Month: April 2021

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Lex Fridman Podcast - #176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles

Robert Breedlove is a decentralized finance entrepreneur, philosopher, and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:46) – Sovereignty
(15:50) – Territorial imperative
(20:28) – Property
(26:33) – Anarchism
(29:11) – Inflation is theft
(33:35) – Volatility is truth
(38:14) – Taleb and Bitcoin
(42:22) – Life is information propagating through flesh
(53:21) – Intelligence
(57:34) – Space and time
(1:04:16) – Pragmatic truth
(1:15:14) – Creative destruction
(1:19:03) – Capitalism vs Communism
(1:31:46) – Jordan Peterson on religion
(1:36:03) – Inflation
(1:39:54) – What is money?
(1:53:30) – What is Bitcoin?
(2:04:36) – Bitcoin vs other cryptocurrencies
(2:12:47) – Can governments ban Bitcoin?
(2:25:29) – Bitcoin toxicity is tough love
(2:38:47) – Crypto scammers
(2:47:58) – Eric Weinstein and Bitcoin
(2:54:21) – Satoshi Nakamoto
(2:58:51) – Money is energy
(3:06:05) – Proof of stake vs proof of work
(3:08:45) – Morality
(3:23:30) – Collapse of the Soviet Union
(3:27:00) – Jordan Peterson and Bitcoin
(3:39:28) – Book recommendations
(3:58:49) – Advice for young people
(4:02:20) – Love

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 10 “Frederick and the Recovery of Jerusalem”

The German Emperor Frederick II was an unusual medieval monarch. He shocked contemporaries by keeping a harem in his court at Palermo, and was excommunicated three times by the Pope. Yet he was the only monarch to succeed in recovering Jerusalem.

Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Here Are All the Institutions That Bought Bitcoin While You Weren’t Paying Attention

A look at the news that flew under the radar this week.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

On this edition of the “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at three key themes:

  • The continued institutionalization of bitcoin (and, increasingly, ethereum as well) 
  • Warning signs of market mania in DOGE and NFT prices
  • Global intrigue around bitcoin and central bank digital currencies


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Who Was the 5th Beatle?

In 1964, New York City disc jockey “Murry the K” humorously dubbed himself the fifth Beatle due to his early promotion of the Beatles on his radio program. Since then, almost two dozen other people have been dubbed the 5th Beatle due to their contributions to the band.  Some people dubbed the 5th Beatle was even given the moniker by members of the band themselves. Learn more about the people who have been dubbed the 5th Beatle, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: J&J Vaccine Pause Explained

Today we’re breaking down the latest information about Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.

Earlier this week, the U.S. put the use of this particular vaccine on hold because of new questions about a potential rare, but serious, side effect: blood clots in the brain.

So what does the data show right now? How worried should we really be about this? What does it mean for the other types of COVID-19 vaccines available? 

We’re getting those answers and more from the Executive Director of the International Vaccine Access Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. William Moss.

 

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This Machine Kills - 61. Potemkin AI (patreon teaser)

Cold open: Ghost in the Shell There is a long list of services that purport to be powered by sophisticated software, but actually rely on humans acting like robots. We discuss a critical concept—whether we call it Potemkin AI, fauxtomation, or ghost work—for understanding how so much so-called artificial intelligence is just a spectacle, a simulation, designed to mystify the labor that really turns the crank of smart systems sold as advanced innovations. They are the humans hidden inside mechanical minds. Some stuff we reference: • Potemkin AI | Jathan Sadowski: https://reallifemag.com/potemkin-ai/ • The Automation Charade | Astra Taylor: https://logicmag.io/failure/the-automation-charade/ • Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass | Mary L. Gray Siddharth Suri: https://ghostwork.info/ • Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media | Sarah T. Roberts: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300235883/behind-screen • Difference and Dependence among Digital Workers: The Case of Amazon Mechanical Turk | Lilly Irani: https://read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlantic-quarterly/article-abstract/114/1/225/3763/Difference-and-Dependence-among-Digital-Workers Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills TMK shirts are now available here: bonfire.com/mech-luddite/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)