Justin and Jason discuss Justin's short-lived madness about algorithmic trading, the book Building Algorithmic Trading Systems, using neural networks to predict the future price of Bitcoin, why Jason said no to doing the MIT Circuits & Electronics MOOC with his friend Phil, the unexpected benefits of working on toy problems, why teaching the accelerated math class is Jason's favorite three hours of the week, the conditions under which accelerating kids can provide significant advantages and when it doesn't, Colby's "IQ" test and Ms. Extra Credit, moving God's Tweets from a VPS to EC2, RDS and S3 and how changing Apple developer accounts caused a iOS/OSX/Titanium upgrade cascade, MaxCDN vs. Amazon's CloudFront, tricks for developing professional-looking Titanium apps, the TED talk – Behind the Great Firewall of China and how Obama and Cameron are cracking down on encryption, why Jason, like most most security researchers, doesn't believe North Korea was behind the Sony attack, why it's a good idea to dismiss government claims when they fail to provide evidence, Seymour Hersh’s debunking of the USG’s claim that Syria used chemical weapons, the failed SpaceX Falcon 9 landing and Elon Musk's recent announcement about the Texas Hyperloop experiment, Larry Summer’s response to Marc Andreessen's tweet storm about secular stagnation, a listener's app Happy Scales, why pursuing an academic career in math or science is the new monasticism, replicating the career paths of Elon Musk and Jeff Hawkins, the sudden handwringing about the future threat of strong AI, the series Extant, Black Mirror and Video Game High School, the problem with uploading your intelligence into a digital world, the cloned bull that changed, László Polgár and the nature nurture debate, Justin's walking desk and the quest for workout economy, how Jason's leg injury has put a pause on Operation Superhero and his philosophy of how to continue making progress (see Ray Liotta’s rant in Copland).

Grand Patron $100: David Walz (Thanks so much!)

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's rebound project and the myriad questions Justin has about HFT (high-frequency trading), learning to code with CodeAvengers and CodeCombat, the latest on Operation Superhero and MV Code Club, scaling with Node.js at Uber, posting error messages to Slack and HipChat, scaling and managing servers at Digedu, Jason's interview on Get Up and Code, why iXL didn't work for the math team and how to setup a backup configuration using MySQL and EC2.

Justin and Jason discuss why Disco hasn't worked out and what Justin has learned from the experience, balancing product development with sales and marketing, how to select and validate a business idea, the basics of algorithmic trading, how Jason increased his vertical jump by 8 inches, high and low adaptors, Justin's desire for a walking desk, how to raise your IQ, the research in support of it, and Jason's effort to keep the math team together.

Jason talks with Mike Walmsley, the founder and primary developer of the programming education site Code Avengers.

Justin and Jason discuss the summit and the prospect of hosting another one, whether growing the show would be possible or even make a difference, whether World War III could stop a rising population, how HP’s Thermal Inkjet printing is going 3D and how Google is developing cancer and a heart attack detector, Amazon Echo, the prospects for AI in the near term and the risks of achieving superintelligence, how Scientists made a telepathy breakthrough, the latest on Operation Superhero and the SAID principle, Justin's diet and why he loves Space Nutrients, Jason's new rules for Colby's computer time and his recent tour of a local all-girls school, the latest with the math team, Justin's private preschool future and what's up with Jason's various projects.

Justin and Jason discuss the TZ summit, the prospect of establishing a colony on Mars and what that process might look like, the prospect of an Ebola pandemic, betting on black swans and counterparty risk, why the TV show Lost was unable to close so many of it's story lines, the idea for a productivity app modeled after Lost's Swan computer, Justin's vintage terminal app and his new cardio solution, what motivates people to change themselves, whether Justin has any regrets about selling Pluggio, why Jason gets satisfaction from helping other people and why he's more excited about teaching the math class than any of his other projects, the fake legend of Walter O’Brien and Scorpion, the This American Life episode The Super, The Cracked Podcast, the upcoming content sites Nautilus, Quartz, Medium and Svbtle, productivity and anti-productivity habits, the apps Self Control, HabitRPG and EpicWin, an update on Operation Superhero, what happened to Jason's screenplay concept, the latest with the math class, why Jason put learning electrical engineering on pause and the progress being made by MVCC.

Justin and Jason discuss the upcoming summit, the latest on Disco, Justin's life with a newborn, the summit's super sponsors, MV Code Club’s new location and possible sources of growth capital, how the brain can classify words during sleep and how people think more creatively when they walk, the book A Whack on Side of the Head, hitting the reset button in your brain, Jason's progress on operation Superhero, Justin's workout and non-diet diet, Justin's favorite new tech site SciTechDaily, why Colby tanked his spelling test, Justin's idea for a baby rocker that simulates a drive in a car, the fact that "luck surface area" is going to be in yet another book – "You:Rebranded", the SyNAPSE Chip by IBM Mimics Brain and the mobile web app that Jason has been developing to monitor and manage Uber's real-time systems.

Summit Super Sponsors

• Glenn Bennett / 250 big ones
• Aaron Night / 250 big ones

Justin and Jason speak with Dr. Doug McGuff about his book, Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week.

A special shoutout goes to Andy Chamberlain who emailed Justin with a heads up about Doug and the Body by Science protocol.

Justin and Jason talk with Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo, about his new book Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers.

Gabriel also appears in the following TechZing shows:

• 68 TZ Interview – Gabriel Weinberg & DuckDuckGo
• 91: TZ Panel – Phil Aman & Gabriel Weinberg
• 99: TZ Panel – Gabriel Weinberg & Peter Cooper
• 179: TZ Interview – Gabriel Weinberg / Blowing Up DuckDuckGo
• 225: TZ Interview – Gabriel Weinberg / The DuckDuckGo Step Function

Justin and Jason discuss Justin's new baby and all of the related complications, an update on Jason's weight-loss and fitness program and why he's so skeptical of Justin's 15-minutes-per-week workout, the new pullout math class for the 5th-grade math team, an update on Jason's effort to learn electronics and how he couldn't get Anki or Mnemosyne to display equations, the progress on the God’s Tweets iPhone app, why Empath has stalled out, how MV Code Club is all set to open a new location, and the status of the Battle Math card game.