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Chilean startup The Live Green Co develops AI engine to make plant-based food market more sustainable

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep global and personal health at the forefront of the conversation, a Chilean startup...

Technology

Emotion, gender prediction tech should be banned from Brazil’s metro: NGO testifies

Sophie Foggin2 years ago

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Access Now, a non-profit that defends the digital rights of citizens around the world, presents an expert opinion in a...

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The role of data science in predicting political violence

Sophie Foggin2 years ago

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Data collection and analysis has changed drastically over the last decade, but for predicting political violence, data science is also...

Technology

Colombia’s government is digitalizing social inclusion, expanding connectivity

Sophie Foggin2 years ago

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Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTic) is currently rolling out a three-pronged digitalization strategy to encourage the social...

Business Science

Agritech is helping Colombian farmers grow cacao instead of coca

Sophie Foggin2 years ago

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Farmers in Colombia cultivating cacao -- one of the core ingredients used to make chocolate -- can expect to make...

Technology

Who will benefit from Microsoft’s $1.1B tech investment in Mexico

Sophie Foggin2 years ago

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Microsoft’s announcement of a five-year ‘Innovating for Mexico’ investment plan worth $1.1 billion looks to benefit key demographics of the...

Business Technology

What’s driving global tech companies to Latin America

Craig Dempsey2 years ago

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Global tech companies are focusing on expansion in Latin America, a sign that the region is ripe with opportunity for...

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Technology

The New York Times’ Nick Casey on Venezuela’s energy blackout and crypto on The Sociable Podcast

Sam Brake Guia3 years ago

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On this episode of The Sociable Podcast, we will be speaking with The New York Times Andes Bureau Chief Nicholas...

Technology

Viva Air Labs Director Clyde Hutchinson on LatAm’s first airline innovation lab – Interview

Conrad Egusa3 years ago

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With its strong economic performance and strategic position to the US, Europe and Southeast Asia, Latin America is one of...

Business Technology

3 pillars supporting Colombia’s fintech growth

Diego Caicedo3 years ago

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In Latin America, approximately 70% of the population is unbanked. In Colombia, only 38% of adults over the age of...

Business

Seedstars: a platform for startups in emerging markets to learn and connect

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Connecting over 85 countries and ecosystems, Seedstars is gearing up for its annual LatAm Summit in Lima, Peru on December...

Technology

From the mines to your mobile: the questionable lithium battery supply chain

Alex Papadovassilakis4 years ago

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If you are reading this article, you are probably doing so on a device which uses a lithium-ion battery. Laptops,...

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LATAM.tech by Espacio launches for startup and tech news on Latin America

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Colombia-based media incubator Espacio announces the launch of LATAM.tech, an up-and-coming English language news source for startups and technology in Latin America. "Above...

Business

A $200M partnership for the invoice financing industry in Latin America

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Invoice-backed finance company Portal Finance signs a $200 million partnership with one of the largest investment banks in Latin America, BTG Pactual....

Web

Brazil Reports launches out of Espacio to bring Brazilian news in English

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Colombia-based media incubator Espacio announces the launch of of Brazil Reports, an up-and-coming English language news source for Brazil that is already syndicated...

Technology

Picking up where it left off: A look into Puerto Rico’s resilient, revitalized tech scene

Conrad Egusa4 years ago

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This article was Co-Authored by Craig Corbett & Peter Andringa Earlier this year I traveled to Puerto Rico for the...

Business Technology

Imagine Lab Chile connects startups with corporate world, teaches kids to innovate: interview

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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In Chile, Microsoft-backed Imagine Lab is an incubator and accelerator that not only provides mentorship and connects startups with corporations,...

Business Technology

How Latin American Governments Turned the Region into a Tech Outsourcing Hub

Nacho De Marco4 years ago

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Latin American governments have realized the competitive advantage of investing in technology and innovation for their home economies. With the region’s...

Business

Espacio incubator launches AppleManía covering Apple news for Latin America

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Today the Espacio Media Incubator officially announces the launch of its latest news publication in the Spanish language, AppleManía, covering...

Business

Rockstart’s 1st Latin American accelerator program holds demo day in Colombia

Tim Hinchliffe4 years ago

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Dutch accelerator Rockstart held its Latin American accelerator Demo Day in Bogota, Colombia with 10 startups sharing their visions in front...

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We explore how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. If you want to be better prepared for the new information age, have a healthier relationship with technology, and get more out of life using top technology and psychology hacks, this is the podcast for you! Every other Friday we bring you interviews with leading experts in the fields of technology and psychology combined, with past guest speakers such as New York Times journalists, MIT Professors, and C-suite executives of top tech companies.

You may have heard of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his followers, commonly known as Rajneeshees or sannyasins, from the incredibly popular Netflix documentary “Wild, Wild Country.”

Well in today’s episode we speak with a former follower of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult to get a better understanding of how this society functioned, what it was like to live in normal society as a member of the cult, and what it was like on the famous Oregon ranch.

With our guest, Annie (who has asked to remain anonymous but showed her mala that she wore during her time as a Rajneshee to prove her affiliation with the cult), we find out how she first find out about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the Rajneeshees, and what inspired her to join their cult, where she goes into great detail about how she found them when she was 16 at an Alcoholics Anonymous event.

She also shares why life as a Rajneeshee was difficult off the ranch in normal society, as society often treated them with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity, and fear. In fact, she was fired from all of her jobs due to her membership in the cult, but she also explains how she saw this as a positive, “a trial by fire” as she claims.

Annie also goes into detail about what it was like visiting the ranch in 1983, when, she believes, much of the footage used in the documentary was filmed. She talks about the important role meditation played in being a Rajneeshee and what a normal day was like on the ranch.

She also shares her thoughts on how accurate the documentary was, how close she came to meeting Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and finally, how she left the cult in the end.

Overall, Annie explains why she doesn’t see the following as a religion or cult, but instead as a community and how this community had such an overall, lasting positive experience in her life.