In this episode, we talk to Steven Winston, Ph.D., President and CEO of Winston Associates, former Vice President of Technical and Management Integration at Lockheed Martin and former Vice President at Parsons, among many other exciting roles in various industries throughout his illustrious career. We start by discussing how to transcend incrementalism in scientific research and make giant leaps in discovery, highlighting an experience from Steve's career to conspire with like-minded scientists to have fun along the way of making groundbreaking progress.

We talk about his role in founding Crisiscience community of researchers representing different disciplines to search for the response to Covid-19.

We also address breakthrough research at the intersection of seemingly unrelated disciplines, such as nuclear and nanotechnology, and the innovations that occur as a result. We conclude by imagining the future of innovation and science, highlighting one of the astonishing implications of the discovery of thermionic emission and its relation to hypersonic travel and the future of electricity.

Hosts: Mikhail, Amanda and John

Guest: Steve Winston

Resources Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-winston-6963574a/

About CrisiScience: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/08/11/thomas-hodge-covid-battle/

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Carlos Zapata-Carratala, a mathematical scientist. He founded SEMF, an international non-profit association dedicated to advancing education and knowledge communication. We begin by discussing information overflow and how multidisciplinary research can help make sense of these data and spot relevant patterns. Next, we talk about the advent of the Fifth Industrial Revolution, creating an ecosystem of sentient digital beings and the technologies that would propel it forward, such as generative AI and computational interfaces. We further discuss the mathematical approaches to describe higher-order systems and relations, such as within circular DNA and brain imaging. We dive deeper into the nature of the creative process involving highly specialized multidisciplinary experts. We also touch on sustainable living, quality of life, and the interrelation between nature, intelligence, and design.

In this episode, our guest is Ben Warwick, Chief Investment Officer of Aveo Capital Partners. We begin with the human aspect of wealth management, discussing why the approach should be tailored to each person's situation, outlook, and definition of financial success. We overview the history of value storage and preservation mechanisms, such as the gold standard, fiat systems, and cryptocurrencies, and what the future of these tools might look like. We further discuss the concepts of economic, relational, and spiritual poverty and the ways to abolish these through career and community development. We talk about the future of wealth management and the potential scenario of changing the definition of wealth when anything is available for free with the help of technology such as a replicator. We touch on the trends related to AI, its impact on technological development and economic growth, and discuss its negative influence on people's problem-solving skills.