Extrapolate with Rob Hof

Understand yourself and the world better one episode at a time.

Extrapolate with Rob Hof is a society podcast hosted by Rob Hof, with 11 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rob Hof hosts Extrapolate with Rob Hof, a society show with 11 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

  Rosi Braidotti: How to Redesign the Future of Humanity

  Apr 28, 202643 minS0

  <p>World-renowned philosopher Rosi Braidotti explains why Silicon Valley transhumanism is a dangerous threat to democracy, why the modern "happiness industry" is a capitalist trap, and how the next generation can use "affirmative ethics" to redesign the future of humanity.</p><p><br></p><p>Rosi Braidotti is a distinguished contemporary philosopher and feminist theoretician, best known for her pioneering work in posthumanism and affirmative ethics. She is a Professor Emerita at Utrecht University and the author of highly influential books, including The Posthuman and Posthuman Knowledge. For decades, her work has bridged the gap between classical philosophy, the rise...

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  Episode #10

  Katherine Hayles: How AI Will Radically Change the Human Species

  Apr 16, 202638 minS0

  <p>Pioneering literary scholar and critical theorist N. Katherine Hayles explains why our traditional ideas of free will are being dismantled by AI, why the transhumanist dream of downloading your brain into a computer is a dangerous fantasy, and why human destiny is now permanently entangled with machine intelligence.</p><p><br></p><p>Katherine Hayles is a globally recognized theorist who has spent decades exploring the intersection of literature, science, and technology. She is the author of foundational books like How We Became Posthuman and her most recent work, From Bacteria to AI. With a unique background spanning both...

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  Episode #9

  The Techno-Progressive Future: UBI, AI, and and the Left – James J. Hughes

  Mar 22, 20261h 16mS0

  <p>Sociologist and bioethicist James J. Hughes explains why the future of human enhancement and AI shouldn't belong to Silicon Valley billionaires, and how a "techno-progressive" revolution can guarantee radical life extension, basic income, and technological freedom for the 99%.</p><p>James J. Hughes is a sociologist, bioethicist, and former Buddhist monk who serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET). He is one of the founding voices of democratic transhumanism and techno-progressivism, author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future, and a leading thinker on...

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  Episode #8

  The Architecture of Longevity and the Future of Conscious AI – Natasha Vita-More

  Mar 13, 20261h 16mS0

  <p>Transhumanist pioneer and designer Dr. Natasha Vita-More explains why the AI "doomsday" narrative is a myth, why we need to stop using the flippant term "anti-aging," and how we must fundamentally redesign the infrastructure of human life for a 200-year lifespan.</p><p>Dr. Natasha Vita-More is an award-winning innovator, academic, and a foundational figure in the transhumanist movement. She wrote the Transhumanist Manifesto in the early 1980s (which flew to Saturn aboard the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft), designed the first conceptual future whole-body prosthetic, and has spent over 40 years researching healthy longevity, neuroplasticity, and human enhancement.</p><p>In this...

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  Episode #7

  MIT Engineer: We Are the Last Mortal Generation – Jose Cordeiro

  Mar 6, 202654 minS0

  <p>MIT engineer and longevity expert Jose Cordeiro explains why we are between the last mortal generation and the first immortal generation, how AI is accelerating the cure for aging, and why he believes humans will achieve biological immortality by 2030.</p><p>Jose Luis Cordeiro, PhD, is an MIT-trained engineer, transhumanist, and world-renowned advocate for life extension. He is the co-author of the international bestseller The Death of Death and the lead organizer of the International Longevity Summit in Madrid. He has spent decades working alongside pioneers like Ray Kurzweil and Aubrey de Grey to reframe aging not as an...

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