When AI Grow Up What kind of future are we raising our kids into? I'm Peter Ostick — entrepreneur, investor, and father to three kids (13, 4, and 1). In When AI Grow Up, I'm interviewing founders, educators, futurists, and technologists to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping not just our work — but the world our children will inherit. We dig into the big questions: – How will AI change education? – What jobs will still exist (and what new ones will be born)? – What kind of society…
This episode was recorded on Tuesday 9 December . In it, Dr Mei-Ling Doery refers to "the Bondi massacre," meaning the Bondi Junction attack of April 2024 . At the time, we could not have known that another massacre would occur at Bondi Beach that following Sunday. Bondi is a place I once called home, and the closeness of these events is deeply felt. After careful reflection, we have chosen to…
Modern men are struggling with identity, purpose, dating, confidence, mental health, and direction. In this raw and honest conversation with host Peter Ostick and Ronen Heine (scientist-turned-lawyer, founder of Luna, lecturer and advisor to startups and VCs), we break down the real crisis facing men today and what needs to change. We talk about: Biological reality vs social shame — how young…
Lee Kuan Yew was the founder of modern-day Singapore. He took Singapore from third world to first in one generation. His candour in analysing other counties such as the UK, US & China is incredibly insightful. So here is what you are in for the next 45 minutes of your life. I want to look at: Who was Lee Kuan Yew? What was the back story to Singapore we see today? What were his principles and…
In this podcast, I use Will & Ariel Durant's book Lessons from history to examine why there is a tension between freedom and equality. "Nature smiles at the union of freedom and equality in our utopias. For freedom and equality are sworn and everlasting enemies, and when one prevails the other dies." I look at examples such as Andrew Carnegie, Bill Gates, John D Rockefeller and Jeff Bezos and…
I want to dive into the Roman Stoic's and in particular why the believed tranquillity or peace of mind should be an ultimate goal. First, we need an introduction into the Roman Stoics, second why the goal of tranquillity or peace of mind was deemed so important and finally, I think more importantly I want to share some of the techniques that the stoics practiced for peace of mind. Hopefully given…
I am currently going deep into how technology is impacting Healthcare. As part of that I am speaking to early-stage entrepreneurs in the initial staging of funding, but as part of my research, I came across Rami Weiss who is the CEO of a fully scaled up health tech business called Healthshare, which is building innovative products that improve access to health information and health practitioners.…
One of the areas that I have thought a lot about over the years, is the financial sustainability of social ventures. I think it's fair to say that my track record on this is mixed. The positive intention has without doubt been there. For example, I started writing the outline for the business that became TVN in the foreword of the book by Mathew Bishop Philanthrocapitalism I bonded with TVN's…
It's June 30th 2017 and Josh Ismin and myself are at the end of a two-year earn-out for the acquisition of our company TVN, the digital video marketplace we started in my basement in Tamarama 7 years ago. All the vital signs of the company are great: Our revenue is pushing $45million, we are operating in 9 different countries in Asia Pacific, we have survived competition from Google and Facebook…
Let's be honest, there are lots of well-documented problems in the world and luckily there are also people in the world who see those problems and are driven to take massive action. On the podcast today we have one of those people, Bronwyn Sheehan founder and CEO of the Pyjama Foundation an organisation that promotes numeracy and literacy to children in the foster care system. I have got to know…
What should western organisations consider when thinking about launching in Asian countries? What is it like to be a non-native speaker running Google in Thailand? Why is the digital economy in China accelerating so quickly? Where is Google headed in Machine Learning? How does a sporting career influence building high performing corporate teams? I discuss all this and more with my good friend Ben…