William Softky's guest appearances

William Softky

Team Human

Far Out With Faust (FOWF)

Conner Habib

Roger McNamee

Vicki Robin

Jason Louv

Tiffany Shlain

Jared Diamond

Charles Eisenstein

Duncan Trussell

Seth Godin

Mitch Horowitz

Darin Olien

David Zweig

Matt Stoller

Cory Doctorow

Nick Kroll

OwlTail

Theoretical neuroscientist William Softky returns to the Far Out with Faust podcast to delve deeply into the science of our senses to help us understand — technically speaking — exactly what’s going on (and what’s going wrong) within our nervous system.Learn why math is better than science (he’s got proof), and how artificial intelligence (AI), corporate algorithms, and our own blind trust in “the spreadsheets” have created a self-fulfilling dependence on the unreal that’s damaging our core in ways we may never comprehend.According to Bill, the anti human programming solution is simple: it all comes down to connection — the actual kind. Listen in to learn his anti-tech tricks that just might save us from ourselves.William Softky is a biophysicist who was among the first neuroscientists to understand  microtiming, and among the first technologists to build that understanding into algorithms.  His name is on 10 patents, thousands have cited his scientific work, and two of the companies he inspired were acquired for $160 million total. Softky holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, where he discovered a still-unsolved paradox about the firing patterns of brain neurons. A theoretical biophysicist — the son of two physicists — Softky served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon before attending grad school.His subsequent career in Silicon Valley (including biophysics, human-computer interaction, and signal processing) has given him a unique perspective on the software and hardware architecture of human brains, including new insights about our deepest (yet most deeply-hidden) high-bandwidth method of somatic communication.softky.com --A scientific philosophy of life: https://www.softky.com/index2.php Pure science: --A Grant Unified Theory of the Informational Structure of Life, starting with homeostatic fragility and  ending with spinal ecstasy and human resonant connection....all derived from scratch, no  footnotes: https://www.softky.com/index2.php --Bulletproof 60-page peer-reviewed paper outlining human nervous system  needs: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.08916.pdf --Eight mathematical proofs that brains are natively analog 3-D  processors: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.8275.pdf Fair Observer.com: https://www.fairobserver.com/author/william-softky/

Theoretical neuroscientist William Softky returns to the Far Out with Faust podcast to delve deeply into the science of our senses to help us understand — technically speaking — exactly what’s going on (and what’s going wrong) within our nervous system. Learn why math is better than science (he’s got proof), and how artificial intelligence (AI), corporate algorithms, and our own blind trust in “the spreadsheets” have created a self-fulfilling dependence on the unreal that’s damaging our core in ways we may never comprehend. According to Bill, the anti human programming solution is simple: it all comes down to connection — the actual kind. Listen in to learn his anti-tech tricks that just might save us from ourselves. William Softky is a biophysicist who was among the first neuroscientists to understand  microtiming, and among the first technologists to build that understanding into algorithms.  His name is on 10 patents, thousands have cited his scientific work, and two of the companies he inspired were acquired for $160 million total.  Softky holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, where he discovered a still-unsolved paradox about the firing patterns of brain neurons. A theoretical biophysicist — the son of two physicists — Softky served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon before attending grad school. His subsequent career in Silicon Valley (including biophysics, human-computer interaction, and signal processing) has given him a unique perspective on the software and hardware architecture of human brains, including new insights about our deepest (yet most deeply-hidden) high-bandwidth method of somatic communication. <a href="http://softky.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">softky.com</a> --A scientific philosophy of life: <a href="https://www.softky.com/index2.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.softky.com/index2.php</a> Pure science:  --A Grant Unified Theory of the Informational Structure of Life, starting with homeostatic fragility and  ending with spinal ecstasy and human resonant connection....all derived from scratch, no  footnotes: <a href="https://www.softky.com/index2.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.softky.com/index2.php</a> --Bulletproof 60-page peer-reviewed paper outlining human nervous system  needs: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.08916.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.08916.pdf</a> --Eight mathematical proofs that brains are natively analog 3-D  processors: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.8275.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.8275.pdf</a> Fair <a href="http://Observer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Observer.com</a>: <a href="https://www.fairobserver.com/author/william-softky/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.fairobserver.com/author/william-softky/</a>

A.I., Corporate Algorithms, and Anti Human Programming | William Softky

Mike Dannheim

In this podcast episode of Far Out with Faust, theoretical neuroscientist William Softky and metaphysical technology entrepreneur Mike Dannheim break down the basics of neurohacking: the science, the seemingly-limitless benefits, and most significantly, how they’re transforming the smartphone from a neuro-damaging device into one that quantifiably fosters the most important modern mission of all: human happiness.We take a deep dive into the difference between biohacking and neurohacking technology, which uses neuromechanics instead of neurochemistry: essentially, applying mathematics and data flow analysis to predictably determine how sensory vibration translates into optimal human function.Bill Softky holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, where he discovered a still-unsolved paradox about the firing patterns of brain neurons. A theoretical biophysicist — the son of two physicists — Softky served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon before attending grad school.His subsequent career in Silicon Valley (including biophysics, human-computer interaction, and signal processing) has given him a unique perspective on the software and hardware architecture of human brains, including new insights about our deepest (yet most deeply-hidden) high-bandwidth method of somatic communication.Mike Dannheim has over 12 years of experience as part of the management teams behind two venture capital-backed businesses (YCombinator and Rocket Internet). As a 17 year meditation, yoga practitioner and technology entrepreneur, his aim is to impact human health by bringing together cutting-edge research in mindfulness and neurophysiology with the support of technology to help provide access to healing and wellness for all. At the age of 20 Mike suffered a traumatic brain injury with an out of body experience where he watched his body moving around the scene of the car accident without him. The western medical system deemed him helpless and thought that he would suffer with short term memory recall issues for the rest of his life. What happened next would change his life forever.Mike is the founder of Joinsensie.com, a flow state technology that requires no special equipment. Sensie uses smartphone sensors to identify blockages in the nervous system and provides personalized techniques to clear it in less than 3 mins.https://www.softky.com/https://www.joinsensie.com/home/#hm

In this podcast episode of Far Out with Faust, theoretical neuroscientist William Softky and metaphysical technology entrepreneur Mike Dannheim break down the basics of neurohacking: the science, the seemingly-limitless benefits, and most significantly, how they’re transforming the smartphone from a neuro-damaging device into one that quantifiably fosters the most important modern mission of all: human happiness. We take a deep dive into the difference between biohacking and neurohacking technology, which uses neuromechanics instead of neurochemistry: essentially, applying mathematics and data flow analysis to predictably determine how sensory vibration translates into optimal human function. Bill Softky holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, where he discovered a still-unsolved paradox about the firing patterns of brain neurons. A theoretical biophysicist — the son of two physicists — Softky served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon before attending grad school. His subsequent career in Silicon Valley (including biophysics, human-computer interaction, and signal processing) has given him a unique perspective on the software and hardware architecture of human brains, including new insights about our deepest (yet most deeply-hidden) high-bandwidth method of somatic communication. Mike Dannheim has over 12 years of experience as part of the management teams behind two venture capital-backed businesses (YCombinator and Rocket Internet). As a 17 year meditation, yoga practitioner and technology entrepreneur, his aim is to impact human health by bringing together cutting-edge research in mindfulness and neurophysiology with the support of technology to help provide access to healing and wellness for all.  At the age of 20 Mike suffered a traumatic brain injury with an out of body experience where he watched his body moving around the scene of the car accident without him. The western medical system deemed him helpless and thought that he would suffer with short term memory recall issues for the rest of his life. What happened next would change his life forever. Mike is the founder of <a href="http://Joinsensie.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joinsensie.com</a>, a flow state technology that requires no special equipment. Sensie uses smartphone sensors to identify blockages in the nervous system and provides personalized techniques to clear it in less than 3 mins. <a href="https://www.softky.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.softky.com/</a> <a href="https://www.joinsensie.com/home/#hm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.joinsensie.com/home/#hm</a>

Neurohacking Technology: Rewiring the Brain | William Softky & Mike Dannheim

Criscillia Benford

Consider a text message in which you are deciding where to meet for dinner with a friend. As you go back and forth in that stream of abbreviated communication, you suggest, “Let’s eat Italian,” to which your friend responds “Fine.” The one-word text sends you into a state of alarm. Did they mean “fine” as in “great,” or “fine” as in “Fine, you win, we can eat where you’d like”? Somewhere in this chain of communication trust, has been lost. Playing for Team Human today are William Softky and Criscillia Benford, a husband and wife team who are looking deep into the biophysical and mathematical underpinnings of establishing trust in communications. They’ve just published a paper titled “Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust” in the journal, Neural Computation. In this conversation, Softky and Benford join Douglas Rushkoff to dive deep into experiences of digital disorientation and even screen addiction. What’s really going on in our brains as we consume more and more digital stimuli? Have our nervous systems been recalibrated to these flattened, two-dimensional interactions? Are we "out of tune" when it comes to trust? Opening today’s show, Rushkoff looks at the recent Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match. Did this spectacle represent a surrogate Trump vs. Obama battle? And while that fight is over, the victor declared, what does it mean when governance itself becomes a prolonged spectacle?   Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Consider a text message in which you are deciding where to meet for dinner with a friend. As you go back and forth in that stream of abbreviated communication, you suggest, “Let’s eat Italian,” to which your friend responds “Fine.” The one-word text sends you into a state of alarm. Did they mean “fine” as in “great,” or “fine” as in “Fine, you win, we can eat where you’d like”? Somewhere in this chain of communication trust, has been lost. Playing for Team Human today are <a href="https://medium.com/@realvsdigital" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">William Softky and Criscillia Benford</a>, a husband and wife team who are looking deep into the biophysical and mathematical underpinnings of establishing trust in communications. They’ve just published a paper titled “<a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/NECO_a_00988" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sensory Metrics of Neuromechanical Trust</a>” in the journal, Neural Computation. In this conversation, Softky and Benford join Douglas Rushkoff to dive deep into experiences of digital disorientation and even screen addiction. What’s really going on in our brains as we consume more and more digital stimuli? Have our nervous systems been recalibrated to these flattened, two-dimensional interactions? Are we "out of tune" when it comes to trust? Opening today’s show, Rushkoff looks at the recent Mayweather vs. McGregor boxing match. Did this spectacle represent a surrogate Trump vs. Obama battle? And while that fight is over, the victor declared, what does it mean when governance itself becomes a prolonged spectacle?   <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/931659" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get bonus content on Patreon</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Ep. 52 William Softky and Criscillia Benford "Recalibrating For Trust"