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In this episode with Brett Hurt, serial tech entrepreneur and author of Love Conquers Fear, you'll hear how he went from coding obsessively at seven to building one of the early internet's most popular games, surviving the dot-com bust, orchestrating two major exits, data.world to ServiceNow and Bazaarvoice's billion-dollar IPO, and experiencing a psychedelic awakening at 50 that redirected his entire life.
You will also hear his vision for what an Age of Abundance looks like in practice, from solar energy and robotics to brain-computer interfaces and the role AI might play in solving problems like clean water, food security, and healthcare access in places like Chad, and why Brett believes the single most important variable in whether AI helps or hurts humanity is whether the people building it are operating from love or from fear.
Brett Hurt is a tech entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded and led data.world, acquired by ServiceNow in July 2025, and previously co-founded Bazaarvoice and Coremetrics, acquired by IBM. Through his Love Conquers Fear holding company and podcast, he explores how AI and emerging technologies can either amplify fear or help create broad-based human flourishing.
Pick up a copy of Love Conquers Fear to discover how Brett crosses the streams of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge technology, rewiring humanity's relationship with AI, quantum computing, and emerging tech to move us from scarcity to abundance. amzn.to/444N5Dn
Timestamps:
03:51 The X3 Bar and the daily plank that fixed Brett's back
09:04 Dropping 40 pounds at 54 and trading bodybuilding for hiking
12:32 Coding at seven and building one of the internet's first popular games
16:00 The ultimatum that turned Brett into an entrepreneur
18:19 Coremetrics, the dot-com bust, and the rebuild to a $300 million exit
18:43 Bazaarvoice's billion-dollar IPO and the failed retirement at 40
21:25 data.world, ServiceNow, and the number seven
24:07 AI, creativity, and the difference between performing and meaning it
29:31 Brett's spiritual life from childhood
31:04 A psychedelic journey at 50 that changed everything
35:18 Why Love Conquers Fear pulls from every major wisdom tradition
47:16 The Uber ride that crystallized the Age of Abundance vision
51:08 Solar energy, robots, and building Chad's infrastructure
54:36 Brain-computer interfaces and what consciousness actually is
55:22 The Lattice and where spirituality meets science
57:53 What Brett tells his kids about AI
58:28 Why technology itself is neither good nor evil
1:01:33 Lincoln, mental junk food, and what we owe our minds
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In this episode with Brett Hurt, serial tech entrepreneur and author of Love Conquers Fear, you'll hear how he went from coding obsessively at seven to building one of the early internet's most popular games, surviving the dot-com bust, orchestrating two major exits, data.world to ServiceNow and Bazaarvoice's billion-dollar IPO, and experiencing a psychedelic awakening at 50 that redirected his entire life.
You will also hear his vision for what an Age of Abundance looks like in practice, from solar energy and robotics to brain-computer interfaces and the role AI might play in solving problems like clean water, food security, and healthcare access in places like Chad, and why Brett believes the single most important variable in whether AI helps or hurts humanity is whether the people building it are operating from love or from fear.
Brett Hurt is a tech entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded and led data.world, acquired by ServiceNow in July 2025, and previously co-founded Bazaarvoice and Coremetrics, acquired by IBM. Through his Love Conquers Fear holding company and podcast, he explores how AI and emerging technologies can either amplify fear or help create broad-based human flourishing.
Pick up a copy of Love Conquers Fear to discover how Brett crosses the streams of ancient wisdom and cutting-edge technology, rewiring humanity's relationship with AI, quantum computing, and emerging tech to move us from scarcity to abundance. amzn.to/444N5Dn
Timestamps:
03:51 The X3 Bar and the daily plank that fixed Brett's back
09:04 Dropping 40 pounds at 54 and trading bodybuilding for hiking
12:32 Coding at seven and building one of the internet's first popular games
16:00 The ultimatum that turned Brett into an entrepreneur
18:19 Coremetrics, the dot-com bust, and the rebuild to a $300 million exit
18:43 Bazaarvoice's billion-dollar IPO and the failed retirement at 40
21:25 data.world, ServiceNow, and the number seven
24:07 AI, creativity, and the difference between performing and meaning it
29:31 Brett's spiritual life from childhood
31:04 A psychedelic journey at 50 that changed everything
35:18 Why Love Conquers Fear pulls from every major wisdom tradition
47:16 The Uber ride that crystallized the Age of Abundance vision
51:08 Solar energy, robots, and building Chad's infrastructure
54:36 Brain-computer interfaces and what consciousness actually is
55:22 The Lattice and where spirituality meets science
57:53 What Brett tells his kids about AI
58:28 Why technology itself is neither good nor evil
1:01:33 Lincoln, mental junk food, and what we owe our minds
Shop My Curated Marketplace of Vetted Products! - shoplifemarket.com
Sign up for a FREE Coaching Call! - jointriumphcoaching.com
Check out my FREE newsletter! - bengreenfieldlife.com/newsletter
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