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Nikola Danaylov Ⓥ
@veganfuturist.bsky.social
Futurist Keynote Speaker | Raconteur & Provocateur
Unlocking Context. Leveraging Change. Driving Impact.
Speaker inquiries & insights: https://snglrty.co/3Edlsij
Did Integral AI just announce #AGI?

In my new interview, Jad Tarifi lays out a model and learning paradigm so bold I couldn’t stop saying “Wow.”

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Breaking: Did Integral AI’s Jad Tarifi Just Announce AGI?
Jad Tarifi unveils a breakthrough toward AGI: a new architecture, a new learning paradigm, and an alignment framework so bold I couldn’t stop saying “Wow.”
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In an age of #AI and endless content, #story is still the most powerful tech we have.

Jonah Sachs and I explore why great stories move culture, ignite change, and define what comes next.

Best line: “Storytelling is the neglected secret weapon we all have.”

Full conversation: snglrty.co/3Tqf9w4
Jonah Sachs on Winning the Story Wars
Jonah Sachs is an author, speaker, and viral marketing pioneer. He helped create some of the world’s first social change digital campaigns.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What if #foresight is our most overlooked superpower?

My conversation with #futurist John Smart (recorded in 2022) hits even harder now: accelerating #tech, #AGI, #geopolitics, and why we must stay in “evo-devo balance” to navigate what’s coming.

Watch here: snglrty.co/47ovd7q
John Smart: Foresight is Your Hidden Superpower
John Smart on his one-of-a-kind all-in-one instruction manual, methodological encyclopedia, and daily work bible for both futurists and foresighters.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Why do humans tell stories?

Brian Boyd argues story is an evolutionary adaptation — a tool for pattern-detection, imagination, and navigating futures we haven’t lived.

We discuss evolution, cognition, AI’s struggle with narrative, religion, the “Myth Gap,” and more.

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Brian Boyd on the Origin of Stories
Prof. Brian Boyd discusses "The Origin of Stories" and the connections between evolution, cognition, and fiction.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Dr. Kendall Haven once told me: “Story is woven into our DNA. We are story.”

In our conversation, we unpacked the neuroscience behind storytelling, why humans are Homo narrative, and why framing—not more facts—actually changes minds.

Still one of my most eye-opening interviews.

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Kendall Haven on Story Proof: The Science Behind Story
Kendall Haven is a West Point graduate with Ph. D. in oceanography and a professional storyteller. His "Story Proof" pioneered the science behind story.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A deep dive with Joscha Bach on AI, cosmology, consciousness, and why we live in a “learnable” universe.

Favorite line: “Intelligence is the ability to dream in a very focused way.”

Watch: snglrty.co/4ejzBa5
Joscha Bach on AI, Cosmology, Existence and the Bible
Joscha Bach is a beautiful mind and a very rewarding interlocutor. No surprise I had so many requests to have him back on my podcast.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#Nietzsche, #AI & becoming.

My talk with Cadell Last still hits hard.

“The path of overcoming lies between identity and difference.”

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Cadell Last on Nietzsche, Transhumanism and Story
Dr. Cadell Last is 1 of few people who can make me enjoy a challenging conversation on Nietzsche and Transhumanism. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Futurist Byron Reese argues our future is shaped by 3 things: #stories, probability & rocks that think.

We explore #consciousness, early tools, #AI, #optimism vs. #skepticism & how humans invent tomorrow.

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Byron Reese on Stories, Dice and Rocks That Think
Byron Reese is an entrepreneur, technologist, and futurist who's done 2 NASDAQ IPOs. His latest book is "Stories, Dice and Rocks That Think."
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November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What happens to free will when AI starts making our choices for us?

In my new interview, @byjacobward.bsky.social explains how algorithms are shrinking human agency — and what we can still do to protect it.

Watch/listen: snglrty.co/3Kh2M4c
Jacob Ward on The Loop, AI, and a World Without Real Choices
Jacob Ward joins Nikola to reveal how AI is narrowing human choice, reshaping behavior, and what we must do to defend our self-determination.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
David Loy and I explored a question that matters more than ever: How do we respond appropriately to a world in crisis?

We cover #Zen, #EcoDharma, #climate breakdown, #AI, existential risk, and the stories shaping #human meaning.

Watch the full conversation: snglrty.co/3FhCWtO
David Loy on Zen, EcoDharma, AI and Story
Prof. David Loy works on bridging the gap between the East and the West, Buddhism and modernity, personal enlightenment, and systemic change.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Revisiting my conversation with astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell on Origins, a deep dive into how Earth’s geology shaped humanity, the Anthropocene, AI, resilience, and whether we’re alone.

2 lines still echo:

We’re children of plate tectonics.

Humanity survives on eating grass.

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Lewis Dartnell on Origins: How the Earth Shaped Human History
Prof. Lewis Dartnell explains how and why Earth's geological planetary processes drove the evolution of humanity.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
AI’s next leap won’t come from scaling laws—it’ll come from biology.

In my interview with Danko Nikolic & John Smart, we explore networks as life’s foundation, the limits of current #AI, and how #neuromimicry + #biomimicry may be the real path to alignment.

Watch here: snglrty.co/4buvY0S
Danko Nikolic and John Smart on AI, Practopoiesis, and Autopoiesis
Danko Nikolic and John Smart discuss the future of AI, Neuromimicry, Biomimicry, and the AI Alignment Problem.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I spoke with David Wood about The Singularity Principles — his roadmap for staying ahead of accelerating #tech. We dig into the power–wisdom gap, #ethics, #AI alignment, and his view of the #Singularity.

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David Wood on the Singularity Principles
The Singularity Principles is a unique, comprehensive, and principled framework for riding the tsunami of change, instead of drowning in it.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Three years ago, I sat down with Zoltan Istvan for a blunt conversation about AI, transhumanism, politics, AGI timelines, and the ethics of “fixing the future” by breaking the present. With Zoltan now running for Governor of California, this discussion feels even more timely.

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Zoltan Istvan on AI, Transhumanism, Politics and Ethics
Zoltan Istvan discusses a variety of topics, including criticism to some of his controversial political, economic and technical proposals.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Uncertainty isn’t a threat — it’s an advantage.

In this convo, Ursula Eysin and I dig into scenario planning, AI, leadership, and why predicting the future is a powerless position.

Her best line: “See uncertainty as a gift.”

Full interview: snglrty.co/4bm53UK
Ursula Eysin on Uncertainty and Future Scenarios
Ursula Eysin suggests that we turn uncertainty into an advantage, see it as a gift, and connect to other people.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Prof. Massimo Pigliucci and I dug into story, virtue, leadership—and whether character can keep pace with AI.

Still one of the most timely conversations I’ve had.

Full episode: snglrty.co/41BZBd6
Massimo Pigliucci on Story, Virtue, Character and AI
Massimo Pigliucci is one of those rare people who manage to combine the pursuit of deep science and the living ethos of practical philosophy.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Revisiting my 2023 interview with futurist Nikolas Badminton:

— Futurism = activism
— Hope needs imagination
— Nostalgia kills futures thinking

A powerful conversation that still holds up.

Watch here ↓

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Nikolas Badminton on Facing Our Futures: Futurism is Activism
Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist at futurist.com. See his interview to learn foresight tools and lessons from "Facing Our Futures."
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November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Answers feel safe. #Questions build the future.

In an age of instant answers (AI included), our real advantage is the courage to ask better questions.

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The World is Transformed by Asking Questions [draft]
Politics, religion & philosophy have promised us THE answers for millennia. But the value delivered has always been contextual and temporary...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Are we leaving the most human parts of ourselves out of AI?
Dr. Eve Poole argues our “junk code”—emotion, intuition, meaning, story—is actually our survival code.

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Eve Poole on Robot Souls, Junk Code and the Future of AI
Eve Poole on her book "Robot Souls," junk code, and why programming humanity into AI may be the key to protecting what makes us human.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Émile Torres and I went deep on transhumanism, longtermism, AI, bias, and the stories shaping our future. A sharp, provocative conversation worth your time.

Full interview: snglrty.co/3TVEgap
Émile Torres on Transhumanism, Longtermism and Existential Risks
Émile Torres on existential risks, escatology, teleology and transhumanism: "One of the risks of the future is Longtermism itself."
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November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Kevin Kelly and I talked about something tech avoids: #wisdom.

Also #AI, #ethics, #power, long-term thinking.

His line that still guides me: “Work on something with no name.”

Watch: snglrty.co/415rEjK
Kevin Kelly on Wisdom and Excellent Advice for Living
"Work on something that has no name." That's just 1 of the 450 seeds of wisdom from Kevin Kelly's latest book "Excellent Advice for Living."
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November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Back in 2023, Baba Brinkman turned my Future Shock keynote into an improvised rap—on the spot.

He captured the whole message in rhyme: adapt and survive.

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Future Shock Keynote Rap
Baba Brinkman performs an impromptu Future Shock Rap based on Nikola Danaylov's titular keynote speech for The Event in Gatineau, QC.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Can circus survive AI?

Yes — by staying human. The future isn’t virtual or live. It’s hybrid. Because the circus business isn’t the circus business.

It’s awe and wonder.

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The Future of Circus
The 10 most important strategies for how circus businesses and artists can thrive in a changing entertainment industry.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“Revery leads to participation.”

Dr. Martin Shaw reminds us that myth is a beautiful lie that tells a deeper truth — one that heals our data-driven world.

🎙️ Be a story-maker for your times.

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Modern Bard Dr. Martin Shaw: Be a Story-maker for Your Times
Oral storyteller Martin Shaw on being a raconteur, telling stories, the power of myth, technology, AI and having a "service code."
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November 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
18 months ago, I joined This Week in NoCode to explore the future of AI—and humanity.

We talked ethics, culture, and why wisdom must evolve alongside intelligence.

Our biggest project isn’t AI—it’s us.

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Nikola Danaylov: AI Matters. Character and Culture Matter More
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November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM