Ep 165: Freedom, AI and Doing Your Best Work with Paul Faix

Dr Joe is joined by Paul Faix of Fortix to talk about, his book The Search for Freedom and AI.

Paul Faix:

https://paulfaix.com/search-for-freedom/

https://fortix.com

Key Takeaways:

- Growing up in communist Czechoslovakia and watching the regime fall taught Paul to question the "truths" he was handed, making critical thinking the thread running through his life.

- The pandemic echoed that experience: those who asked questions and got no answers became a minority that was turned on, a warning about any government claiming a monopoly on truth.

- AI is here to stay and will handle the cold, automated work, so the human skills it can't replicate, connecting, empathising, communicating well, become more valuable, not less.

- Freedom is different for everyone: it comes from understanding who you are, taking responsibility rather than blaming outside forces, and doing your best work as your best self.

- Whatever you're building, finish it. It doesn't need to be perfect, but finishing something is a step toward your own freedom.

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00:00 Introduction

02:07 Growing up in communist Czechoslovakia and the fall of the regime

03:49 Critical thinking, the pandemic and a licence on truth

10:31 Diversity of thought, and coming to Australia

11:30 Arriving in 2000: GST, $200 and no English

17:10 Why Perth, and starting Fortix

21:39 What AI can't do, and human connection

24:36 Adapting to AI, and personalised medicine

30:22 What freedom means to Paul

33:59 Understanding yourself and taking responsibility

36:06 The next 24 years, and finishing what you start

41:26 Outro

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