1:30 We have the famous founder of Atari, Chuck E. Cheese and more on the program today--Nolan Bushnell. 2:00 Thank you to our incredible sponsor Sourcebits! Everyone check out sourcebits.com and thank @sourcebits for their support! 4:30 Nolan, welcome to the program. Do you have people wanting to hug you for inventing the Atari 2600? 5:15 When did the first console come out? 7:15 What was Steve Jobs biggest gift? 9:15 What impresses you the most about Jobs' second act with Apple? 12:00 Do you think we'll have brain connections to computers in our lifetime? 14:30 Do you ever regret selling Atari so early? 17:00 Tell me about your newest venture, Brainrush. 18:30 What do you call this new learning genre? 20:30 Nolan: Our goal was: easy to learn, impossible to master. 23:30 Thank you to Squarespace for partnering with us to support the show! Everyone use the code TWiST8 to get 10% off when signing up. 26:30 Let's talk about the current state of education in the US. Why is this such a major focus for us right now? 29:45 Higher education is a huge fraud, isn't it? 31:15 What does your ideal educational world look like? 36:15 How do you respond to the criticism that it's rote learning? 38:00 What do you think of the US as a country today vs when you started out as an entrepreneur? 40:15 What's going to happen to universities like Harvard? 42:00 What happens to teachers who aren't in the top tier? 42:45 Nolan: I think universities still need to exist for the social interactions. 45:00 What are your thoughts on employment? 49:15 How did Chuck E. Cheese's end up doing? 52:15 What's it like to walk into a VC's office and a 27 year old is behind the desk? 52:45 Nolan: The VC community is run on fear and greed. 55:45 Question from the audience: Are grades necessary or do they distract from learning? 58:00 Question from the audience: What role does social interaction play in education? 59:00 Nolan, this has been so amazing having you on the program. Everyone Google "scrambles;" it's an encryption service for social media. 1:01:00 Thank you to our friends at Sourcebits and Squarespace. 1:04:30 Nolan: On the God question, I don't know. I think there are powers that be in the universe that we don't fully understand. 1:05:45 What was your favorite decade? 1:07:30 How old do you think people can live now with all of the advancements? 1:09:45 What do you think about dictators? 1:11:15 Is self-sustaining energy possible in our lifetime? 1:13:15 Thanks for watching everyone, we'll see you next time. Support This Week in Startups and independent media by joining the TWiST Producer Program at TwistList.co! Want to support TWiST another way? Use bit.ly/twistamazon when you shop and a portion of your purchase will go toward helping keep independent media like TWiST on air! Keep up with the latest from our sister company, LAUNCH: Good to Great to Excellent: A Roadmap www.launch.co/blog/good-to-great-to-excellent-a-roadmap.html Building a Better Techmeme www.launch.co/blog/building-a-better-techmeme.html LAUNCH Looking for an Awesome Full Stack Engineer/Developer www.launch.co/blog/launch-looking-for-an-awesome-full-stack-engineerdeveloper.html Live Blogging LAUNCH Education & Kids - Day Two www.launch.co/blog/live-blogging-launch-education-kids-day-two.html FOLLOW ON TWITTER Jason: @jason Nolan: @nolanbushnell Sourcebits: @sourcebits Squarespace: @squarespace

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