Clinical Research, VR for Veterans, and Virtual Psychedelics with Professor Skip Rizzo

10/06/22 • 53 min

Professor Albert "Skip" Rizzo is a clinical psychologist, the director of medical virtual reality at the university of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, a USC department of psychiatry, researcher, and virtual reality pioneer, who has spent over two decades bringing VR into clinical settings for management and treatment of conditions, including PTSD, traumatic brain injury, autism, ADHD, Alzheimer's and stroke.
Outline
(00:00:00) Sizzler
(00:00:34) Introduction
(00:01:21) How Skip became interested in virtual reality
(00:05:53) Virtual reality and clinical research
(00:12:12) BraveMind: A virtual reality intervention for veterans with PTSD
(00:19:15) VR and the hype train: Is the Metaverse here to stay?
(00:23:01) Acceptance of virtual reality in the clinical community
(00:24:57) Areas of clinical VR research that deserve more attention
(00:34:13) Entrepreneurs, clinicians, and researcher working together
(00:36:07) Is there a case for reality in 2022?
(00:41:52) Technology and addiction
(00:46:16) Virtual Psychedelics Inc
(00:51:57) Connecting with Skip and his forthcoming Ukraine project
Links
Skip's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkipRizzoVR
Bring your kid back to reality: https://virgils.io

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Reality Maximalism, Small Data, and Urbit with Josh Lehman

Josh is the executive director of the Urbit Foundation. Previously, he was the Chief Product Officer at Tlon, which is the primary developer of Urbit.
Outline
(00:00:00) Sizzler
(00:00:54) Introduction
(00:01:27) What is Urbit?
(00:10:02) A new networked computing architecture
(00:16:26) How does Urbit "feel" different?
(00:21:49) There's always someone listening on the old web
(00:24:35) Identity on Urbit
(00:36:53) What's on Urbit right now?
(00:41:34) Friction in software is...good?
(00:44:33) How will Urbit fit with the existing internet?
(00:50:23) How Josh thinks about the role of technology in his own family life
(00:58:16) Calm computing
(01:02:08) The attention economy is an accident of architectural design
(01:07:59) The metaverse
(01:17:04) Josh's healthy tech habits
(01:24:54) Is there going to be a case for reality in the future?
(01:32:42) Connecting with Josh, Assembly 2022, and what's next for the Urbit Foundation
Episode links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jlehman_
Understanding Urbit: https://urbit.org/understanding-urbit
Convivial Networks: https://urbit.org/blog/convivial-networks
Assembly '22: http://assembly.urbit.org
Bring your kid back to reality: https://virgils.io

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Slaying Digital Dragons, Male Mental Health, and Staying Disciplined with Dr. Edward Perin

Dr. Edward Perin is a clinical psychologist and army veteran with a private practice in Ohio. His research interests are in military mental health, post-traumatic growth, and whole health models.
Outline
(00:00:00) Sizzler
(00:00:49) Introduction
(00:01:31) Whole health and wellness
(00:03:51) Mental health of men and boys
(00:08:45) Technology, video games, and male mental health
(00:10:19) Video games in counseling and therapy
(00:13:25) Using World of Warcraft with clients
(00:16:05) Advice for parents who are concerned that their kids are spending too much time in video game worlds
(00:19:11) What video games should or should not be off-limits?
(00:21:33) "Every act of discipline enhances self-esteem"
(00:24:40) How can kids start figuring out what they value?
(00:27:55) Identifying with a diagnosis
(00:32:22) In a world of compelling virtual experiences, what's the case for reality?
(00:34:19) How can you get a 12-year-old boy who's stuck in the virtual world more excited about reality
(00:38:09) Connecting with Dr. Perin
Links
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PerinBehavioral
Site: www.perinbehavioral.com