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In this episode, Alistair sits down with Brett Hurt — founder of Bazaarvoice, investor, and co-leader of Hurt Family Investments — to explore whether technological breakthroughs can create abundance for everyone if the systems around them remain shaped by fear and extraction.
Brett traces a path from programming at age seven and taking Bazaarvoice public to an inner shift that changed how he thinks about success, capital, and purpose. He describes the four technologies he calls the "Superfecta" — AI, robotics, quantum computing, and brain-computer interfaces — and why he believes breakthroughs in energy could transform what is possible for humanity.
Alistair presses on the harder question: if abundant energy becomes possible, who will own it? Together, they consider the risk that new capabilities could be captured by a few, and what inner transformation, public agency, and structural change might each contribute to making abundance genuinely shared. The conversation moves from Brett's spiritual experiences to the choices he now makes as an investor, asking what it means to build toward love rather than extraction.
If you work at the intersection of technology, capital, and systemic change, this episode asks a question that reaches beyond the next innovation:
👉 Can we create "heaven on earth" through technological progress alone — or must we also change who holds power and how we choose to use it?
Guest Bio (Brett Hurt)
Brett Hurt is a serial technology entrepreneur, investor, and author of the USA TODAY bestseller Love Conquers Fear. He founded Bazaarvoice and, with his wife Debra, co-leads Hurt Family Investments, which backs more than 150 startups, over 50 venture funds, and philanthropic initiatives.
Through Love Conquers Fear, his new holding company, Brett is exploring how technology, consciousness, and courage can help humanity move toward what he calls an "Age of Abundance for All." His work now brings together decades of company building and investing with a renewed focus on the human choices that determine whom progress serves.
🌐 https://www.loveconquersfear.org 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/bretthurt/
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