenAI use, workflow design, and metacognition (AC Ep55)

by shan | Jul 31, 2024 | Podcast

“It’s really important that we’re not ceding everything to AI and that we continue to add value ourselves in that collaboration.” – Claire Mason About Claire Mason Claire Mason is Principal Research Scientist at Australia’s government research...