• Esther Dyson: From Cosmos to Caregiving — Why Humanity Still Wins

  • Mar 26 2025
  • Length: 45 mins
  • Podcast

Esther Dyson: From Cosmos to Caregiving — Why Humanity Still Wins

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • What do angel investing, cosmonaut training, and funding a 10-year health community project have in common? Esther Dyson. Obviously. In our latest episode #164 of #TheShot of #DigitalHealth Therapy, Jim Joyce and I had the pleasure to catchup with Esther. We covered: 💸 Why she funded Wellville to rebuild social fabric in underserved communities (and what she really learned) 🧬 What 23andMe got right — and what it didn’t... 📕 Her next chapter: writing "Term Limits", a book about being human in the age of infinite AI 🧠 And why “making new mistakes” is a better life motto than “move fast and break things” Esther’s wisdom is as timeless as her curiosity — and we’re just glad she finally made it on #TheShot. 😅 Fun mentions as always: Matthew Holt Unity Stoakes Marina Borukhovich Rick Brush Peter H. Diamandis Linda Avey Stepan Pachikov Anne Wojcicki 🧭 Section Breakdown (Topics + Timestamps): Intro & Background Setup Esther joins & shares how this podcast started as a pandemic experiment. ⏱️ 00:00 – 04:00 Esther’s Life Journey in 3 Speeds From Oppenheimer roots to Forbes to cosmonaut training. ⏱️ 04:00 – 08:00 Cosmonaut Training & Health Discovery How a space detour saved her life. ⏱️ 08:00 – 12:00 Wellness Habits & Biohacking Wisdom Swimming, eating early, and NOT eating at cocktail parties. ⏱️ 12:00 – 14:00 Becoming an Angel Investor How a million-dollar challenge turned her into an investor. ⏱️ 14:00 – 17:00 Why She Started Wellville From judging the Healthcare XPrize to 10 years of social fabric repair. ⏱️ 18:00 – 25:00 Hard Truths About Systems & Poverty Trust, grants-as-drugs, and funding that's actually fair. ⏱️ 25:00 – 27:00 On Government, Prevention & Food Systems Sugar taxes, vaccines, and the real trends that matter. ⏱️ 27:00 – 29:00 23andMe’s Rise, Fall, and Lessons She got the education, not the return. ⏱️ 29:00 – 33:00 Term Limits & Being Fully Human Why we need constraints, not infinity — and why Pam the hygienist is the real hero. ⏱️ 35:00 – 44:00
    Show More Show Less
Show More Show Less
activate_mytile_page_redirect_t1

What listeners say about Esther Dyson: From Cosmos to Caregiving — Why Humanity Still Wins

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.