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{{short description|Venezuelan-American television personality (born 1982)}}
{{short description|Venezuelan-American television personality (born 1982)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Silva|Mishkin|lang=Spanish}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Jason Silva
| name = Jason Silva
| image = JasonSilva.jpg
| image = JasonSilva.jpg
| birth_name = Jason Luis Silva Mishkin
| birth_name = Jason Luis Silva Mishkin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|2|6}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|2|6}}{{citation needed|date = April 2023}}
| birth_place = [[Caracas]], Venezuela
| birth_place = [[Caracas]], Venezuela
| alma_mater = [[University of Miami]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Miami]]
| occupation = {{hlist|television personality|filmmaker|[[futurist]]|speaker}}
| occupation = {{hlist|television personality|filmmaker|[[futurist]]|speaker}}
}}
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'''Jason Luis Silva Mishkin''' (born February 6, 1982){{citation needed lead|date = April 2023}} is a [[Venezuelan-American]] television personality, [[short film]]maker, [[futurist]], and public speaker. He is known for hosting the National Geographic documentaries ''[[Brain Games (2011 TV series)|Brain Games]]'' and ''[[Origins: The Journey of Humankind|Origins]]''. He has stated that his goal is to use technology to excite people about philosophy and science.<ref name="King, Gayle (August 2012)">{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Gayle|last2=Mason|first2=Anthony|last3=Otter|first3=Jack|title=For August 15, 2012, CBS|work=CBS This Morning|date=August 15, 2012|location=New York, NY}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'' describes Silva as "A [[Timothy Leary]] of the Viral Video Age".<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)">{{cite news|last1=Emery|first1=Mike|title=TV personality, Jason Silva to deliver Rockwell Lecture at UH October 22|url=http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2015/September/0908RockwellLecture.php|accessdate=7 October 2016|work=University of Houston|date=September 22, 2015|location=Houston, Texas}}</ref> Silva writes and produces short films, is a former presenter on [[Current TV]], and lectures internationally on such topics as creativity, spirituality, technology, and humanity.<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" />


He believes in [[transhumanism]] and that biology will eventually "become...an information technology".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Tyson |first=Neil deGrasse |title=StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond |last2=Liu |first2=Charles |last3=Simons |first3=Jeffrey Lee |last4=Nye |first4=Bill |last5=Mirman |first5=Eugene |last6=Nice |first6=Chuck |last7=Lord |first7=Leighann |publisher=[[National Geographic Books]] |year=2016 |isbn=9781426217272 |location=Washington D.C. |pages=230 |language=en |author-link=Neil deGrasse Tyson |author-link2=Charles Liu |author-link4=Bill Nye |author-link5=Eugene Mirman |author-link6=Chuck Nice |author-link7=Leighann Lord}}</ref>
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'''Jason Luis Silva Mishkin''' (born February 6, 1982) is a [[Venezuelan-American]] television personality, filmmaker, [[futurist]], philosopher, and public speaker. He is known for hosting the National Geographic documentaries ''[[Brain Games (2011 TV series)|Brain Games]]'' and ''[[Origins: The Journey of Humankind|Origins]]''. He has stated that his goal is to use technology to excite people about philosophy and science.<ref name="King, Gayle (August 2012)">{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Gayle|last2=Mason|first2=Anthony|last3=Otter|first3=Jack|title=For August 15, 2012, CBS|work=CBS This Morning|date=August 15, 2012|location=New York, NY}}</ref> ''[[The Atlantic]]'' describes Silva as "A [[Timothy Leary]] of the Viral Video Age".<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)">{{cite news|last1=Emery|first1=Mike|title=TV personality, Jason Silva to deliver Rockwell Lecture at UH October 22|url=http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2015/September/0908RockwellLecture.php|accessdate=7 October 2016|work=University of Houston|date=September 22, 2015|location=Houston, Texas}}</ref> Silva, a former presenter on [[Current TV]], lectures internationally on such topics as creativity, spirituality, technology, and humanity, and writes and produces short films.<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" />


==Personal life==
==Early life and education==
Silva was born in Caracas, Venezuela.<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /><ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)">{{cite news|last1=Andersen|first1=Ross|title=A Timothy Leary for the Viral Video Age|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/a-timothy-leary-for-the-viral-video-age/255691/|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=The Atlantic|date=April 12, 2012}}</ref> His mother, Linda Mishkin, an artist, is [[Ashkenazi Jew]]ish. His father, Luis Manuel Silva, [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to Judaism, but, according to Silva, they were secular and lived in a household "more akin to a Woody Allen film" with lots of humor and love for art and theater.<ref name="Miller, Gerri (February 2016)">{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Gerri|title=The Jewish stars, creators and themes of winter TV|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood/article/the_jewish_stars_creators_and_themes_of_winter_tv|website=Jewish Journal.com|publisher=Tribe Media Corp.|date=February 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood/article/the_jewish_stars_creators_and_themes_of_winter_tv|title=The Jewish stars, creators and themes of winter TV — Jewish Journal|first=Gerri|last=Miller|date=3 February 2016|website=jewishjournal.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref> He is also brother to Jordan Silva and Paulina Silva.
Silva was born on February 6, 1982{{fact|date = April 2023}} in Caracas, Venezuela.<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /><ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)">{{cite news|author=Andersen, Ross & Silva, Jason|title=A Timothy Leary for the Viral Video Age|format = interview | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/a-timothy-leary-for-the-viral-video-age/255691/|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=April 12, 2012}}</ref> His mother, Linda Mishkin,{{fact|date = April 2023}} an artist, is [[Ashkenazi Jew]]ish. His father, Luis Manuel Silva,{{fact|date = April 2023}}<!--NO MENTION OF MISHKIN OR ELDER SILVA IN GERRI MILLER.--> [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to Judaism, but, according to Silva, they were secular and lived in a household "more akin to a Woody Allen film" with "a lot of humor, a love of art... and theater".<ref name="Miller, Gerri (February 2016)">{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Gerri|date = 3 February 2016 | title=The Jewish Stars, Creators and Themes of Winter TV | work = JewishJournal.com | url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood/article/the_jewish_stars_creators_and_themes_of_winter_tv | publisher=Tribe Media | access-date=26 October 2017 }}</ref> He is also brother to Jordan Silva and Paulina Silva.{{fact|date = April 2023}}

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Inspired by [[Charles Baudelaire]]'s ''Hashish House'', Silva's obsession with filmmaking and documentation started as a teenager when he hosted "salons" at his house to discuss ideas. Video, rather than pen, became his preferred way to memorialize what he calls "ecstatic moments". For Silva, it is not enough to "feel" the experience. These moments need to be "narrated in real time."<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" />


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As described by Silva in interview, he was inspired by [[Charles Baudelaire]]'s ''Hashish House'' to host "salons" at his house as a teenager to discuss ideas, and it was there that his obsession with filmmaking and documentation began. As he describes it, video rather than pen became his preferred way to memorialize what, in that time, he saw as "ecstatic moments". In response to criticism that he has received "for being overly expository... the equivalent of a voice-over narrator", it's Silva's expressed view that "it's not enough to feel the experience; it needs to be narrated in real time".<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" />
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Silva earned a degree in film and philosophy from the [[University of Miami]]<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /> in [[Coral Gables, Florida]]. He, along with [[Max Lugavere]], produced and starred in a video documentary/performance piece entitled "Textures of Selfhood."<ref name="Vogue Italia (May 2011)">{{cite web|title=Jason Silva and Max Lugavere|url=http://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/focus-on/2011/05/jason-silva-and-max-lugavere|website=Vogue Italia|accessdate=8 October 2016|date=May 20, 2011}}</ref> The short, experimental film about [[hedonism]] and [[spirituality]]<ref name="Vogue Italia (May 2011)" /> based on Silva's and Lugavere's life in Miami, gained the attention of Current producers who were looking for "passionate storytellers".<ref name="Smith, Lynn (July 2006)">{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Lynn|title=Programmers on Current: Your 15 minutes start now|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|issue=Region Edition|date=July 5, 2006|location=Pittsburgh, PA|page=B-4}}</ref>


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Silva earned a degree in film and philosophy from the [[University of Miami]].{{when|date = April 2023}}<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /><!--Source does not say Coral Gables, so this is WP:OR. If the source does not say it, we do not say it. (There may be a campus/location other than Coral Gables, at which he may have done his work.) Find a source, and then put Coral Gables back in.--> There, he and [[Max Lugavere]] produced and starred in a video documentary/performance piece entitled ''[[Textures of Selfhood]].''<ref name="Vogue Italia (May 2011)">{{cite web | author = Heller, Sabine | date=May 20, 2011 | title = Jason Silva and Max Lugavere | work = [[vogue.it]] | format = text intro to video | url=https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/focus-on/2011/05/jason-silva-and-max-lugavere| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119055731/https://www.vogue.it/en/people-are-talking-about/focus-on/2011/05/jason-silva-and-max-lugavere |access-date=6 April 2023| archive-date=2015-11-19 }}</ref> The short film is "an experimental film about [[hedonism]] and [[spirituality]]"<ref name="Vogue Italia (May 2011)" />—described as being based on Silva's and Lugavere's lives in Miami{{says who|date = April 2023}}—and it gained the attention of the [[Al Gore]]-[[Joel Hyatt]] station, [[Current TV]], who, in Silva's words, were looking for "passionate storytellers".<ref name="Smith, Lynn (July 2006)">{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Lynn|title=Programmers on Current: Your 15 Minutes Start Now|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|edition=Regional|date=July 5, 2006|location=Pittsburgh, PA|page=B-4|url = https://archives.post-gazette.com/search/?query=Jason%20Silva&dr_year=2000-2009 | access-date = 5 April 2023}}</ref>
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Silva currently lives in Amsterdam.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}


== Career ==
== Career ==
Silva is a self-described wonder junkie<ref name="King, Gayle (August 2012)" /> and performance philosopher,<ref name="Volmers, Eric (August 2013)" /> a term he first heard on a website called ''Space Collective'' by Rene Daalder.<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> He uses television, online media and lecture halls to share his perspectives.<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /> For example, in the video ''The Mirroring Mind'', Silva "explores human consciousness and the creation of that consciousness through self-reference."<ref name="Kolawole, Emi (March 2013)" />
Silva is television personality, filmmaker, [[futurist]], and public speaker; he uses television, online media, and lecture halls to share his perspectives.<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /> For example, in the video ''The Mirroring Mind'', Silva "explores human consciousness and the creation of that consciousness through self-reference."<ref name="Kolawole, Emi (March 2013)" /> He describes himself as a "wonder junkie"<ref name="King, Gayle (August 2012)" /> and as a "performance philosopher",<ref name="Volmers, Eric (August 2013)" /> a term he first heard on a website called ''[[Space Collective]]'' by [[Rene Daalder]].<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" />


=== Public speaking ===
=== Public speaking ===
An active and prolific speaker, Silva has spoken at [[Google]],<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> ''[[The Economist]]'' Ideas Festival,<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> the prestigious [[Digital Life Design|DLD Digital Life Design Conference]] in Munich,<ref name="Khamis, Jumana (September 2012)">{{cite news|last1=Khamis|first1=Jumana|title=Filmmaker-philosopher makes a stop at Dubai school|url=http://www.zawya.com/story/Filmmakerphiliosopher_makes_a_stop_at_Dubai_school-GN_14092012_150925/|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=Gulf News|date=September 14, 2012}}</ref> [[TED (conference)|TEDGlobal]],<ref name="PR Newswire (May 8, 2012)" /> the [[Singularity Summit]],<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> the PSFK Conference,<ref name="Gould, Dan (February 2012)">{{cite web|last1=Gould|first1=Dan|title=Jason Silva to speak at PSFK Conference NYC 2012|url=http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/jason-silva-futurist-filmaker-psfk-conference.html|website=PSFK.com|publisher=PSFK, LLC|accessdate=8 October 2016|location=New York|date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Festival of Dangerous Ideas]].<ref name="Khamis, Jumana (September 2012)" /><ref name="Jason Silva Bio">{{cite web|title=Jason Silva Bio|url=https://www.caaspeakers.com/jason-silva/|publisher=CAA Speakers|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref>
Silva has spoken at [[Google]],<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> ''[[The Economist]]'' Ideas Festival,<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> the [[Digital Life Design|DLD Digital Life Design Conference]] in Munich,<ref name="Khamis, Jumana (September 2012)">{{cite news|last1=Khamis|first1=Jumana|title=Filmmaker-philosopher makes a stop at Dubai school|url=http://www.zawya.com/story/Filmmakerphiliosopher_makes_a_stop_at_Dubai_school-GN_14092012_150925/|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=Gulf News|date=September 14, 2012}}</ref> [[TED (conference)|TEDGlobal]],<ref name="PR Newswire (May 8, 2012)" /> the [[Singularity Summit]],<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /> the PSFK Conference,<ref name="Gould, Dan (February 2012)">{{cite web|last1=Gould|first1=Dan|title=Jason Silva to speak at PSFK Conference NYC 2012|url=http://www.psfk.com/2012/02/jason-silva-futurist-filmaker-psfk-conference.html|website=PSFK.com|publisher=PSFK, LLC|accessdate=8 October 2016|location=New York|date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Festival of Dangerous Ideas]].<ref name="Khamis, Jumana (September 2012)" /><ref name="Jason Silva Bio">{{cite web|author = Silva, Jason | title=Jason Silva Bio|url=https://www.caaspeakers.com/jason-silva/|publisher=CAA Speakers|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref>


At [[TEDGlobal]] in June 2012, Jason premiered a short video entitled "Radical Openness".<ref name="Kolawole, Emi (March 2013)">{{cite news|last1=Kolawale|first1=Emi|title=Jason Silva on what it takes to be a 'wonder junkie'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/jason-silva-on-what-it-takes-to-be-a-wonder-junkie/2013/03/09/5a3376f0-88c6-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=The Washington Post|date=March 13, 2013|location=Washington, DC}}</ref><ref name=Vimeo>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Radical Openness|url=https://vimeo.com/38260970|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, Silva presented his Radical Openness videos at the opening keynote at Microsoft [[TechEd]] Australia.<ref name=Channel9>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Radical Openness|url=http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/2012/KEY310|accessdate=28 September 2012}}</ref> Radical Openness was also featured in his presentation at [[La Ciudad de las Ideas]] conference on November 10, 2012.
At [[TEDGlobal]] in June 2012, Silva premiered a short video entitled "Radical Openness".<ref name="Kolawole, Emi (March 2013)">{{cite news|last1=Kolawale|first1=Emi|title=Jason Silva on what it takes to be a 'wonder junkie'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/jason-silva-on-what-it-takes-to-be-a-wonder-junkie/2013/03/09/5a3376f0-88c6-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html|accessdate=8 October 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 13, 2013|location=Washington, DC}}</ref><ref name=Vimeo>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Radical Openness|url=https://vimeo.com/38260970|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, Silva presented his Radical Openness videos at the opening keynote at Microsoft [[TechEd]] Australia.<ref name=Channel9>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Radical Openness|url=http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/Australia/2012/KEY310|accessdate=28 September 2012}}</ref> Radical Openness was also featured in his presentation at [[La Ciudad de las Ideas]] conference on November 10, 2012.{{fact|date = April 2023}}


In September 2012, he presented "We Are the Gods Now" at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=We Are The Gods Now|url=http://vimeo.com/52701660|accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref>
In September 2012, he presented "We Are the Gods Now" at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=We Are The Gods Now|url=http://vimeo.com/52701660|accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref>


==Television==
==Television==

=== Current TV ===
=== Current TV ===
From 2005 to 2011, Silva was a presenter and producer on [[Al Gore]]'s cable network Current TV.<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /><ref name="Volmers, Eric (August 2013)" /><ref name="National Geographic Channel">{{cite web|title=Jason Silva: Futurist, Philosopher, Host of Brain Games|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/brain-games/articles/jason-silva/|website=National Geographic Channel|accessdate=9 October 2016}}</ref>
From 2005 to 2011, Silva was a presenter and producer on [[Al Gore]]'s cable network Current TV.<ref name="Andersen, Ross (April 2012)" /><ref name="Volmers, Eric (August 2013)" /><ref name="National Geographic Channel">{{cite web|author = Silva, Jason & NGC Staff | date = December 17, 2014 | title=Jason Silva: Futurist, Philosopher, Host of Brain Games|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/brain-games/articles/jason-silva/|website=[[National Geographic Channel]] (NGC) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150316101525/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/brain-games/articles/jason-silva/ |accessdate=6 April 2023| archive-date = 2015-03-16 }}</ref>


=== ''Brain Games'' ===
=== ''Brain Games'' ===
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=== ''Origins: The Journey of Humankind'' ===
=== ''Origins: The Journey of Humankind'' ===
Released in 2017 as a part of the National Geographic Channel, Jason Silva hosted this short series. ''[[Origins: The Journey of Humankind|Origins]]'' explores the very beginning of mankind and rewinds all the way back to the beginning, tracing the innovations that made us modern.<ref>{{Citation|title=Origins: The Journey of Humankind|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/origins-the-journey-of-humankind/|language=en|accessdate=2017-03-18}}</ref> The series features 8 episodes of approximately 45 minutes running time each. There has only been one season confirmed as of yet for ''Origins''.
Released in 2017 as a part of the National Geographic Channel, Silva hosted this short series. ''[[Origins: The Journey of Humankind|Origins]]'' explores the very beginning of mankind and rewinds all the way back to the beginning, tracing the innovations that made us modern. The series features 8 episodes of approximately 45 minutes running time each, and as of this date,{{when|date = April 2023}} only a commitment to one season of ''Origins'' has been reported.{{fact|date = April 2023}}<ref>{{Citation|title=Origins: The Journey of Humankind|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/origins-the-journey-of-humankind/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215073748/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/origins-the-journey-of-humankind/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 15, 2017|language=en|accessdate=2017-03-18}}</ref>


===Guest appearances===
===Guest appearances===
In August 2012, he appeared on ''[[CBS This Morning]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Silva: Wonder junkie|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7418208n|publisher=CBS|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, he appeared on Australian [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] program ''[[Q&A (Australian talk show)|Q&A]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Q&A - Tanya Plibersek, Kelly O'Dwyer, Mark Carnegie, Elliot Perlman & Jason Silva|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc1/201209/programs/FA1107H034D2012-09-24T213526.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> He has appeared as a guest on Season 2 of [[StarTalk (2015 TV series)|''StarTalk'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/startalk/episodes/brian-cox/|title=Brian Cox|author=|date=|website=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startalkradio.net/announcing-season-2-of-startalk-tv-on-national-geographic-channel-premiere-date-and-first-episodes/|title=Season 2 of StarTalk TV on National Geographic Channel Schedule|author=|date=15 October 2015|website=startalkradio.net|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref>
In August 2012, he appeared on ''[[CBS This Morning]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Silva: Wonder junkie|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7418208n|publisher=CBS|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> In September 2012, he appeared on Australian [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] program ''[[Q&A (Australian talk show)|Q&A]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Q&A - Tanya Plibersek, Kelly O'Dwyer, Mark Carnegie, Elliot Perlman & Jason Silva|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/abc1/201209/programs/FA1107H034D2012-09-24T213526.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> He has appeared as a guest on Season 2 of [[StarTalk (2015 TV series)|''StarTalk'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/startalk/episodes/brian-cox/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151206142715/http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/startalk/episodes/brian-cox/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2015|title=Brian Cox|author=|date=|website=nationalgeographic.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.startalkradio.net/announcing-season-2-of-startalk-tv-on-national-geographic-channel-premiere-date-and-first-episodes/|title=Season 2 of StarTalk TV on National Geographic Channel Schedule|author=|date=15 October 2015|website=startalkradio.net|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref>


==Original internet content==
==Original internet content==


==="Shots of Awe"===
==="Shots of Awe"===
In May 2013, Jason began "Shots of Awe", a [[YouTube channel]] on the [[Discovery Digital Networks]] [[TestTube]], presenting weekly "micro-documentaries" on creativity, innovation, exponential technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism and the human condition.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Shots of Awe|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/ShotsOfAwe|accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref> [[Zoltan Istvan]], editor for the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', wrote that ''Shots of Awe'' is a blend of philosophy and art and has been massively popular to the younger generation.<ref name = zoltan>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoltan-istvan/transhumanist-art-is-brin_b_5447758.html|title=Transhumanist Art Will Help Guide People to Becoming Masterpieces|first=Zoltan|last=Istvan|date=5 June 2014|website=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref>
In May 2013, Jason began "Shots of Awe", a [[YouTube channel]] on the [[Discovery Digital Networks]] [[TestTube]], presenting weekly "micro-documentaries" on creativity, innovation, exponential technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism and the human condition.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Shots of Awe|website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/user/ShotsOfAwe|accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref> [[Zoltan Istvan]], editor for the ''[[Huffington Post]]'', wrote that ''Shots of Awe'' is a blend of philosophy and art and has been massively popular to the younger generation.<ref name = zoltan>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/zoltan-istvan/transhumanist-art-is-brin_b_5447758.html|title=Transhumanist Art Will Help Guide People to Becoming Masterpieces|first=Zoltan|last=Istvan|date=5 June 2014|website=huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=26 October 2017}}</ref>


===Other appearances===
===Other appearances===
In October 2013, he appeared on [[YouTube]] for [[Google]] and [[NASA]]'s Quantum [[Artificial Intelligence]] Lab.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google and NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdHDHEuOUE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/CMdHDHEuOUE |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|date=11 October 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In October 2013, Silva appeared on YouTube for [[Google]] and [[NASA]]'s Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google and NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMdHDHEuOUE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/CMdHDHEuOUE |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|date=11 October 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He has appeared multiple times as a guest on the ''[[Joe Rogan Experience]]'' podcast.{{fact|date = April 2023}}<!--This citation support fact that Rogan has a podcast, not that Silva has appeared thereon.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Joe Rogan Experience Podcast|url=|accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref>-->


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In March 2014, he was a guest in an episode of [[SourceFed]]'s Tabletalk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhyHzxLvIIM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/KhyHzxLvIIM |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steve's New Best Friend and Why Movies Are Dreams on #TableTalk!|last=SourceFedNERD|date=18 March 2014|publisher=|accessdate=26 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In December 2017, he appeared as a guest host on the trivia app [[HQ Trivia]].{{fact|date = April 2023}}
He has appeared multiple times as a guest on the ''[[Joe Rogan Experience]]'' podcast.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silva|first=Jason|title=Joe Rogan Experience Podcast|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/|accessdate=29 June 2013}}</ref>

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In March 2014, he was a guest in an episode of [[SourceFed]]'s Tabletalk.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhyHzxLvIIM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/KhyHzxLvIIM |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Steve's New Best Friend and Why Movies Are Dreams on #TableTalk!|last=SourceFedNERD|date=18 March 2014|publisher=|accessdate=26 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In December 2017, he appeared as a guest host on the trivia app [[HQ Trivia]].

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Silva has a chapter giving advice in [[Tim Ferriss]]' book [[Tools of Titans]].


=== Other accomplishments===
=== Other accomplishments===
Silva has been featured in ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /> ''[[The Economist]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Silva speaking at the Ideas Economy Conference in Innovation|url=https://vimeo.com/40464684|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Why We Could All Use a Heavy Dose of Techno-optimism|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/why-we-could-all-use-a-heavy-does-of-techno-optimism|publisher=Vanity Fair|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Radical Openness: A Trip Through Our Next Frontier|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2012/06/26/radical-openness-a-trip-through-our-next-frontier-with-tedglobal-presenter-jason-silva/|work=Forbes|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Four Steps To Finding Inspiration, From An Idea DJ|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2012/06/26/four-steps-to-finding-inspiration-from-an-idea-dj/|work=Forbes|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/08/05/jason-silva-muses-on-humans-turning-into-gods/ Alex Knapp, Jason Silva Muses on Humans Turning Into Gods], [[Forbes]], (Aug. 5, 2011).</ref> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Silva's Captivating Videos Deliver a Dose of 'Techno-Optimism'|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/jason-silva/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> and many others.
Silva has been featured in ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" /> ''[[The Economist]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Silva speaking at the Ideas Economy Conference in Innovation|url=https://vimeo.com/40464684|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Why We Could All Use a Heavy Dose of Techno-optimism|date=7 May 2010 |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/why-we-could-all-use-a-heavy-does-of-techno-optimism|publisher=Vanity Fair|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[Forbes]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Radical Openness: A Trip Through Our Next Frontier|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenkotler/2012/06/26/radical-openness-a-trip-through-our-next-frontier-with-tedglobal-presenter-jason-silva/|work=Forbes|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Four Steps To Finding Inspiration, From An Idea DJ|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2012/06/26/four-steps-to-finding-inspiration-from-an-idea-dj/|work=Forbes|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/08/05/jason-silva-muses-on-humans-turning-into-gods/ Alex Knapp, Jason Silva Muses on Humans Turning Into Gods], [[Forbes]], (Aug. 5, 2011).</ref> ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Jason Silva's Captivating Videos Deliver a Dose of 'Techno-Optimism'|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/jason-silva/|magazine=Wired|accessdate=17 August 2012 |last1=Millikan |first1=Arikia }}</ref> and many others.{{fact|date = April 2023}}


In 2011, he became a fellow at the Hybrid Reality Institute, examining the [[symbiosis between man and machine]].<ref name="Volmers, Eric (August 2013)" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Hybrid Reality Fellows|url=http://hybridreality.me/about/fellows/|publisher=Hybrid Reality Institute|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref>
In 2011, he became a fellow at the Hybrid Reality Institute, examining the [[symbiosis between man and machine]].<ref name="Volmers, Eric (August 2013)" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Hybrid Reality Fellows|url=http://hybridreality.me/about/fellows/|publisher=Hybrid Reality Institute|accessdate=17 August 2012}}</ref>


His film ''ATTENTION: The Immersive Power of Cinema''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlClW6-Ozms&list=UUiL3S6IS15fYdcNS8HOn2cw&index=11 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/NlClW6-Ozms |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=ATTENTION: The Immersive Power of Cinema|last=Jason Silva|date=12 December 2012|publisher=|accessdate=26 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was part of the exhibition 'KINO und der kinamatografische Blick' ('CINEMA and the cinematographic gaze'), 20 March - 2 June 2013, at MEWO Kunsthalle in [[Memmingen]] ([[Germany]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html|title=MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen :: Kino und der kinematografische Blick|author=|date=|website=www.mewo-kunsthalle.de|accessdate=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163548/http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html|archive-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
His film ''Attention: The Immersive Power of Cinema''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlClW6-Ozms&list=UUiL3S6IS15fYdcNS8HOn2cw&index=11 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/NlClW6-Ozms |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=Attention: The Immersive Power of Cinema|last=Jason Silva|date=12 December 2012|publisher=|accessdate=26 October 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was part of the exhibition 'Kino und der kinamatografische Blick' ('Cinema and the cinematographic gaze'), 20 March - 2 June 2013, at MEWO Kunsthalle in [[Memmingen]] ([[Germany]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html|title=MEWO Kunsthalle Memmingen :: Kino und der kinematografische Blick|author=|date=|website=www.mewo-kunsthalle.de|accessdate=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026163548/http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html|archive-date=26 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


In 2014, Silva served as advisor for National Geographic Channel's Expedition Granted competition in which finalists are chosen based on their project's originality, viability and potential impact on either the local or global community.<ref name="PR Newswire (September 2014)">{{cite news|title=National Geographic Channel selects 10 next-Generation explorers as Expedition Granted finalists: from health care to the environment to bio-energy, 10 finalists have defined their ultimate dream expeditions for public consideration|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-geographic-channel-selects-10-next-generation-explorers-as-expedition-granted-finalists-275278221.html|accessdate=9 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=September 16, 2014|location=New York}}</ref>
In 2014, Silva was an advisor for National Geographic Channel's Expedition Granted competition in which finalists are chosen based on their project's originality, viability and potential impact on either the local or global community.<ref name="PR Newswire (September 2014)">{{cite news|title=National Geographic Channel selects 10 next-Generation explorers as Expedition Granted finalists: from health care to the environment to bio-energy, 10 finalists have defined their ultimate dream expeditions for public consideration|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-geographic-channel-selects-10-next-generation-explorers-as-expedition-granted-finalists-275278221.html|accessdate=9 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=September 16, 2014|location=New York}}</ref>

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Silva has a chapter giving advice in [[Tim Ferriss]]' book [[Tools of Titans]].{{full|date = April 2023}}


==Conferences and lectures==
==Conferences and lectures==
*"Critical Crossroads" at the TEDGlobal 2012 "Radical Openness" Conference, Edinburgh Scotland (June 2012)<ref name="PR Newswire (May 8, 2012)">{{cite news|title=TED Announces Speaker Program for TEDGlobal 2012 Conference "Radical Openness"|url=https://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/program/speakers.php|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=May 8, 2012|location=New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802120447/https://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/program/speakers.php|archive-date=2 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*"Critical Crossroads" at the TEDGlobal 2012 "Radical Openness" Conference, Edinburgh Scotland (June 2012)<ref name="PR Newswire (May 8, 2012)">{{cite news|title=TED Announces Speaker Program for TEDGlobal 2012 Conference "Radical Openness"|url=https://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/program/speakers.php|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=May 8, 2012|location=New York|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802120447/https://conferences.ted.com/TEDGlobal2012/program/speakers.php|archive-date=2 August 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*"Radical Openness" at the Zeitgeist Media Festival 2012, Los Angeles, with James Cromwell and Rutger Hauer<ref name="Zeitgeist Festival (2012)">{{cite web|title=2012 Zeitgeist Media Festival|url=http://www.zeitgeistmediafestival.com/|website=Zeitgeist Media Festival|accessdate=8 October 2016|location=North Hollywood, CA}}</ref><ref name="PR Newswire (December 7, 2012)">{{cite news|title=Announcing Open Call for Talent in Los Angeles for 3rd Annual Zeitgeist Media Festival|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/announcing-open-call-for-talent-in-los-angeles-for-the-3rd-annual-zeitgeist-media-festival-sunday-august-4-2013-at-avalon-hollywood-182525351.html|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=December 7, 2012|location=New York}}</ref>
*"Radical Openness" at the Zeitgeist Media Festival 2012, Los Angeles, with James Cromwell and Rutger Hauer<ref name="Zeitgeist Festival (2012)">{{cite web|title=2012 Zeitgeist Media Festival|url=http://www.zeitgeistmediafestival.com/|website=Zeitgeist Media Festival|accessdate=8 October 2016|location=North Hollywood, CA|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005153922/http://www.zeitgeistmediafestival.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PR Newswire (December 7, 2012)">{{cite news|title=Announcing Open Call for Talent in Los Angeles for 3rd Annual Zeitgeist Media Festival|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/announcing-open-call-for-talent-in-los-angeles-for-the-3rd-annual-zeitgeist-media-festival-sunday-august-4-2013-at-avalon-hollywood-182525351.html|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=December 7, 2012|location=New York}}</ref>
*''The Mirroring Mind'' [[South by Southwest|SXSW]], Austin, Texas (March 2013)<ref name="Kolawole, Emi (March 2013)" />
*''The Mirroring Mind'' [[South by Southwest|SXSW]], Austin, Texas (March 2013)<ref name="Kolawole, Emi (March 2013)" />
*''Jason Silva: Technologies of Immersion'' Tribeca Film Festival "Future of Film Series", New York, NY (2014)<ref name="Silva, Jason (April 2014)">{{cite news|last1=Silva|first1=Jason|title=On Transhumanism and Why Technology is our Silicon Nervous System|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/26/on-transhumanism-and-why-technology-is-our-silicon-nervous-system.html|accessdate=9 October 2016|work=The Daily Beast|date=April 26, 2014|location=New York}}</ref><ref name="Tribeca Film (March 2014)">{{cite web|title=Future of Film Series to include Aaron Sorkin, Bryan Cranston, Terence Winter, Jason Silva & More|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/future-of-film-series-tribeca-innovation-week-aaron-sorkin-bryan-cranston-terence-winter-jason-silva|website=Tribeca Film|accessdate=9 October 2016|date=March 17, 2014}}</ref>
*''Jason Silva: Technologies of Immersion'' Tribeca Film Festival "Future of Film Series", New York, NY (2014)<ref name="Silva, Jason (April 2014)">{{cite news|last1=Silva|first1=Jason|title=On Transhumanism and Why Technology is our Silicon Nervous System|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/26/on-transhumanism-and-why-technology-is-our-silicon-nervous-system.html|accessdate=9 October 2016|work=The Daily Beast|date=April 26, 2014|location=New York}}</ref><ref name="Tribeca Film (March 2014)">{{cite web|title=Future of Film Series to include Aaron Sorkin, Bryan Cranston, Terence Winter, Jason Silva & More|url=https://tribecafilm.com/stories/future-of-film-series-tribeca-innovation-week-aaron-sorkin-bryan-cranston-terence-winter-jason-silva|website=Tribeca Film|accessdate=9 October 2016|date=March 17, 2014|archive-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010130730/https://tribecafilm.com/stories/future-of-film-series-tribeca-innovation-week-aaron-sorkin-bryan-cranston-terence-winter-jason-silva|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*"Innovation and Thinking Differently" at the Rockwell Lecture Series, Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston (October 2015) <ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" />
*"Innovation and Thinking Differently" at the Rockwell Lecture Series, Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston (October 2015) <ref name="Emery, Mike (September 2015)" />
*Keynote at the LiNC'16 (Lithium Networking Conference), San Francisco (June 2016)<ref name="PR Newswire (April 2016)">{{cite news|title=Lithium announces Jason Silva as LiNC'16 Keynote|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lithium-announces-jason-silva-as-linc-16-keynote-300250569.html|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=April 13, 2016|location=New York}}</ref>
*Keynote at the LiNC'16 (Lithium Networking Conference), San Francisco (June 2016)<ref name="PR Newswire (April 2016)">{{cite news|title=Lithium announces Jason Silva as LiNC'16 Keynote|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lithium-announces-jason-silva-as-linc-16-keynote-300250569.html|accessdate=8 October 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=April 13, 2016|location=New York}}</ref>
*Teradata Partners 2017, General Session Keynote, October 25, 2017, Anaheim, California
*Teradata Partners 2017, General Session Keynote, October 25, 2017, Anaheim, California.{{fact|date = April 2023}}

==Personal life==
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Silva lives in Amsterdam.{{citation needed|date = July 2022}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:10, 26 October 2024

For the Chilean footballer, see Jason Silva (footballer).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Silva and the second or maternal family name is Mishkin.
Jason Silva
Born
Jason Luis Silva Mishkin

(1982-02-06) February 6, 1982 (age 42)[citation needed]
Caracas, Venezuela
Alma materUniversity of Miami
Occupations
  • television personality
  • filmmaker
  • futurist
  • speaker

Jason Luis Silva Mishkin (born February 6, 1982)[not verified in body] is a Venezuelan-American television personality, short filmmaker, futurist, and public speaker. He is known for hosting the National Geographic documentaries Brain Games and Origins. He has stated that his goal is to use technology to excite people about philosophy and science.[1] The Atlantic describes Silva as "A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age".[2] Silva writes and produces short films, is a former presenter on Current TV, and lectures internationally on such topics as creativity, spirituality, technology, and humanity.[2]

He believes in transhumanism and that biology will eventually "become...an information technology".[3]

Early life and education

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Silva was born on February 6, 1982[citation needed] in Caracas, Venezuela.[2][4] His mother, Linda Mishkin,[citation needed] an artist, is Ashkenazi Jewish. His father, Luis Manuel Silva,[citation needed] converted to Judaism, but, according to Silva, they were secular and lived in a household "more akin to a Woody Allen film" with "a lot of humor, a love of art... and theater".[5] He is also brother to Jordan Silva and Paulina Silva.[citation needed]

As described by Silva in interview, he was inspired by Charles Baudelaire's Hashish House to host "salons" at his house as a teenager to discuss ideas, and it was there that his obsession with filmmaking and documentation began. As he describes it, video rather than pen became his preferred way to memorialize what, in that time, he saw as "ecstatic moments". In response to criticism that he has received "for being overly expository... the equivalent of a voice-over narrator", it's Silva's expressed view that "it's not enough to feel the experience; it needs to be narrated in real time".[4]

Silva earned a degree in film and philosophy from the University of Miami.[when?][2] There, he and Max Lugavere produced and starred in a video documentary/performance piece entitled Textures of Selfhood.[6] The short film is "an experimental film about hedonism and spirituality"[6]—described as being based on Silva's and Lugavere's lives in Miami[according to whom?]—and it gained the attention of the Al Gore-Joel Hyatt station, Current TV, who, in Silva's words, were looking for "passionate storytellers".[7]

Career

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Silva is television personality, filmmaker, futurist, and public speaker; he uses television, online media, and lecture halls to share his perspectives.[2] For example, in the video The Mirroring Mind, Silva "explores human consciousness and the creation of that consciousness through self-reference."[8] He describes himself as a "wonder junkie"[1] and as a "performance philosopher",[9] a term he first heard on a website called Space Collective by Rene Daalder.[4]

Public speaking

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Silva has spoken at Google,[4] The Economist Ideas Festival,[4] the DLD Digital Life Design Conference in Munich,[10] TEDGlobal,[11] the Singularity Summit,[4] the PSFK Conference,[12] and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.[10][13]

At TEDGlobal in June 2012, Silva premiered a short video entitled "Radical Openness".[8][14] In September 2012, Silva presented his Radical Openness videos at the opening keynote at Microsoft TechEd Australia.[15] Radical Openness was also featured in his presentation at La Ciudad de las Ideas conference on November 10, 2012.[citation needed]

In September 2012, he presented "We Are the Gods Now" at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.[16]

Television

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Current TV

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From 2005 to 2011, Silva was a presenter and producer on Al Gore's cable network Current TV.[4][9][17]

Brain Games

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In 2013, Silva and Apollo Robbins became the hosts of Brain Games on the National Geographic Channel. The show explores the brain through interactive games that look at perception, decision-making, and patterning, as well as how easily the brain can be fooled.[18][19] Experts in psychology, cognitive science and neuroscience appear on the show, as Silva states, "to make sure we're doing the science right."[20] The show, which premiered in 2011, received 1.5 million viewers for episodes one and two and set a National Geographic record as the highest rated series launch in that channel's history.[9][21]

The experience of being tricked or fooled or made aware of a shortcoming makes you curious. It makes you kind of get up from your seat a little bit and be like 'How did that work?'

— Jason Silva[22]

Origins: The Journey of Humankind

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Released in 2017 as a part of the National Geographic Channel, Silva hosted this short series. Origins explores the very beginning of mankind and rewinds all the way back to the beginning, tracing the innovations that made us modern. The series features 8 episodes of approximately 45 minutes running time each, and as of this date,[when?] only a commitment to one season of Origins has been reported.[citation needed][23]

Guest appearances

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In August 2012, he appeared on CBS This Morning.[24] In September 2012, he appeared on Australian ABC program Q&A.[25] He has appeared as a guest on Season 2 of StarTalk.[26][27]

Original internet content

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"Shots of Awe"

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In May 2013, Jason began "Shots of Awe", a YouTube channel on the Discovery Digital Networks TestTube, presenting weekly "micro-documentaries" on creativity, innovation, exponential technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism and the human condition.[28] Zoltan Istvan, editor for the Huffington Post, wrote that Shots of Awe is a blend of philosophy and art and has been massively popular to the younger generation.[29]

Other appearances

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In October 2013, Silva appeared on YouTube for Google and NASA's Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab.[30] He has appeared multiple times as a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.[citation needed]

In March 2014, he was a guest in an episode of SourceFed's Tabletalk.[31] In December 2017, he appeared as a guest host on the trivia app HQ Trivia.[citation needed]

Other accomplishments

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Silva has been featured in The Atlantic,[2] The Economist,[32] Vanity Fair,[33] Forbes,[34][35][36] Wired,[37] and many others.[citation needed]

In 2011, he became a fellow at the Hybrid Reality Institute, examining the symbiosis between man and machine.[9][38]

His film Attention: The Immersive Power of Cinema[39] was part of the exhibition 'Kino und der kinamatografische Blick' ('Cinema and the cinematographic gaze'), 20 March - 2 June 2013, at MEWO Kunsthalle in Memmingen (Germany).[40]

In 2014, Silva was an advisor for National Geographic Channel's Expedition Granted competition in which finalists are chosen based on their project's originality, viability and potential impact on either the local or global community.[41]

Silva has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.[full citation needed]

Conferences and lectures

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  • "Critical Crossroads" at the TEDGlobal 2012 "Radical Openness" Conference, Edinburgh Scotland (June 2012)[11]
  • "Radical Openness" at the Zeitgeist Media Festival 2012, Los Angeles, with James Cromwell and Rutger Hauer[42][43]
  • The Mirroring Mind SXSW, Austin, Texas (March 2013)[8]
  • Jason Silva: Technologies of Immersion Tribeca Film Festival "Future of Film Series", New York, NY (2014)[44][45]
  • "Innovation and Thinking Differently" at the Rockwell Lecture Series, Cullen Performance Hall, University of Houston (October 2015) [2]
  • Keynote at the LiNC'16 (Lithium Networking Conference), San Francisco (June 2016)[46]
  • Teradata Partners 2017, General Session Keynote, October 25, 2017, Anaheim, California.[citation needed]

Personal life

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Silva lives in Amsterdam.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b King, Gayle; Mason, Anthony; Otter, Jack (August 15, 2012). "For August 15, 2012, CBS". CBS This Morning. New York, NY.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Emery, Mike (September 22, 2015). "TV personality, Jason Silva to deliver Rockwell Lecture at UH October 22". University of Houston. Houston, Texas. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  3. ^ Tyson, Neil deGrasse; Liu, Charles; Simons, Jeffrey Lee; Nye, Bill; Mirman, Eugene; Nice, Chuck; Lord, Leighann (2016). StarTalk: Everything You Ever Need to Know About Space Travel, Sci-Fi, the Human Race, the Universe, and Beyond. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Books. p. 230. ISBN 9781426217272.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Andersen, Ross & Silva, Jason (April 12, 2012). "A Timothy Leary for the Viral Video Age" (interview). The Atlantic. Retrieved 8 October 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Miller, Gerri (3 February 2016). "The Jewish Stars, Creators and Themes of Winter TV". JewishJournal.com. Tribe Media. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b Heller, Sabine (May 20, 2011). "Jason Silva and Max Lugavere". vogue.it. Archived from the original (text intro to video) on 2015-11-19. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ^ Smith, Lynn (July 5, 2006). "Programmers on Current: Your 15 Minutes Start Now". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Regional ed.). Pittsburgh, PA. p. B-4. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Kolawale, Emi (March 13, 2013). "Jason Silva on what it takes to be a 'wonder junkie'". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d Volmers, Eric (August 26, 2013). "Brain Games show demands heady host; Illusions, tests reveal how the mind plays tricks". The Ottawa Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. p. D.5.
  10. ^ a b Khamis, Jumana (September 14, 2012). "Filmmaker-philosopher makes a stop at Dubai school". Gulf News. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  11. ^ a b "TED Announces Speaker Program for TEDGlobal 2012 Conference "Radical Openness"". PR Newswire. New York. May 8, 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  12. ^ Gould, Dan (February 20, 2012). "Jason Silva to speak at PSFK Conference NYC 2012". PSFK.com. New York: PSFK, LLC. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  13. ^ Silva, Jason. "Jason Silva Bio". CAA Speakers. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  14. ^ Silva, Jason. "Radical Openness". Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  15. ^ Silva, Jason. "Radical Openness". Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  16. ^ Silva, Jason. "We Are The Gods Now". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  17. ^ Silva, Jason & NGC Staff (December 17, 2014). "Jason Silva: Futurist, Philosopher, Host of Brain Games". National Geographic Channel (NGC). Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Lessons in how the brain works". The York Dispatch. York, PA. May 24, 2013.
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