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Urgent Futures with Jesse Damiani
Welcome to the Urgent Futures Podcast, the show that finds signal in the noise. Each episode, I sit down with leading thinkers for dialogues that clarify the chaos, from culture to the cosmos.
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1Password Travel Mode: How to Protect Your Phone and Login Information at the Border (2025 Guide)
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Explaining Polycrisis and Metacrisis
Nov 7, 2023
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Jesse Damiani
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Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve & Crypto Stockpile: Innovation or the Ultimate Grift? What are the Long-Term Implications?
Mar 9
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Jesse Damiani
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What Ted Chiang’s New Yorker Essay Gets Wrong About Art and AI—and Why It Matters
Sep 2, 2024
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Jesse Damiani
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Is OpenAI Hellbent on Destruction? On the Privacy, Security, & Sociopolitical Nightmares of Atlas Browser & Sora 2
Some thoughts on why the latest developments from OpenAI fill me with dread and the responses we should consider.
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Jesse Damiani
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How AI Futures, Authoritarianism, & Behavioral Science Fit Together - Jacob Ward | #55
A truly wide-ranging conversation with journalist and communicator extraordinaire, Jacob Ward, touching on AI, ethics, historical lessons in fascism…
Oct 29
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Jesse Damiani
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Jacob Ward
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"Don't Die"? What Bryan Johnson Gets Wrong
Bryan Johnson wants to live forever, but that kind of thinking is why life on Earth is at risk of extinction. Here's my humble proposal for the type of…
Oct 28
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Jesse Damiani
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Protecting Your Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Amid Polycrisis, Responding to ICE, 'Bullying Bari Weiss,' & The Futures of Journalism …
A wide-ranging conversation rooted in Anya's ongoing research into "how we cope with the world right now."
Oct 27
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Jesse Damiani
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Anya Kamenetz
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U.S. Information Warfare, AI, Censorship, & Why Disinformation is Still—Still!—A Major Issue - Nina Jankowicz | Rapid Response #13
In 2020, we at least talked about disinformation. 5 years later it just feels like the water we swim in. But it's still critical that we understand it…
Oct 22
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Jesse Damiani
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Nina Jankowicz
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Governance by Spectacle: How Deepfakes, Lies, Shutdowns, and Strikes Signal a New Era of Systemic Unraveling
Headlines from last week underscore deeper systemic emergence(s): fiscal coercion, AI propaganda, militarization, & judicial flashpoints reshaping U.S…
Oct 6
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Jesse Damiani
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Post-Charlie Kirk America: Polycritical Foresight Analysis
A watershed assassination in America means volatility—in a context already increasingly authoritarian—what do we need to watch out for and what can be…
Sep 12
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Jesse Damiani
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Regarding the Charlie Kirk Shooting
Flash analysis: this is a powder keg moment—treat it as such.
Sep 10
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Jesse Damiani
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The (Department of) War on American Cities, Ukraine, Gaza, and the Imperial Boomerang
Historical lessons for American citizens on how colonial violence returns home.
Sep 7
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Jesse Damiani
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Historical Fascist Parallels: Why Tech's Kiss-the-Ring Dinner with Trump at the White House is Worse Than You Think
Even if you already thought it was gross!
Sep 5
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Grace Byron: 'Herculine,' Haunting, & Being Trans in America | Riffs & Speculations #2
Picking up from her new novel, 'Herculine,' we dive into the potential of speculative fiction, weaving theory into fiction—plus demons, trans girl…
Oct 15
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Jesse Damiani
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Grace Byron
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How to Tell Strategic Stories that Clarify Climate Crisis - Megan Mayhew-Bergman | Rapid Response #12
Climate crisis is (among other things!) a problem in communication & coordination. How can writers, storytellers, and artists intervene and create the…
Oct 13
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Jesse Damiani
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Megan Mayhew-Bergman
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The AI Bubble Is a Ticking Time Bomb. If It Pops, so Will the U.S. Economy.
And the U.S. economy is still heavily linked to the performance of the global economy. Here's what you need to know and how you can prepare.
Oct 9
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Jesse Damiani
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Goliath's Curse: How & Why Societies Collapse, & What We Can Do About It - Luke Kemp | #54
Watch now | In 'Goliath's Curse,' Luke Kemp comprehensively surveys collapse throughout human history—revealing what we must learn from past collapses…
Oct 8
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Jesse Damiani
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Governance by Spectacle: How Deepfakes, Lies, Shutdowns, and Strikes Signal a New Era of Systemic Unraveling
Headlines from last week underscore deeper systemic emergence(s): fiscal coercion, AI propaganda, militarization, & judicial flashpoints reshaping U.S…
Oct 6
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Jesse Damiani
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TODAY! Free Webinar: Digital Self-Defense 101 (RSVP Required)
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Oct 2
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Jesse Damiani
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Andy Hines: How to Imagine 'After Capitalism'—and Why We Must | #53
Heterodox economics & foresight collide! A leading futurist makes the case that capitalism's fundamental flaws demand that we begin to imagine what…
Oct 1
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Jesse Damiani
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Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve & Crypto Stockpile: Innovation or the Ultimate Grift? What are the Long-Term Implications?
Is President Trump’s pro-crypto play a fast-path to corruption or an overdue embrace of a maligned technology? Here's a full breakdown, including…
Mar 9
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What You Need to Know About Trump's 'U.S. Crypto Reserve'
Why Trump announced this reserve, why he chose the cryptocurrencies he did, and what that means for the global economy (and everyday people).
Mar 2
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What Ted Chiang’s New Yorker Essay Gets Wrong About Art and AI—and Why It Matters
3 responses to the legendary writer's recent claim that AI will never make art.
Sep 2, 2024
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The Drake-Kendrick Beef and Musings on the Future of AI-Generated Content
As one of the world's biggest popstars, Drake AI "covers" have proliferated since last year. Last week he turned the tables, signaling how we'll…
Apr 22, 2024
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AI at the Intersection of Instinct, Intuition, and Feelings
'SMALL V01CE' opens in Los Angeles this weekend. It's an exhibition full of questions about the ecologies of AI.
Jan 11, 2024
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