Andrew Yang’s Audacious Plan to Save Us from Automation
Andrew Yang has a lot to say about his cornerstone policy proposal for his 2020 U.S. Presidential bid – the Freedom Dividend, a Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme. Now, you’re probably thrilled or horrified. What’s the big deal?UBI goes directly to our feelings about income inequality – how it happens, and the best way to […]
Diego Gonzalez: Hometown Kid Makes Good Code
FOMO Sapiens’ youngest guest, Diego Gonzalez, shares his triumphs, failures, and learnings from his problem-solving ventures born of hackathons: StudentPeer, a peer-to-peer tutoring client, and a novel use of the diagnostic tool Microlisa as an affordable, low-friction lung cancer screening tool. He shows us that while FOMO knows no age limits, neither does entrepreneurship. More […]
Jacob Fain: Moneyball for the Music Industry
What makes a hit? Jacob Fain of Sony/ATV Music Publishing knows that the path from creative genius to creative success is rarely a straight line. In this episode of FOMO Sapiens, Jacob shares the thoughts, processes, and tools that music A&R uses to bring the next big thing to the world.