Crazy Wisdom
386 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsIn his series "Crazy Wisdom," Stewart Alsop explores cutting-edge topics, particularly in the realm of technology, such as Urbit and artificial intelligence. Alsop embarks on a quest for meaning, engaging with others to expand his own understanding of reality and that of his audience. The topics covered in "Crazy Wisdom" are diverse, ranging from emerging technologies to spirituality, philosophy, and general life experiences. Alsop's unique approach aims to make connections between seemingly unrelated subjects, tying together ideas in unconventional ways.
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Deep Tech Renaissance: John Lee on Emerging Technologies and Capital Allocation
October 23, 2023 12:53 - 49 minutes - 28.2 MBIntroduction: John Lee is an early-stage investor focusing on deep tech, enterprise software, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and automation. What is Deep Tech? Deep tech companies are similar to biotech companies in terms of capital structure. Unlike traditional tech startups, they have a longer incubation period to accrue value. Capital Allocation and Business Models Scarcity of capital drives better business models. Interesting hybrid models exist that are designed to develop revenue in th...
Beyond the Parameters: Exploring the Real-World Applications of LLMs
October 16, 2023 16:13 - 46 minutes - 30.3 MBWhat is Cerebrium? Michael Louis, the episode's guest, introduces Cerebrium as a platform that deals with abstractions on two levels, specifically focusing on GPUs and scaling for machine learning applications. The Importance of GPUs in LLMs Why are GPUs essential for large language models (LLMs)? GPUs have the capability to handle tens of gigabytes of data, which makes them superior to CPUs for LLM tasks. The cost challenge: Running GPUs 24/7 is not feasible due to their high costs...
The AI Frontier: Knowledge Management's Next Chapter
October 09, 2023 18:23 - 45 minutes - 29.1 MBPrasad Kawthekar is the CEO of Dashworks.ai The Evolution of Enterprise Software: Three waves of enterprise software: On-premise enterprise software. Software deployed top-down on the internet. The third wave we currently live in: SaaS consumers. Challenges are becoming increasingly pronounced. Comparing Web Search with Internal Searches: Web search benefits from standardized languages and platforms, such as HTML. Internal company applications deal with varied data sources and ...
The Anatomy of Decision-Making in the Age of AI
October 02, 2023 08:00 - 55 minutes - 39.6 MBShow Notes for the Camilo Acosta Episode on Crazy Wisdom Introduction Camilo Acosta joins us to discuss a broad range of topics surrounding AI, from its application in healthcare to its growing influence in Latin America. He dives deep into how AI technologies are evolving and what that means for businesses and consumers alike. Follow Camilo here Key Takeaways The Astounding Capability of AI in Healthcare AI technologies can predict potential maladies with high accuracy. Notable ad...
The Multidisciplinary Mind: A Journey from Fashion to Philosophy
September 25, 2023 17:17 - 51 minutes - 34.8 MBIn this thought-provoking episode, we delve into a myriad of topics ranging from the complexities of curatorial practice in art to the secular study of religion. Nico Sarian guides us through an intellectual journey that stretches from the art scene in Moscow to the academic corridors of the University of Toronto, touching on astrology, Zen Buddhism, and the nature of suffering along the way. Prepare for a multi-layered discussion that challenges conventional wisdom and explores the intersec...
The Complexity Spectrum: Bridging the Gap Between Now and the Future
September 18, 2023 16:40 - 59 minutes - 39.1 MBIntroduction: Guest: Julie Fredrickson, Managing Partner at Chaotic Capital. Chaotic Capital is a seed-stage investment vehicle that focuses on ideas adapting humanity to complexity. Follow her on Twitter Adapting to Complexity: Julie raises the essential question: "What is the primary factor linking humanity to complexity?" As things change, it's vital to learn how to adapt and evolve. It's about more than just the traditional liberal-conservative divide. Understanding Change: Discus...
Futurescape: Dialogues in Digital Consciousness
September 11, 2023 13:09 - 50 minutes - 34.1 MBIntroduction: David Hundley is a Machine Learning Engineer who has been deeply involved with experimenting with Large Language Models (LLMs). Follow along on his twitter Key Insights & Discussions: Discoveries with LLMs: David recently explored a unique function of LLMs that acted as a 'dummy agent'. This function would prompt the LLM to search the internet for a current movie, bypassing its training limitations. David attempted to utilize this function to generate trivia questions, en...
The Tomorrow Blueprint: The Science Behind Fiction - Pablos Holman
September 05, 2023 12:00 - 47 minutes - 30.8 MBIntroduction: In this episode, the renowned Pablos Holman (Website) discusses how science fiction is transitioning into reality, particularly in the realm of technology. Drawing on his expertise, Pablos sheds light on revolutionary concepts that are pushing the boundaries of what was once believed impossible. Main Points: Space-based Solar Energy: Pablos recently witnessed the conception of a company aiming to place solar panels in space. The primary challenges on Earth, such as clouds a...
Uncharted Territory: Unlocking the Full Potential of AI Through Neuroscience with Subutai Ahmad
August 28, 2023 12:58 - 53 minutes - 38.2 MBShow Notes for Crazy Wisdom Podcast Episode with Subutai Ahmad Introduction The episode features Subutai Ahmad, the CEO of Numenta and a pioneering figure in both neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI). The discussion navigates the complex relationship between the human brain's architecture and contemporary AI models like deep learning systems. Topics range from the historical evolution of these disciplines to the cutting-edge research that could shape their future. Historical P...
Patterns, Predictions, and Productivity: Mikkel Steen's Vision for Everest and Beyond
August 25, 2023 13:00 - 55 minutes - 39.4 MBIntroduction: Mikkel Steen, CEO of Everest (reach out directly: [email protected]), discusses the modern business environment and how his company Everest fits within it. Changing Work Environment: Remote and Asynchronous Work: Mikkel observes shifts towards more remote and asynchronous work and the need to replace traditional meetings with efficient alternatives. Tools and Models: He mentions various tools to facilitate asynchronous work, like newsletters for team updates, to ...
The Notion of Complexity: Ben Borowski on Managing Information and Building Systems
August 22, 2023 14:31 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBShow Notes: Crazy Wisdom Podcast with Ben Borowski, Notion Ambassador Introduction Guest: Ben Borowski, Notion Ambassador, and creator of the Notion Mastery Program. Notion Mastery Program Training & Development Trained over 2000 students, focusing on various elements of Notion. Three tiers of training: Familiarization with Notion and basic usage. Interaction with databases. Advanced user base, including linked databases and UX design. Aimed at helping small businesses. Not...
The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Latin America: A Conversation with Ivan Montoya
August 14, 2023 14:32 - 53 minutes - 35.2 MBIntro Guest: Ivan Montoya, a LatAm Super Angel & VC. Follow him out on LinkedIN Focus areas: #fintech, #proptech, #logistics, #latinamerica, and #latamstartups. Notes Insights into the Startup Ecosystem In Latin America, traditional methods still have a place, and macro-level influences are impactful, but the atomic level of capitalism is most vital. Technology startups have to consider various factors like interest rates, product pricing, investor risk, and tax incentives. Relatio...
Prosperity & Peril: A Candid Discussion on Human Evolution and Extinction - Malcolm J Collins
August 07, 2023 13:01 - 53 minutes - 35.4 MBIntroduction: Guest: Malcolm J. Collins Various professional roles including VC, PE, CEO, 5x Bestselling Author, a Wall Street Journal #1 Best Selling Author, and Educator. Check out his and Simone's podcast BasedCamp Main Topics: Elite Couples and Breeding Philosophy Malcolm and Simone referenced as an elite couple in the Telegraph. Discussion on breeding to save mankind. Interesting Thoughts and Negative Utilitarianism Query about what has been interesting in the last 3 days. ...
Against the Current: Unorthodox Energy for an Accelerating World
August 01, 2023 15:27 - 57 minutes - 34.8 MBCrazy Wisdom Show Notes: Episode Guest: Jonah Messinger, PhD student of physics at Cambridge and writer for The Breakthrough Institute (check out his article here) Topics Covered: Fusion Developments: Recent developments in the fusion sector. The last 3-4 years have seen significant investment in plasma-based fusion technology from private startups, amounting to around 5 billion dollars. Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR): An overview of LENR or cold fusion, a sector of nuclear physi...
Redefining Knowledge Management: Rick Nucci of Guru on the Impact of AI on KM
July 24, 2023 13:50 - 53 minutes - 35 MBCrazy Wisdom Show Notes Guest: Rick Nucci Key Themes: The importance and business problems solved by Knowledge Management (KM). The role of AI in transforming Knowledge Management. Startup challenges, employee engagement, and leadership advice in times of rapid change. Summary: In this episode, we're joined by Rick Nucci, CEO of Guru, to delve into the field of Knowledge Management and how it's being transformed by AI. Rick shares his entrepreneurial journey and the critical busi...
What Do Knowledge Management Workers Actually Do? - Tim Wood Powell
July 17, 2023 13:43 - 56 minutes - 37.8 MBIntroduction In this exciting episode of the Crazy Wisdom podcast, we are joined by Tim Wood Powell, an innovator, catalyst, author, and speaker whose motto is "Let's make our Knowledge work!" Tim is the founder of the Knowledge Agency and author of the book The Value of Knowledge. This episode is packed with insightful discussions around the realm of knowledge, its role and value in business, and the challenging aspects of measuring intangibles. Notes Understanding Knowledge The disc...
How is Formic Changing the Narrative of Human Labor with AI and Robotics? - Saman Farid
July 10, 2023 14:30 - 54 minutes - 35.7 MBEpisode Introduction: Welcome to another insightful episode of Crazy Wisdom, where we delve into fascinating discussions around philosophy, technology, and everything in between. Today, we are delighted to host Saman Farid, a visionary who is working on an ambitious project of supplying the world with a robot workforce through his company, Formic. In this episode, we navigate through a range of topics from the evolution of societies to robotics, AI, industrial revolutions, and the changing...
Demystifying Large Language Models: What's the Role of Vector Databases? - Eden Marco
July 03, 2023 14:13 - 50 minutes - 32.6 MBIntroduction Welcome to this deep dive into the world of Large Language Models (LLMs) and vector databases for the Crazy Wisdom Podcast. Our guest today is Eden Marco (follow him on Twitter), a Customer Engineer at Google Cloud and a best-selling Udemy instructor with a passion for General Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). In this episode, we unpack the complexities and intricacies of LLMs, explore the role of vector databases, and discuss the future of autonomous agents and machine learnin...
"How Does the Relationship Between Form and Function Shape Knowledge Management Tools?
June 28, 2023 14:01 - 55 minutes - 36.1 MBShow Notes In this episode of the Crazy Wisdom podcast, we are joined by Tem Nugmanov, the founder of the first-ever Notion consultancy Optemization. This enlightening discussion covers a broad array of topics, from how our lives are defined by the tools we use to the changing landscape of knowledge management. Key Discussion Points Tem's journey from moving to NYC in 2015 to study at NYU to becoming an entrepreneur and starting his fitness technology business, focusing on data optimiza...
Is AI the Silver Bullet? An In-depth Discussion with AskEdith's CEO, Jared Zhao
June 19, 2023 22:40 - 41 minutes - 27.6 MBShow Notes for the Crazy Wisdom Podcast Guest: Jared Zhao, CEO of AskEdith (https://www.askedith.ai/) Conversation: Introduction to AskEdith: Explanation of the search-driven analytics tool that enables users to access data in plain language Targeted at non-technical users Background: Jared's previous work in creating a visual editor for a data warehouse and training non-technical users Evolution of AskEdith: The journey so far and how it's still in its early stages The inf...
Can Decentralized Exchanges and Knowledge Management Transform the Crypto Space? - A Conversation with Jae Yang
June 12, 2023 17:08 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBIntroduction Jae Yang, the founder of Tacen, a decentralized exchange, discusses his first hire as an archivist for the company and how this unique approach to knowledge management has helped them navigate the complex world of crypto startups. Tacen's commitment to thorough documentation and keeping a permanent record of every decision made is a testament to their belief in transparency and accessibility. Topics Covered Knowledge Management and the Role of an Archivist Jae shares how ...
Can AI predict the 3rd order effects of its own intervention? - DT
June 06, 2023 18:16 - 53 minutes - 35.8 MBRobert DT on twitter: @DeeperThrill Doctorate on biomedical engineering with a focus on AI Entrepreneur building biomedical systems with AI specifically; medical imaging The conversation centers on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging, with an emphasis on computer vision and the utilization of existing imaging algorithms. Transformers, a type of deep learning model, are discussed for their unique self-attention mechanism and applications in natural language proc...
What is the essence of relationship?
May 29, 2023 14:46 - 42 minutes - 28 MBIn this podcast episode, the host, Stewart, is talking with Zach and Matthew, co-founders of Clay, a relationship management platform. The conversation covers various topics including: The Journey to Clay: Zach and Matthew discuss their journey of conceptualizing and developing Clay. They reveal the thought process that went into creating a product that could help manage relationships without reducing them to transactional entities. Exploration of Clay: They delve into the workings of Cl...
What percentage of knowledge for business is like riding a bike? - Bart Verheijen: Guruscan
May 08, 2023 20:35 - 45 minutes - 28.7 MBBart is the founding Guru at GuruScan | International Knowledge Management speaker | Makes Knowledge driven business decisions and helps enable the customers to do https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-guruscan/ Guruscan website https://guruscan.nl/ What is knowledge management? Knowledge is a lot more than information Information is content Knowledge is explicit and implicit knowledge Knowledge Management strategy Shell Connecting people to people, Connecting people to con...
Where do you fit in when it comes to the excitement vs fear spectrum when thinking about AI? - Matt Bunday
April 25, 2023 00:26 - 55 minutes - 36.6 MBMatt Bunday works in crypto. He loves to rock climb, martial arts, and think about underground psychedelic therapy What is the biggest problem you’ve faced with knowledge management at your companies? Slack Dropped balls in communication LLMs might be the response Why do you think slack spread so fast even though its not the best product? It was a step up from email IRC was a component More friendly for non-engineering What do you think about the complexity of slack? Twist is ...
How is UX a strain of phenomenology? - Zohar Atkins
April 10, 2023 19:55 - 51 minutes - 33.3 MBZohar Atkins He is a rabbi, philosopher, blogger and podcaster. His podcast is called Meditations With Zohar Show Notes Who is your favorite philosopher? What is non-aggressive socratic questioning? Why do you like Heidegger? How was he Nazi-ism How do you relate to the history of philosophy? How do you walk the line between tradition and being a revolutionary? What was your first experience learning for yourself instead of learning top-down? What does it feel like to have a...
Legacy internet vs New Internet? - AJ Lamarc
April 03, 2023 22:39 - 53 minutes - 34.1 MBAJ is a software engineer interested in Urbit and data composability. Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajlamarc https://www.ajlamarc.com/ Keep an eye out on Holium, and making it easier to code in Javascript for Urbit Notes What is data composability? Multiple applications sharing data and make the interfaces work together OpenAIs that both Twitter and Facebook had and then were shut down Data is the main product that these applications have You can separate the data and the code ...
How do you map the unknown unknowns of a company? - Dave Snowden
March 27, 2023 16:35 - 51 minutes - 33.8 MBDave Snowden is the Chief Scientific Officer of Cynefin. Head of Knowledge Management for 30 years. Author of Cynefin - Weaving Sense-Making into the Fabric of Our World (https://tinyurl.com/4958x362) When did knowledge management start in the 90s? The ultimate disciplinary field What is intellectual capital? Intellectual property What is the anarcha book? Knowledge management is information management What is relevant knowledge? What is messy coherence? What is exaptive innov...
How do you organize information and data in order to spend most of your time on high-level work? - Adam Haney
March 20, 2023 18:46 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBAdam is the VP of engineering at Invisible Technologies and active angel investment If you have specific questions, send them on to [email protected] How do you organize information and data in order to spend most of your time on high-level work? How do you manage people who report to you to also do the same? What does knowledge management mean to you? What are the applications that will leverage LLMs? What is an intranet? Transition from card catalog to Google How do you...
How do you add uncertainty to your AI prompts? - Kirill Zubovsky
March 13, 2023 17:36 - 47 minutes - 30.6 MBKirill Zubovsky Prompt Engineer and CEO of @ SmartyNames.com What is Smartynames.com? Does Godaddy front-run domain names by buying them as soon as you search for them? They are 12 billion $ company What have you learned about Machine Learning from doing this? Did you have to learn a lot to develop on openai’s algorithm? How do you add uncertainty to your AI prompts? Why do people like to hack individual AI systems instead of hacking the big ones? What are the companies that will ...
Does engineering advance science or does science advance engineering? - Pablo Peniche
March 06, 2023 21:58 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBPablo Peniche does front-end engineering, marketing, and design. Wears many hats at Viennahypertext Twitter: https://twitter.com/PabloPeniche https://vienna.earth/ What do Mexicans think about Central Americans? What is the relationship between urbit and vienna hypertext? What is vienna hypertext? An information network Create different canvases with blocks Why is vienna hypertext hard to build on urbit? Does engineering advance science or does science advance engineering? ...
How do you preserve knowledge that is implicit and hard to make explicit? - Ivan Vendrov
February 27, 2023 18:15 - 46 minutes - 31.1 MBIvan Vendrov is AI researcher, ML engineer interested in speculation of future systems Twitter: https://twitter.com/IvanVendrov Website: https://www.vendrov.ai/ Questions discussed or for further discussions What do you think is the great X-risks humans face today? What are some weaknesses in terms of technology in general? How do you steer technology to make sure it's not developing in ways that are harmful? What is your take on spirituality? What is the intersection between th...
How do humans seem to get things wrong and that ends up being their superpower? - Woody Wiegmann
February 20, 2023 17:21 - 54 minutes - 36.8 MBWoody Wiegmann https://twitter.com/WoodyWiegmann What will AI do the ability of people who have limited intelligence and agency? What will AI do to humans who tend to create rituals for guidance on what to do? Back in the 400BC, humans were ritually inclined, to put off their questions to ritual Are there going to be business moats around AI? How do humans seem to get things wrong and that ends up being their superpower? The tribe is now occulted behind crazy complexity, what does t...
What are the use cases for distributed networked computing instead of centralized systems? - Eric Helal
February 13, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBEric Helal Founder of Quartus a Dev shop for Urbit Apps Rabsef-bicrym on Urbit https://twitter.com/SafePen ~dalten/new-aera https://twitter.com/_dalten Are we in Utopia or dystopia or neither? What are the other options besides social dystopia? Resource constraint Wind from a dying star novel Technology stultification How does Urbit help to solve this? What does it mean to lose understanding of first principles as an individual and a society? How does technology influenc...
Are the problems of meaning an issue with abrahamic cultures? - Adam Chavez
February 06, 2023 18:16 - 1 hour - 41 MBAdam Chavez is a Founder of Freeplay, & Mokriya. We make sense of where we’re headed as a society in a post-trust, post-2020 world. What’s up with Steve Jobs’ apparent belief in magic? Why does that matter? We also talk AI, holographic theory, the impact of ancient Abraham on America, & the Minecraft Generation. https://alkebulan.substack.com/ [email protected] https://twitter.com/anksolado What is the relation between the occult and steve jobs? ...
What does it mean to reject and transcend triviality? - Trent Gillham
January 30, 2023 21:08 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBTrent Gillham Founder of Holium ~lomder-librun on Urbit https://twitter.com/AidenSolaran What does it mean to reject and transcend triviality? What do you know about machine learning given your experience in 2018? What was it like to work at a big company like GE? What have you learned about starting a startup? What is it like to develop on urbit? How does non-attachment help us to build products but also distract us from with the masses? What is Holium? Community operati...
How is a human similar to a shattered giant ice cube? - Owen Barnes
January 23, 2023 16:51 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBA full-stack web developer, speaker and adviser to a small number of blockchain startups Owenbarnes.com On urbit: ~locruc-fonmec What are the foundations of privacy? What is the next big thing? Was Facebook built in PHP? Where do you see Urbit converging with cryptocurrency values? What is composability? What happened with Tornado Cash? What is a personal AI? What is the transformer paradigm? What is the apocalyptic paradigm when it comes to AI? Why is there so much f...
How is the brain a filtration system? - Sam Frank
January 16, 2023 16:58 - 1 hour - 50.8 MBSam Frank, Writer, Investor, and Board member of the Urbit Foundation Substack: https://samfrank.substack.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anecdoted Urbit ID: ~todset-partug How did you first get involved with Urbit? What is it like to be a writer in the descent of that profession brought on by the internet? What are the politics like in the new york writer's groups? What does it mean to be a rationalist? Did you see the Peter Theil takedown of the rationalist community? Wh...
What is a virtual machine? - Stephen
January 09, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 36.3 MBStephen is working on AI dev on Near protocol and developing on Ethereum What is the NEAR blockchain? What is sharding? Increasing throughput of the transactions Breaking up the blockchain into shards so that you can get more parallelism When does ETH sharding begin? ETH sharding is based on blobs Why are you attracted to Rust? Can you use Rust on Ethereum? What is a virtual machine? Something that is interpreting bite code instead of binary Why would a blockchain need a...
Why would someone need interoperability of everything? - Deborah Simpier
January 02, 2023 19:54 - 45 minutes - 28.8 MBDeborah Simpier Co-founder & CEO of Althea Network and Gravity Bridge What does Althea network do? What is interoperability? What is the payment experience like right now? Why do telcos get monopolized? When did we start referring to people as users? Why do 29% of New York City not have access to the internet? How do you create frictionless payments? What is the relationship between stable coins and frictionless payments? What do you mean by machine to machine? Have peopl...
What is the relationship between Kundalini and topological quantum computers? - Dr. Jonathan Paprocki
December 26, 2022 17:15 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBDr. Jonathan Paprocki Jonathan is a specialist in topological quantum compiling, a Tlon engineer, you can find him on Urbit @ ~Datnut-Pollen Blog can be found at Discordia (http://datnut-pollen.discordja.net/discordja) What is a Kundalini awakening? What do old dusty books say about Kundalini? What is the relationship between Kundalini and topological quantum computers? Can everything be explained by science? How do you deal with the skepticism that other people give you that you...
What does it mean to build NFT on the BTC blockchain? - Casey Rodarmor
December 19, 2022 17:19 - 55 minutes - 41 MBToday we have Casey Rodarmor, a bitcoin developer who is working on building non-fungible tokens (NFTs) directly on the Bitcoin blockchain. NFTs are digital assets that are unique and cannot be exchanged for other assets. They have become popular on Ethereum, but have not yet been implemented on the Bitcoin blockchain. Casey is working on a protocol that will allow NFTs to be natively held in a Bitcoin wallet and transferred using Bitcoin transactions. He believes that NFTs have the potentia...
What is the thing about exponentials? - Kenny Rowe
December 12, 2022 16:45 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBKenny Rowe is the founder of the Dalten Collective (~sicdev-pilnup), in a previous life he was on the founding team of MakerDAO What is the dalten collective? Collectively own an urbit start together What is a node? What is peer discovery? What is governance when it comes to Urbit? What can you do with a star on Urbit? What is the relationship between Urbit and DAOs? How do groups do sense-making? What is better for sense-making: an individual or the collective? What are the...
How long does delusion traditionally outlast sanity? - Aaron Lowry
December 05, 2022 16:28 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBAaron Lowry (https://twitter.com/Aaron_Lowry) Why are you interested in Cardano? Why didn’t you switch to ETH and stay with Classic? What are the main challenges to build decentralized systems? With functional governance? How does verifiability contribute to more challenging programming issues? What was the Ethereum schism between classic and ETH? With the unilateral move to create a new ETH chain we see the first centralization Cardano is centralized in explicit ways through ...
What are the downsides of having everything become easily accessible? - Noah Kumin (Mars Review of Books)
November 28, 2022 16:37 - 53 minutes - 33.9 MBNoah Kumin Editor In Chief of the Mars Review of Books, publish at machinewar.substack.com ~librex-dozryc on Urbit What is the mars review of books? What is the relationship between collapse and urbit? How did you get involved with Urbit? What are the downsides of having everything become easily accessible? Do you think that Urbit will take all the good parts of the old web but keep the beauty of decentralization? What are the data storage aspects of urbit? Why is it confusi...
How are CNC routers changing woodworking? - Steve Heckathorn
November 22, 2022 17:32 - 44 minutes - 37.4 MBThis episode was meant to fulfill a personal curiosity of mine about CNC routers for wood working and how they are changing a very old skill. I wanted to see how it fit into my thesis of decentralized manufacturing and how it relates to additive manufacturing. It gets a little technical so you will like this episode if you already have some knowledge about building physical things. Here are some questions we cover: What is CNC? What is a CNC router? WHat is the difference between making...
The Nuclear Physics of Spiritual Growth - Nicholas Faulkner
November 15, 2022 17:43 - 1 hour - 47 MBNicholas Faulkner chemistry and physics teacher, former nuclear engineer, author of the upcoming book “Angelic Physics” How do you ascend to the next level of consciousness? What does it feel like to have an out of body experience? What are your thoughts on the future of nuclear power? What are the physics of nuclear power? How long will it take to feel the benefits of nuclear power if we start building massively? What is the waste of solar versus the waste of nuclear? What is...
How is additive manufacturing (3D printing) changing manufacturing? - Stephanie Bonfiglio
November 07, 2022 16:17 - 49 minutes - 31.7 MBWhat type of additive manufacturing machines does the company you work for have? What is the role of proprietary legal stuff when it comes to additive manufacturing? What is an EOS machine? Has Germany always been an additive manufacturer superpower? Is China taking over from them? What is a service bureau? Contract manufacturing How many interactions with a client on a particular part do you usually do? 2-3 generally between when the customer needs to test it 10 builds ...
What is the fundamental process behind decentralization? - Mike Townsend
November 01, 2022 15:31 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBWhat is it like to compete against square? What is it like to charge people to come on a podcast to interview them? Is podcasting like a press organization? When did they invent paper? What is the fundamental process behind decentralization? Is it good nor bad? Is bitcoin a money revolution or a technological innovation? What is the thesis, synthesis and anti synthesis cycle? Is the BTC volatility based on price discovery? What was the significance of the luna and celsius collapse? ...
What happened in China with the recent sanctions on microchips? - Michael Tauberg
October 24, 2022 15:31 - 50 minutes - 37.2 MBMichael Tauberg Hardware and software engineer with over 10 years of experience in firmware, systems validation and test automation What happened in China with sanctions on microchips, particularly on Oct 7th 2022? What is the goal of the US government with these moves? What hasn’t been allowed for awhile? What is new restrictions? What is a microchip? What is ASML? A dutch company that makes the equipment that makes chips Extreme ultraviolet is a new technology What has be...