#58 - Justin Baker: DATA PRIVACY; ANTITRUST IN TECH; EXTREMISM; ORGANIZED RELIGION; THE TRUE MEANING OF SCIENCE; SOLVING DEATH

Justin Baker is the Co-Founder & CTO of Soar, a spatial technology company that specializes in AR/VR and compression innovation. The company’s mission is to make volumetric technology (like holograms) a central part of our everyday lives.

***TIMESTAMPS***

7:52 - The data question; Immersive Tech; Apple Tracking Opt-Out

20:21 - Using the phone to view holograms vs. Hardware Capabilities being used to develop experiences; Why there aren’t a lot of volumetric capture (Volcap) companies

33:50 - The transition from a 2D to 3D world in comparison to what happened in the music industry; Gamified everything; Selection 230 and Cancel Culture; Divide and Conquer Power Structure in society

45:29 - Jeff Bezos, Amazon, and the Antitrust question; Monopolies and Oligopolies; Everyone on the internet has an opinion

56:39 - Gender & The LGBT Community discussion; Baker explains Quantum Entanglement to Julian

1:03:03 - “There is inherent good and evil in everything”; Organized Religion debate; Religions and Cults discussion; The actual meaning of the word “Science” and why many on the internet have no idea what they’re talking about

1:22:22 - “We live in extremes”; Why people don’t want to be wrong and what effect that has on discourse; How a multi-planetary system could solve the problem of extremes

1:38:50 - Narcissism and Social Media

1:45:21 - Groupthink in the tech community; Participation trophies and winning vs. losing today

1:56:46 - “Money Runs the world” through the lens of the NBA China example

2:03:16 - Apple’s stances on Privacy; Facebook and their VR future (via Oculus); How close are we to full VR adoption?; Mark Zuckerberg’s track record

2:20:02 - Edward Snowden’s Claims and Apple’s Privacy reputation conundrum; Why you can’t have it both ways; Capitalism vs. Socialism

2:43:33 - Baker’s ultimate Dream; Solving Death; Space, Robots, and the Incoming Generation of Man vs. Machines

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