Converge: The Business of Creativity Podcast with Dane Sanders
Amit Gupta on Optimism in a Pessimist's World
Amit Gupta is an entrepreneur, writer, and serial op...
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Jun 23 2022 36m
Chapter 1 2 mins
tells a bit about his history as a tech entrepreneur, from playing around with HTML in college to his first startup and working as an intern with Seth GodinChapter 2 2 mins
tells a story about a traumatic event that happened to him with some friends on the train tracks, which Dane says shows not only Amit’s resilience, but also that he hasn’t led a charmed life of the entrepreneur destined for success.Chapter 3 4 mins
2011, Amit was unexpectedly diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia, throwing him into a whirlwind of treatment and recovery, and subsequently began a national campaign for stem cell donation awarenessChapter 4 1 min
is never an inevitability, it’s a universal human experience. But those who suffer and respond to suffering, in a way that somehow transcends the suffering is the kind of person that I want to learn from.”Chapter 5 1 min
After his recovery, Amit changed the course he had been on and began to write science fiction, to pursue a passion for imagining a world made possible by technologyChapter 6 4 mins
“The fiction that we're deluged with is so often dystopian. And it really concerns me that if we are just seeing the imaginations of our most creative people being devoted to how terrible the future could be, we're not going to be able to dream other ways that could be wonderful.”Chapter 7 2 mins
Amit shares some of the ways that getting sick changed his perspective and choices in life, and how he struggles to remember what the things are that really matterChapter 8 1 min
The book Replay by Ken Grimwood is a reminder of the universal possibilities that exist for each of us in this lifeChapter 9 4 mins
Amit introduces us to his newest creation, Sudowrite, an AI-based creative writing toolChapter 10 3 mins
Dane admits to gushing when it comes to how cool Sudowrite is, and how much it could change the landscape for writers and open up new possibilitiesChapter 11 4 mins
Amet shares his thoughts on where he thinks the future is going