Jason Silva is a Venezuelan-American television personality, filmmaker, and performance philosopher.
He resides in Los Angeles, California and New York City.
Silva earned a degree in film and philosophy from the University of Miami in Coral Gables,
Florida. He, along with Max Lugavere, produced and starred in a video documentary/performance
piece entitled "Textures of Selfhood"—an experimental film about hedonism and spirituality.
"The Party-Philosophers" and "Intellectual Hedonists", as named by Angeleno Magazine,
borrowed the name for the film from the Hedonistic Imperative, a website promoting the end to
suffering by philosopher David Pearce. The Atlantic describes Silva as "A Timothy
Leary of the Viral Video Age".
Career Current TV
From 2005 to 2011, Silva was a presenter on Current TV. He co-hosted the show "Max and
Jason" with Max Lugavere and they became a prolific hosting and producing duo, with stories
ranging from illegal immigration and counterfeit IDs, to profiling a brave new singer songwriter
right before signing a publishing deal, to a taped philosophical sit-down with director
Darren Aronofsky. Their story on counterfeit IDs earned them a featured appearance and
interview on Anderson Cooper 360. Their franchise, "Max and Jason Style" was one of the hallmarks
of their work on Current TV. They covered issues in a distinctly unique way - often
juxtaposing telegenic images and a heightened filmmaking aesthetic with bold and intelligent
content. He left the network in 2011 to become, according
to The Atlantic, "a part-time filmmaker and full-time walking, talking TEDTalk."
Public speaking An active and prolific speaker, Silva has
recently spoken at Google, The Economist Ideas Festival, the prestigious DLD Digital Life
Design Conference in Munich, TEDGlobal, the Singularity Summit, the PSFK Conference, and
the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. At TEDGlobal this past June 2012, Jason premiered
"Radical Openness," a new short video. In September 2012, Silva presented his Radical
Openness videos at the opening keynote at Microsoft TechEd Australia. Radical Openness
was also featured in his presentation at La Ciudad de las Ideas conference on November
10, 2012. In September 2012, he appeared at the Festival
of Dangerous Ideas, where he presented a speech entitled "We Are The Gods Now."
Brain Games In 2011, Silva became the host of Brain Games
on the National Geographic Channel. The show set a record as the highest rated series launch
in Nat Geo's history, with an average of 1.5 million viewers for the first two episodes.
Shots of Awe In May 2013, Jason started a YouTube channel
on the TestTube Network called "Shots of Awe", wherein he uploads short, inspirational videos
that explore topics such as the emergence of life, the evolution of intelligence, and
the advancement of technology. Other
Silva has been featured in The Atlantic, The Economist, Vanity Fair, Forbes, Wired, and
many others. In 2011 he became a fellow at the Hybrid Reality
Institute, examining the symbiosis between man and machine.
On August 15, 2012 he appeared on CBS This Morning.
On September 24, 2012 he appeared on Australian ABC program Q&A alongside Tanya Plibersek,
Kelly O'Dwyer, Mark Carnegie & Elliot Perlman. His film ATTENTION: The Immersive Power of
Cinema is part of the exhibition 'KINO und der kinamatografische Blick', 20 March - 2
June 2013, at MEWO Kunsthalle in Memmingen. He has appeared multiple times as a guest
on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. On March 18, 2014 he was a guest in an episode
of SourceFed's Tabletalk. References
^ a b "A Timothy Leary for the Viral Video Age". The Atlantic. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Jason Silva Bio". CAA Speakers. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ Silva, Jason. "Radical Openness". Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ Silva, Jason. "Radical Openness". Retrieved 28 September 2012.
^ Silva, Jason. "We Are The Gods Now". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^ Silva, Jason. "Brain Games is National Geographic's Highest-Rated Series Premiere Ever". Retrieved
29 June 2013. ^ Silva, Jason. "Shots of Awe". Retrieved
29 June 2013. ^ "Jason Silva speaking at the Ideas Economy
Conference in Innovation". Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Why We Could All Use a Heavy Dose of Techno-optimism". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Radical Openness: A Trip Through Our Next Frontier". Forbes. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Four Steps To Finding Inspiration, From An Idea DJ". Forbes. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
^ "Jason Silva’s Captivating Videos Deliver a Dose of ‘Techno-Optimism’". Wired. Retrieved
17 August 2012. ^ "Hybrid Reality Fellows". Hybrid Reality
Institute. Retrieved 17 August 2012. ^ "Jason Silva: Wonder junkie". CBS. Retrieved
17 August 2012. ^ "Q&A - Tanya Plibersek, Kelly O'Dwyer, Mark
Carnegie, Elliot Perlman & Jason Silva". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 September
2012. ^ http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlClW6-Ozms&list=UUiL3S6IS15fYdcNS8HOn2cw&index=11
^ http:www.mewo-kunsthalle.dekino.html ^ Silva, Jason. "Joe Rogan Experience Podcast".
Retrieved 29 June 2013. ^ https:www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhyHzxLvIIM
External links Jason Silva's Official Web Site.
Jason Silva's YouTube channel. Jason Silva's Vimeo.