The Hope Axis by Anna Gát

Updated: 28 Jul 2025 • 28 episodes
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What is there in the world to hope and work for? Let's discuss!

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The inimitable Sari Azout, founder of the new digital gardening platform Sublime, joins me for a wide-ranging discussion about ideas, digital minimalism, humane tech and building the future with care. Hope you enjoy! You can read the transcript of this conversation here. Important Links:Sublime’s SubstackSari on Sublim

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Anna Gát & Erik Hoel 14 Jul 2025 • EN

Erik Hoel: Free Will, Consciousness, and Hopeful Futures

The very great Erik Hoel joins me for a conversation on AI, free will, emergence, creativity, neuroscience, consciousness and much more. Hope you enjoy! For the full transcript of our conversation, click here. Important Links:The Intrinsic PerspectiveErik on Twitter/X Show Notes: (0:00:00) Guest Introduction (0:05:12)

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Santiago Ramos of Wisdom of Crowds joins me to talk about hope in apocalyptic times. AI, public philosophy, journalism, the aesthetics of urgent honesty, the value of disagreement, dialectics leading one to religion, whether crowds really are wise... ENJOY! For the full transcript of our conversation, click here. Impor

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The very great Agnes Callard joins me to talk about her excellent new book Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. Just two Hungarian girls discussing love and ethics, truth and ignorance, paradoxes and beliefs—and Kant, Aristotle, Mill, Nussbaum, William James—and of course Socrates. Hope you enjoy! For the

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Anna Gát & Rohit Krishnan 17 May 2025 • EN

Rohit Krishnan: Hope for India, Hope for the AGI Era

Author, builder and friend — Rohit Krishan joins me in a wide ranging conversation about Indian and American culture. We discuss the Get Shit Done mentality of Indian entrepreneurs, predictions for the Indian diaspora, Rohit’s experiences with LLMs, and the surprising ways his children use AI. For the full transcript o

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The brilliant and always candid Haya Odeh - co-founder and design lead of Replit - and I talked about her company (and her husband and co-founder Amjad Masad), entrepreneurship, and hope — immigration, motherhood, resilience, being your best self, and the great power of not having a plan B.https://x.com/HayaOdehhttps:/

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