About this episode
Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Fascinated about how things worked and technology from a young age, today's guest, Byron Reese, makes you question, are you a machine? Today, he puts his fascination into good use as the CEO and publisher of Gigaom, an industry-leading technology research company. Bryon is also an award-winning public speaker and author of "The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity." Byron grew up in Austin, TX and became an entrepreneur at the young age of 12. He did not have entrepreneurship in his family background, but that wouldn't stop Byron from becoming a great success today. As a futurist, a forward thinker, Byron helps you think about the good that artificial intelligence has to offer and where we are going in this age of technology. Listen in to hear more about Byron: Growing up Rice University Starting his first company with a can of spray paint Starting Knowingly Santa Mail Talking about Gigaom and AI Are you a machine? Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : "450 businesses is a lot. How do you think about playing the long game vs a short one, when it comes to sticking with something for so long?" The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode: "What are We in the end?" Links from this episode: Byron's LinkedIn Gigaom The Fourth Age Twitter Founder Institute
