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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How long until we have the ability to print anything anywhere with 3D printing? - Justin Liguori
October 17, 2022 18:10 - 55 minutes - 33 MBJustin is the Principal Materials and Manufacturing Engineer at Ursa Major Technologies and used to run materials at SpaceX Questions we cover on the show: Is it possible to 3D print engines or motors using additive manufacturing with metal? Do those engines/motors have different design constraints? What time frame would it be until a consumer/tinkerer could get their hands on something affordable that could help them build motors/engines at their house? What is the impact of AI on...
How Can You Create More Intimate Relationships With Everything in Your Life? w/ Liam Ellerby
October 10, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 49.8 MBWhat is a Maker Space? What is a Skill Share? Are cars more plastic than metal? How can you create more intimate realtionships with everything in your life? What is Upcycling? What is Cooperative Community Development? Is local always better? Is efficiency the bottom line? What is a Fila-bot?
What Does It Mean to Shift Around Time? w/ ~Pilwyc-Fastec
October 03, 2022 10:00 - 44 minutes - 31.7 MBMy pseudoanonymous guest here today is ~Pilwyc-Fastec, you can find him on Urbit by that name spelled out Urbit is the right OS to build the future of the smart home. What is a smart home? What does it mean to shift around time? How did the mainframe build the modern smart home infrastructure? How can we share time on devices with others in a home in an intelligent way? What was the grant process like for Urbit? What is identity? Peer to peer versus server to client What do...
What happened between Socrates and now?
September 26, 2022 20:01 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBFollow @losMapMaker on Twitter He is a Metaphysical spice¹ trader. Cyclical time cartographer. Exotic information imports What happened between Socrates and now? What is cyclical time versus linear time? What have you learned from the fourth turning? Why is it that somethings outside the realm of science that are also predictive? Why does science think that it is predictive when it isnt always (rona)? Does the 4th turning have any connection with vedic astrology? Who are some ...
How Do You Assume Responsibility For Existence? w/ Wade Townsend
September 19, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.3 MBWade Townsend When did you get into playing poker? What is negotiation when it comes to draft for baseball? What is Tommy John surgery? What pitcher surgeries are common? What is your degree in? What countries did you play poker tournaments in? What is the bureaucracy involved with baseball? Was it the coaches or the employees in professional baseball? What is the difference between traveling for fun vs. traveling for a goal? Why is the difference between being sincere ...
The Invisible Infrastructure of Trust w/ Aaron Lowry
September 12, 2022 15:17 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBAaron Lowry How to build? What does software do for helping us to customize our physical creations? Where is our awareness focused? Why does it focus there? How does it focus there? How does 3D engineering work? How do you find the most important constraints that are the obstacles in your way? How do you focus? What are the properties of thermal expansion? What should I understand about physics as a novice builder? What are geotelematics? (10 minutes in) What would be the ...
What is the difference between seeking insight and seeking status? - Francis Pedraza
September 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBWhat is dialogue? What is monologue? How do you have dialgoue with your colleagues? And then engagement? How many corporate retreats have you done? What is a corporate retreat? How do you find perfect deals? What is a perfect deal? How do you deal with the stress from early deals? How do you deal with principal agent dilemma of investors? How do you deal with potential for embarassments? Is honor culture neccesary? Why does it show up in human relationships? What is the ...
Why is Modernity Difficult on Spiritual Deviants? w/ Neal Davis
August 29, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBDirector of developer experience at the Urbit Foundation ~lagrev-nocfep on Urbit @sigilante on twitter What is a sigil? What is the most important thing you’ve learned about teaching? Driven by authoritarian high modernism Top down imposition Structural way of understanding context Industrial revolution Ten years ago there was online education MIT open course where Open up the content to everyone and it will create revolution Introducing a model that the person ...
Why Will We Mine Our Own Garbage? w/ Bill Lawrence
August 15, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes - 43.8 MBBill Lawrence from ReStore What did Zaire used to be called? What is River Blindness? What is less effective than DDT? Why would you dissect a fly? How do you dissect a fly? Why will we mine our own garbage? What items require special recycling? What is a “transfer station”? What is “planned obsolescence”? Who is leading the way with a “cradle-to-grave” philosophy?
Can You Be a Stoic and a Sex Worker at the Same Time? w/ Dashielle Bark Huss
August 08, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MBDashiell Bark Huss CEO, Wish Tender What is Wish Tender? Gifts from fans Gift registries It's a privacy company How do adult film stars know how to create boundaries? Is it hard for adult film stars to create boundaries? What is financial domination? A sub who likes to be submissive when it comes to money 90-Day Fiancee If someone comes to you and offers you gifts, what do you do? Why are you nervous about outsourcing? What is it like to do business with your life pa...
What Will Urbit Look Like in 1,000 Years? w/ Time from Uqbar
August 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBAn experiment I'm running to live tweet my interviews in the forms of questions: The first try is with ~timluc-miptev on Urbit He is constructing and coordinating a DAO that will be a Layer 1 that will start as a ZK roll-up in the Urbit ecosystem. What is a program running on the Urbit operating system? What does it mean to write to the ETH blockchain? What are the main constructs in building what you are building? What will it take to build a full layer 1 on Urbit? What...
What Will Urbit Look Like in 1,000 Years? w/ Tim from Uqbar
August 01, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBAn experiment I'm running to live tweet my interviews in the forms of questions: The first try is with ~timluc-miptev on Urbit He is constructing and coordinating a DAO that will be a Layer 1 that will start as a ZK roll-up in the Urbit ecosystem. What is a program running on the Urbit operating system? What does it mean to write to the ETH blockchain? What are the main constructs in building what you are building? What will it take to build a full layer 1 on Urbit? What...
What Is the Current State of Psychedelics? w/ Woody Wiegmann
July 25, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes - 27.7 MBWhat is the current state of psychedelics? Is it legal to use psilocybin in a controlled treatment framework in Oregon? What state will be next? What does it mean to be a Schedule One Drug? What will the FDA do next year in terms of psychedelics? Why is Ibogaine illegal? What is Habitat for Humanity? What percentage of the population has P.T.S.D.? Who is on the cutting edge of research in this area?
God is Real, Now What? w/ Jacob Rudolph
July 18, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBJacob Rudolph Executive Director of Pride Network What does it mean to develop leadership? What does it mean to have a third-party mediator? What are the main challenges when it comes to communication? What does it mean to serve? Do you still feel like you have to learn lessons about humility? What does it mean to open your heart? What is the relationship between the nervous system and emotional growth? God is real, now what? I’m not alone, and the connection between being...
How Do We Enable More People to Run Their Small Businesses? w/ Stuart Christoph
July 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBStuart Christoph Director of the Urbit Foundation Grant Program What is the grant program for Urbit? Is that for technical people? 2 years from now we will be able to build businesses. What small businesses have you started? What are the security problems? How does Urbit scale? How much is a Star? How can I set up a Star? How do you enable more people to run their small businesses? What is a system admin? Can we get the instructions of how to set up a star for my show...
How Do We Enable More People to Run Their Own Servers? w/ Stuart Christoph
July 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBStuart Christoph Director of the Urbit Foundation Grant Program What is the grant program for Urbit? Is that for technical people? 2 years from now we will be able to build businesses. What small businesses have you started? What are the security problems? How does Urbit scale? How much is a Star? How can I set up a Star? How do you enable more people to run their small businesses? What is a system admin? Can we get the instructions of how to set up a star for my show...
What is Urbit trying to do? w/ Theodore Blackman
June 27, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes - 30.6 MBTheodore Blackman Urbit Core Dev & Manage projects at Tlon Arvo Kernel Find him on ~rovnys-ricfer on Urbit What are metapolitics? What is content distribution for Urbit? What is the networking protocol for Urbit? How is Urbiit different from other networking protocols? What is Subscription Reform? What is a Pub-Sub system? What is the Scriname Space? Are there already scalable networking systems? What is the limit on users right now on Urbit? How do analytics work on U...
Will Urbit Replace Linux? w/ Peter McEvoy
June 20, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 33.9 MBPeter McEvoy Run Time Engineer at Tlon Will Urbit replace Linux? Urbit is so big and ambitious Urbit as an overlay operating system On top of an existing operating system e.g: Mac OS, Windows How far are we from hardware-enabled Urbit? How long will it take for Urbit to go big, like really big? How many developers are working on Urbit right now? 15 engineers at Tlon Tlon is the corporate lynchpin for the effort How many companies are building on Urbit? Who runs the Urb...
Is Bitcoin the Universal Basic Income? w/ Michael Hawaii
June 13, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBMichael Hawaii Founder of Ocean Bit Are there a lot of Brazilians in Hawaii? Is Honolulu more beautiful than Rio? How about San Francisco? What is Ocean Energy Thermal (O-Tech)? What type of businesses are high kpax? Why aren’t you a fan of the word innovation? Are you going to build your business remotely? What is the difference between a moral opinion and data driven opinion? How are data packets different from digital money? What was your trip like to Venezuela?(25:0...
How Do Our Stories Shape Our Realities? - Steven Morris
June 06, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 80.5 MBSteven Morris Electrical engineer & High-Viber of Craziness @lifesmith - the mythology and the crafting of life. The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves and the world is what shapes our reality. Who is Richard Bach, author of “Illusions: the Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”? Disappearing Clouds: thoughts create reality. Learning Discernment is ongoing. Neutral Learning. Some stories can be retold, some will always be there. Which app uses Spaced Repetition Memorizatio...
Why Do I Need a Personal Server? - Galen Wolfe-Pauly
May 30, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBGalen Wolfe-Pauly CEO of Tlon Why do I need a personal server? Why is it that we all have access to centralized servers? Why does all our data need to be in the same place? What is the issue of large scale? How do we consume information? How can I control my software? How do you use a computer as a vehicle for everyday creativity? How should I build my jungle gym? Pitch my new massage table idea. How do you manage writing for your role as CEO? Does Hoon help you in...
What Are the Metaphysics Behind Socialism? - Francis Pedraza
May 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 38.1 MBFrancis Pedraza CEO and Cofounder of Invisible How was 2021 NYC like 1929 NYC? Is your business prepared for this recession? How did you prepare for the recession? How does profitability change your business? How do you buy back shares from investors? Ownership pizza pie: how do you convince an investor to buy back shares? How does the Golden age apply to partying on the internet? What is the Xeno paradox? You buy back equity with debt, and fInance with profits. This gets a...
What Are the Metaphysics Behind Utopianism? - Francis Pedraza
May 23, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 38.1 MBFrancis Pedraza CEO and Cofounder of Invisible How was 2021 NYC like 1929 NYC? Is your business prepared for this recession? How did you prepare for the recession? How does profitability change your business? How do you buy back shares from investors? Ownership pizza pie: how do you convince an investor to buy back shares? How does the Golden age apply to partying on the internet? What is the Xeno paradox? You buy back equity with debt, and fInance with profits. This gets aro...
How can we trust anything anymore? - Sam Patten
May 16, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBA distant cousin, a writer who lives in Maine, and a former political consultant. Why is 1957 a bad time to get stuck in a honey pot? 1962 is when the Cuban missile crisis occurred. What is Mr Jones? Is Russia a threat to the United States? What does a great policy towards Russia look like? What is the policy towards Russia? What is the policy towards China? What are the forms of leverage that China has on the US? How about Russia? Who is Peter Splitzer and his book? What...
Who was the Bitcoin Jesus? - Bernardo Oliveira
May 10, 2022 14:31 - 1 hour - 38.2 MBHis business is like Jack Mallers’ Strike, but in Brazil. What is the Bitcoin scene like in Brazil? What is Bitcoin Maximalism? Which cryptocurrency is the most reliable? Is there a better alternative to democracy? What is a hardware wallet? What is the Lightning Network? What is Bitcoin Beach? What is the effect of hyper-inflation on bitcoin? Who was the Bitcoin Jesus? What were the Block-Size Wars? What are your favorite psychedelic substances? @didimosats
What is the Tirrel Corporation? - Christian Langalis
May 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBChristian Langalis is the co-founder and C.E.O. of Tirell Corporation What is Orbis Tertiary? What is the Orbis Ledger? Are there any cyberpunk references for Urbit business? What is the distinction of cyber-punk? Dystopia. What is cypher-punk? Who are Timothy May and Satoshi Nakamoto What is the overreach of instrumentalization? What is the atomization of the social? How did computers atomize humans even further? In what ways has studying culture informed your world view...
What is the Tirrel Corporation?
May 02, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.7 MBChristian Langalis is the co-founder and C.E.O. of Tirell Corporation What is Orbis Tertiary? What is the Orbis Ledger? Are there any cyberpunk references for Urbit business? What is the distinction of cyber-punk? Dystopia. What is cypher-punk? Who are Timothy May and Satoshi Nakamoto What is the overreach of instrumentalization? What is the atomization of the social? How did computers atomize humans even further? In what ways has studying culture informed your world view...
How can we minimize conflict and maximize collaboration? - Erik Newton
April 25, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBErik Newton is the C.O.O. of tlon.io which is the web development service for Urbit. Urbit is a place where you can speak your mind without worry of being censored. He used to be a lawyer, researching how humans can be removed from the execution and enforcement of contracts. He also had a podcast which attempted to pinpoint the causes of conflict in human relationships. Urbit is 3 pieces of technology: A virtual server built from the ground up; very secure, durable, and simple. A pe...
What is it like to become part of the outgroup rapidly? - Steve Kirsch
April 18, 2022 10:00 - 55 minutes - 34.6 MBIf you are interested in the info on the podcast please make sure to verify yourself the information that is presented You are on your own now for determining what is true. No trusted groups are now responsible for it. You can't outsource it. The best way that I have found to find what is true is to ignore what the mind wants to be true and relentlessly attack your own notions of what is true. Ask is that true? Over and over again until you find out If you verify it yourself pleas...
Accessing the Unconditioned Mind - Jonathan Harrison
April 11, 2022 10:00 - 51 minutes - 27.9 MBJonathan Harrison's work is in learning to become more realistic. The more we connect to what’s really happening as opposed to what we think, we realize that what we think is our creativity operating, but the real world is just happening (including our thinking which is part of the real world). Then from this more realistic viewpoint, what we think ceases to disturb us because we realize it has no particular validity or meaning whatsoever, other than expressing our state of mind at the...
Reclaiming Personal Agency - Michael Batrano
March 31, 2022 00:49 - 59 minutes - 51.7 MBMichael Batrano is the founder of Libertis Horizon, a private society event happening in San Diego that is focused on freeing individuals around the world from the control structures that keep us living scared, disconnected lives and restrict our personal agency. In this episode, we discuss control systems, how the elites have deceived us into giving away our agency, and much more. You can find him on his website www.libertishorizon.com and on the associated Telegram group. 1:16 - 15:...
What are the three technologies of the future?
March 21, 2022 18:52 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBParticularly what technologies will help us remove ourselves from systems of waste and hopefully inequality of opportunity. Many people think that we are in a dark age but what if in fact the last few years have been a civilizational level psych-out and we are on the cusp something truly great and transformational. Listen for more by Ben Magelsen (you can find him on Twitter at @benmagelsen
How has the world changed post COVID? - Jim O'Shaughnessy
July 07, 2021 09:49 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBJames O'Shaughnessy is the founder, chairman, and co-chief investment officer at OSAM (O'Shaughnessy Asset Management). In this episode, we discuss the changes that have come about in the world post-COVID, mainstream media, politics, navigating the future as a society, the law of attraction, and much more. You can catch Jim’s podcast, Infinite Loops, at www.infiniteloopspodcast.com. Enjoy. 1:58 - How covid accelerated the evolution of work meetings 6:47 - What is quantitative an...
What is meant by the phrase "The medium is the message"? - Steven Fan
July 02, 2021 13:42 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBSteven is trying to discover the next culture that’s emerging to replace conventional western culture and is also trying to be part of its formation. In this episode, we talk about order, blockchain, decentralization, media, information, eastern spirituality, and much more. You can reach out to Steven on Twitter @_StevenFan 1:30 - What is the relationship between top-down and bottom-up influences when it comes to the formation of culture? 1:59 - Is the universe itself inherently bott...
What exactly is an NFT? - Daliso Ngoma
May 05, 2021 12:25 - 1 hour - 46 MBDaliso Ngoma is the founder and Managing Director of African Technopreneurs which is focused on providing the best AR/VR/360 camera hardware in South Africa. In this episode we discuss NFTs, Crypto, blockchain, trust, thinking for yourself, avoiding self-deception, and much more. You can find Daliso on Twitter and Instagram at @djngoma. Enjoy. (5:24) What is the connection between VR and crypto? Is it possible that they’re going to merge into one? (7:41) What exactly is an NFT? What does...
What is the relationship between fear and healing - Keia Lavine
May 03, 2021 18:45 - 48 minutes - 32.6 MBKeia is a Medicine Woman who organizes ceremonies for ancestral medicine. Her aim is to help people transform their lives life into empowered and abundant experiences through facilitating awakenings and supporting healing. In this episode, we discuss plant medicines, what it means to heal, the relationship between fear and healing, the goal of healing, and much more. You can find Keia on Twitter at KLMedicinewoman, and on Instagram at keialavine. Enjoy! (3:29) What is healing? What does it...
Will exoskeletons ever become mainstream? - Nikhil Verma (MD)
April 28, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 37.7 MBNikhil Verma is a medical doctor who specializes in treating and managing spinal health, mobility, chronic pain, and athletic health among others. In this episode, we discuss chronic pain, the various ways chronic pain is managed, transhumanism, muscular tension, and the possible future interventions in managing chronic pain. You can find Nikhil Verma on Twitter at VermaN21 and on Instagram at dr.nvsportandspine. Enjoy! (5:44) What is a notochord? (10:18) What portion of pain is subjecti...
Why do kids get cancer? - Courtney Hodges
April 19, 2021 17:12 - 58 minutes - 49.7 MBCourtney is passionate about helping children with cancer and in this episode, we discuss the shortcomings of the medical industry, their misinformed directives, their indirect undermining of human endurance and adaptability, living off the grid, achieving independence from the system, and much more. Enjoy 2:07 The patient advocate: how Courtney helps children who have cancer and their families. 6:31 Why do kids get cancer? Do you know that in adults 90% of cancers have environmental cau...
God, the boundaries of Biology, and Free Will - Woody Wiegmann
April 16, 2021 23:16 - 1 hour - 73 MBA collaborative episode with Woody Wiegmann, host of Courage over Conviction podcast. In this episode, we discuss the existence of free will, and try to determine where choice ends and determinism begins. We discuss psychology, making the unconscious conscious, the pitfalls of human hubris, hedging against terrible fiscal policies and much more. Enjoy. (1:22) What is free will? How do we decide our actions? Do we really decide? Does free will actually exist or are we slaves to determinism?...
Do you know you can make music with plants? - Joshua Morrison Cooper
April 07, 2021 19:47 - 33 minutes - 28 MBJoshua Morrison Cooper is the creative coordinator at Happiness and in this episode, we discuss gardening, the healing power of plants, how to get started with planting, how big agricultural practices deplete the quality of soil, government initiatives to help people interested in planting, and much more. We also spoke about Joshua's unique type of music, which you can listen to here: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/1QTKWSH9FVPks1M3A Enjoy. (1:53) Do you know you can make music with plan...
What does our future hold? - Mateo Bonells
April 04, 2021 12:07 - 57 minutes - 37.7 MBMateo Bonells is a plant medicine healer at the Iboga Wellness Center, Gabon, and is an initiate of the Bwiti tradition. In this episode, we discuss the wonder that is Iboga, the ethics of the government's attempt to coerce everyone to take the COVID-19 vaccine, the cultural division this is causing, and much more. P.S. There's some real display of vulnerability on this one, so if that kind of content offends you, I suggest you skip this episode. (4:24) What does initiation into the Bwit...
What is a fab and why is it the next big thing in the manufacturing industry? Matt Parlmer
March 22, 2021 23:27 - 57 minutes - 54.4 MBMatt Parlmer is the founder of General Fabrications, a firm devoted to democratizing production and the supply chain across a lot of industries. In this episode, we discuss his company's products, fabs, and delve into how they're going to revolutionize the manufacturing system and the various ways and fields in which they could be applied, such as in homesteading, moulding, and so on, as well as the possibilities they could unlock for humanity. You can find Matt on Twitter as @mattparlmer an...
Why you should reach out to strangers you admire online - Rodney Gainous Jr.
March 16, 2021 15:53 - 58 minutes - 45.7 MBRodney Gainous is the founder and CEO of Safe, a company dedicated to providing more easy-to-use privacy tools for individuals and businesses. In this episode, we discuss the changes Corona has wrought, the importance of sending cold emails, the importance of location for networking, and much more. Enjoy! You can reach Rodney on Twitter at Rg2official. (7:59) Do you need to move to the Bay area, or tech hubs in general, to be able to fully chase your dreams of working in tech? What are t...
Can AI be taught to hold a conversation? - Bruna Paese
March 04, 2021 14:05 - 3 hours - 148 MBBruna Paese is the CEO of Iubi, a social robot that helps people improve their health. We had a marathon of an interview -my longest ever- at three hours. And in this episode, spoke about language, decision making, learning, drug use in Brazil, Banks, health, poverty, wealth, and so much more. Enjoy! (1:55) The nuances of language, how different slang can develop among different cultures sharing the same language. Can AI learn to note the differences in accents across non-native speakers o...
How can we make our forests resilient again? - Gabriel Bolzani
February 20, 2021 09:34 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBThis episode focuses on self-sufficiency through living off the land and growing your own food, agroecology and restorative farming, escaping the control of governments worldwide, and basically living a life that allows you to thrive physically, all of these in light of the events of the pandemic. Enjoy! (2:50 - 3:40) The difference between city and rural life, and how that contrast, unwittingly, showed Gabriel the difference between learning about a course in college and actually living t...
How are plant psychedelics different from synthesized psychedelics? - Isabelle Kupka
January 23, 2021 13:38 - 54 minutes - 45 MBIn this episode, Isabelle and I discuss psychedelics, the differences between organic and synthetic psychedelics, the differences in how drugs are viewed in Brazil as opposed to the United States, psychology, the history of psychedelics, the death of God in the West, and the resultant coping mechanisms, her experience with Ayahuasca, and much more. Enjoy. (1:40-5:08) Unexpected differences between the laws governing drug and psychedelic use in the U.S. and in Brazil, and how funding is gra...
Awakening from the Matrix with Alex Levy
January 07, 2021 17:01 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThis episode is different! Here, I'm interviewed by Alex Levy for an episode for his podcast "Through Conversations" which I also decided to publish here. Enjoy! 3:30 - Stewart's approach to interviews 6:00 - How should we use Twitter? 7:30 - Are we curious by nature? 8:34 - "Question asking is one of the most courageous things we can do" 10:00 - Are we able to cope with uncertainty? 13:19 - The best thing we can do is to awaken. 15:35 - The benefits of living under uncertainty...
What effects will decentralized currency have on Nation States? - Zura Guerra
November 02, 2020 13:00 - 50 minutes - 41.8 MBZura Guerra is a digital nomad that’s building a startup. In this episode we discuss technology in Latin America, the pandemic, decentralizing currency, and much more. You can find her on Instagram at zuraguerra, and on her blog at apolune.com. Enjoy. (2:23 - 4:15) Surviving the pandemic in Argentina, the country with the record of the longest stretch of lockdowns. (8:21 - 13:02) What will the startup ecosystem in Brazil and Mexico look like in the next few years? Will there be more buyo...
What has COVID19 done to the experience economy? Michael Morgenstern: CEO and Cofounder of This is Definitely Real
October 31, 2020 16:00 - 53 minutes - 47.9 MBHere are some other questions we discuss: What is alternate reality cinema? How did COVID19 change the usage of social media? How did the online world change the meaning of fiction? How did COVID19 change the way that cognition is distributed on the internet? How do you build habits to affect the structure of human society? How did social media change psyops from central governments? Did we forget the important lessons that the initial internet taught us? How does Facebook th...
How to greet in West Timor
October 05, 2020 13:43 - 13 minutes - 11.6 MBThe second entry in my solo podcast detour! In this episode, I talk about my attempts to experience the cultures I encountered, in my travels across Southeast Asia, more deeply, and my quest to find cultures that had not been as thoroughly exposed to the internet and its effects, as the West and similar modern societies. In the course of my travels, I spent some time on an island called West Timor and participated in the most awkward custom I'd ever experienced up till then. Listen to hear...