![]() 84:00 It's very hard to distinguish any sort of truth these days.The connections he's forged through Twitter have been a huge part of making the podcast happen the way it has. 81:25: Twitter made a huge comeback for Josh this past year.He also things Twitter and Tech Crunch are great resources for keeping up to date on breaking news and fresh info. Casey loves to look into Slack and Discord communities. How can we support an ecosystem that way? We've seen this especially in the film and music industries in the past decade. 72:20: Josh is pretty pissed off by monopolies ripping off independents & small-scale developers.GTA5 is the largest grossing media product to date, and gaming is only getting bigger. Both Josh and Casey believe that gaming is going to continue to grow its share of the entertainment industry more and more as the technology evolves. 69:00: Casey talks about his transition from consuming film to gaming.He feels much more in control on mushrooms are opposed to marijuana. 62:00: Casey uses psychedelics when he needs to meditate on an important life decision."The modes of therapy that are being created around (them) right now are amazing." Here Josh and Casey contrast psychedelic therapy with the pharmaceutical approach. 55:00: Casey is truly passionate about the healing powers of psychedelics, and feels fortunate to be able to work on the cause.We are social creatures, and COVID has presented us with a stark depiction of our own digital futures. 52:50: Josh is thinking a lot about the digital versus in person dichotomy.47:00: 'Whats next?' Casey thinks that entertainment forms which don't involve the viewer actively (Film, TV) are on the way out, and 'gaming' is on the way in.what people want to stake their claims on. Is this the future? In order to transfer concepts of ownership into a virtual space, we need to think about what exactly people are willing to buy. 40:00: Discussions around the metaverse and blockchain.Josh thinks it's just a matter of cultural adoption. The tech and content are both there, and systems like the Oculus Quest 2 are pretty reasonably priced. 25:35: Casey tried combining VR and Psychedelics at burning man!.23:30: Casey thinks a lot of people get caught up in the sexiness when it comes to machine learning, but in the end it all boils down to math.He clearly has an itch for being involved with new industries. 17:00: Casey gives a brief overview of his transition from VR in the early days, to machine learning and AI more recently, and finally psychedelic research currently.12:14: Quantified Citizen allows citizen scientists and researchers to create their own studies and participate in others'.He says 'It's this missing piece in the health-care system.' 07:30: Casey truly believes in the crusade for psilocybin legalization.After working at the Emmy winning VR studio ' Secret Location', and artificial intelligence startup ' Transforms.AI', Casey has just recently taken his talents to Quantified Citizen: a new tool aimed at accelerating scientific research efficiency through personal citizen empowerment. In this episode, Josh interviews Casey Blustein. ![]()
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