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Omid Ashtari

@thecoolgeek

Entrepreneur | Advisor | Investor. Previously @Google, @Foursquare, @Citymapper, @Streetbees. Business advisor to the @MayorofLondon. Host of @whrshallwemeet

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Full circle moment to talk to Sam on the podcast!

This week's guest is the one and only Sam Harris. We talk about meditation, morality, free will and much more! whereshallwemeet.xyz/2372295/episod…



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Our guest this week is @jacindaardern who served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023. We talk about: -A kinder definition of leadership -Media’s new incentives -Changing culture of engagement -Taking money out of politics -The dangerous loss of nuance and more!


It was an honor to talk to Kim Stanley Robinson one of the greatest living science fiction writers and author of some of my favourite books in the genre!

Our guest this week is Kim Stanley Robinson. He is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy. We talk about: -What is sci-fi -The difference between Utopia & Optopia -Being optimistic whilst remaining vigilant -Predicting the future -and a lot more



Had such a fun and nourishing conversation about friendship with Alain de Botton. @TheSchoolOfLife

Our guest this week is Alain de Botton, who is a writer, psychotherapist and cofounder of @TheSchoolOfLife. We talk about: -2 & 1/2 friends is plenty -A more rigorous approach to friendship -Different types of friends -Platonic sleepovers -One way friends and a lot more!



I'm not following Tommy Robinson or many people in his orbit. This is such flagrant "putting your thumb on the scale" that it's frankly pathetic and embarrassing. Stop shoving this garbage into my notification tab @X @elonmusk

thecoolgeek's tweet image. I'm not following Tommy Robinson or many people in his orbit. This is such flagrant "putting your thumb on the scale" that it's frankly pathetic and embarrassing. Stop shoving this garbage into my notification tab @X @elonmusk

New pod is out. We spoke to the one and only @rcbregman. We discuss his most recent book "Moral Ambition" and talk about the school he has co-founded to supercharge changemakers. Very inspiring and fun conversation!

Our guest this week is Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman), the author of 'Utopia for Realists', 'Humankind' & 'Moral Ambition'. He is also the Co-founder of The School for Moral Ambition. We talk about what moral ambition means and our individual responsibilities as change makers.



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Our guest this week is Howard Covington, who has been the chair of the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, The Alan Turing Institute, ClientEarth, and the Scotia Group. We talk to him about technologies of the near future!


Bought a @SonyUK TV XR-64A95L 1 year and 1 month ago for over 3k GBP. 2 days ago they updated the firmware and my TV didn't turn on anymore. Technician today confirmed that the motherboard is fried. The TV is one month out of warranty and repairing it will cost 1k - for a 1…


Never buy a dream that's sold to you


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Consumer is having an identity crisis. So, I asked around for the best people investing in consumer tech at pre-seed and compiled: 📜 The (New) Consumer Manifesto 👼 100 angels who truly get consumer 💰 75 VCs actively writing pre-seed checks 1/

HugoAmsellem's tweet image. Consumer is having an identity crisis.

So, I asked around for the best people investing in consumer tech at pre-seed and compiled:

📜 The (New) Consumer Manifesto
👼 100 angels who truly get consumer
💰 75 VCs actively writing pre-seed checks

1/
HugoAmsellem's tweet image. Consumer is having an identity crisis.

So, I asked around for the best people investing in consumer tech at pre-seed and compiled:

📜 The (New) Consumer Manifesto
👼 100 angels who truly get consumer
💰 75 VCs actively writing pre-seed checks

1/

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Our guest this week is Dr Carine Minne who is a Forensic Psychotherapist at England’s High Security Hospital, Broadmoor. We talk about prisons, the humanity of violent criminals, how childhood trauma causes disinhibition and more! whereshallwemeet.xyz


📬 New post. thefullspectrum.blog/p/light-pollut… 🌌 We used to look up and see the universe. Now most of us just see streetlights. 🧠 This post explores how light pollution has not only hidden the stars but also subtly inflated our sense of self. 💡 It’s about cosmic perspective,…

thecoolgeek's tweet image. 📬 New post. thefullspectrum.blog/p/light-pollut…
🌌 We used to look up and see the universe. Now most of us just see streetlights.
 🧠 This post explores how light pollution has not only hidden the stars but also subtly inflated our sense of self.
 💡 It’s about cosmic perspective,…

If you want to read a great book about consciousness you should pick up Being You by @anilkseth4. Listen to our podcast with the man himself to get a taster!

Our guest today is Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. We discuss what it feels like to be a bat, how we predict ourselves into existence and more! @anilkseth4 #podcast #podcasting #consciousness #neuroscience



It's funny how ideological battle lines are nowadays subtlety drawn along "onsite" versus "hybrid" in job descriptions. It's the 2025 version of "vaxinated" or "he/him".


📬New blog post📬 🚶🏻‍♂️Human Scale Cities 🏙️How urban design affects the psychology and social fabric of a society thefullspectrum.blog/p/human-scale-…


Thanks for coming on the podcast today @Plinz ! I'm replaying Disco Elysium as we speak.


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This week's guest is Laura Clarke, CEO of ClientEarth an NGO that uses climate legislation against countries and corporations to enforce the protection of the planet. We talk about their amazing work and inspiring court cases. whereshallwemeet.xyz


📬 Wrote a new blog post. ☠️ It's a bit of a bummer because it's about death. 💡 However actually it's about how you can benefit from reminding yourself of your mortality. ❤️ If you like the post please heart, subscribe & share. Thanks! thefullspectrum.blog/p/the-benefits…

thefullspectrum.blog

The Benefits of Contemplating Death

How mortality sharpens meaning, breaks false scripts, & helps us live with intention


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