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My guest today is Martin Ford, a futurist and author focused on the impact artificial intelligence is having on society and the economy. He is also the founder of a Silicon Valley based software development company and recently started Genesis Systems, focused on creating sustainable water by way of atmospheric water retention systems. He has over 25 years of experience in software development and systems. His newest book is “Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.”

The topic is his book Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Loss of jobs to robots
• Basic income
• Rapid advancements in technology
• Poverty traps
• Dignity and work
• Technology in medicine
• Population and pollution
• Sustainable water

Mentions & Resources:

• Martin Ford
• Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
• Genesis Systems
• @MFordFuture

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Please enjoy my monologue Lobster Logic with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

• Cognitive dissonance
• Ad hominem
• Political correctness
• Politics
• Gender equality
• Gender pronouns
• The lessons for life from this are profound

Mentions & Resources:

• Jordan Peterson
• Cognitive dissonance

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I found Trend Following to be an excellent read. Some chapters were of discovery to me in terms of trading knowledge, other chapters reinforced my current behaviors regarding trading and I found some chapters to challenge my attitude/ideas/beliefs about trading for the better!

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My guest today is William Damon, a Professor of Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, Director of the Stanford Center on Adolescence, and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He is one of the world’s top researchers on development of purpose in life and author of the widely influential book “The Path to Purpose.” In January 2018 he was named one of the 50 most influential psychologists. This conversation lets listeners to rethink their purpose and take inventory on their day to day life.

The topic is his book The Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• Purpose
• Prestige of colleges
• Celebrity status misconceptions
• Developmental psychology
• Influences of childhood
• Prospective thinking
• Basic morals and values
• Public schools and curriculum being used

“You need to do something that is dedicated to something larger than yourself in life. Otherwise you will never have enough. You will never have enough to satisfy your materialistic impulses. You will always be grasping for more and more and you will always come up short.” – William Damon

Mentions & Resources:

• William Damon
• The Path to Purpose
• Stanford Center on Adolescence
• Alan Watts – What if Money Was No Object

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Michael- I very much appreciate your writing in Trend Following. As a knowledge “junkie” who graduated from a top ranked undergraduate “business school,” I couldn’t get behind going to wall street b/c I couldn’t make sense of the EMT. I was a product of the great recession and had teachers spouting off about efficient markets when you watched industry behemoths like google, apple, GE, etc lose 50% of their value in a year. Never really seemed that efficient to me.

Data and math has always spoken to me so reading your book and building trading systems is like a calling.

As a former baseball guy myself, I very much appreciate your baseball sentiments. If you’re ever in Columbus, OH, we have a pretty good minor league team and the stadium/atmosphere is top notch. Would be happy to offer you a beer at a game.

Thanks for all you do, your podcast is great as well. You may want to check out Michael Gervais finding mastery since it appears that you take a keen interest in human psychology. He is a top level performance psychologist.

Best,
[Name]

Thanks. Michael Gervais was on my show.

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

Also jump in:

• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

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• Mauboussin On The Future Of Active Management
• Swedroe: Drivers Behind The Dip
• The Best Way to Lose $5 Billion Dollars
• What You Control
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• Warning: Leveraged and Inverse ETFs Kill Portfolios
• The New Permanent Portfolio For Millennials
• Should You Dollar-Cost Average?

Enjoy.

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How can you move forward immediately to Trend Following profits? My books and my Flagship Course and Systems are trusted options by clients in 70+ countries.

Also jump in:

• Trend Following Podcast Guests
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Performance
• Research
• Markets to Trade
• Crisis Times
• Trading Technology
• About Us

Trend Following is for beginners, students and pros in all countries. This is not day trading 5-minute bars, prediction or analyzing fundamentals–it’s Trend Following.

Subscribe to Trend Following Radio on iTunes

Please enjoy my monologue The Machines Will Kill Us with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio:

• Fake news
• Machines taking over
• Volatility in markets
• Crypto currency

Mentions & Resources:

• Cliff Asness

li>Listen to this podcast on iTunes. (Please leave a rating!)

Listen to this episode:

• Listen to this podcast on iTunes. (Please leave a rating!)
• Listen on Spotify.
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• Free Video.

Want to learn more Trend Following? Watch my video here.