Ask A Genius 302 – Sensory Systems and Consciousness (1)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 302 – Sensory Systems and Consciousness (1) September 26, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Off tape in the past, we've talked about sensory apparatuses, which is indicating you know consciousness. What do you mean by that? Rick Rosner: Well all right before we get to that let's talk …

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Ask A Genius 301 – Edenbargain (3)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 301 - Edenbargain (3) September 25, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: We are about to deconstruct ourselves and completely understand how we are made, how we work, and we are about to have dominion over ourselves and our drives.  So, we are acquiring knowledge and we are getting kicked out of …

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Ask A Genius 300 – Edenbargain (2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 300 - Edenbargain (2) September 24, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: You mean this as a metaphor, just to clarify? Rick Rosner: Yeah. And to put it in you know less religious terms, you could say instead of God setting a place at his table, you could say that evolution …

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Ask A Genius 298 – Universal Basic Income (8)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 298 - Universal Basic Income (8) September 22, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What’s the source of this? Rosner: You mean what makes me say that? Well, you go on social media, particularly Twitter and it's a festival of rancor and bullying and ridicule and non-conciliatory speech. Then …

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Ask A Genius 297 – Universal Basic Income (7)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 297 - Universal Basic Income (7) September 21, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: Let me sum up, just let me say this. Guaranteed minimum wage is one tool on the Swiss army knife of addressing automation based economic dislocation. Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Okay. Rosner: It's something that should always …

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Ask A Genius 296 – Universal Basic Income (6)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 296 - Universal Basic Income (6) September 20, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: There have been arguments for some of these things. Or another thing could happen is if you don’t get people the guaranteed minimum income, then they get poor and then it’s a business opportunity for companies …

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Ask A Genius 295 – Universal Basic Income (5)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 295 - Universal Basic Income (5) September 19, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: There have been arguments for some of these things. Or another thing could happen is if you don’t get people the guaranteed minimum income, then they get poor and then it’s a business opportunity for companies …

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Ask A Genius 294 – Universal Basic Income (4)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 294 - Universal Basic Income (4) September 18, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: So, the guaranteed minimum income is one way to do things, another way to do things is to pay people for things that perhaps people haven't been paid for in the past like expressing consumer preferences; …

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Ask A Genius 293 – Universal Basic Income (3)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 293 - Universal Basic Income (3) September 17, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Rick Rosner: I consider the Trump-Clinton election like the first AI election; first election where automation and computerization and robots really helps determine the lot of the issues. We're behind a lot of the issues in the elections …

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Ask A Genius 292 – Universal Basic Income (2)

In-Sight Publishing Ask A Genius 292 - Universal Basic Income (2) September 16, 2017 [Beginning of recorded material] Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Which country? Rosner: Finland. Jacobsen: 550-year-old monthly wage to ten thousand working adults. Rosner: Okay, so ten thousand people, not 10% of the population? Jacobsen: No. Rosner: So, that works out to be like 7200 bucks …

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