Episodios

  • The Place Between: The Analog City and the Digital City With L.M. Sacasas

    The Place Between: The Analog City and the Digital City With L.M. Sacasas
    Nov 2 2020

    The Place Between: The Analog City and the Digital City With L.M. Sacasas


    The Analog City and the Digital City - How online life breaks the old political order

    L.M. Sacasas

    https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-analog-city-and-the-digital-city


    The Convivial Society

    https://theconvivialsociety.substack.com/


    The Frailest Thing - Ten Years of Thinking About the Meaning of Technology

    https://gumroad.com/l/CWRfq


    The Christian Study Center

    https://www.christianstudycenter.org/about


    BOOKS and AUTHORS


    The City of God - Augustine of Hippo

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-City-of-God

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_God


    Alan Jacobs

    http://ayjay.org/


    Ivan Illich

    https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-Illich#ref1221206


    Marshal McLuhan

    https://marshallmcluhan.com/


    Walter J. Ong

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_J._Ong


    Hannah Arendt

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt


    Neil Postman

    http://neilpostman.org/

    Miscellaneous 


    Fiddling while Rome converts

    A generation of pagan bureaucrats amassed wealth and status while Roman emperors Christianised the world around them 

    https://aeon.co/essays/pagan-complacency-and-the-birth-of-the-christian-roman-empire


    Excalibur - John Boorman

    https://cinephiliabeyond.org/excalibur/


    Constitutional Governments and the Social Contract

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/constitution-politics-and-law


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    1 h y 7 m
  • The Digital City and the Curse of Ham: Looking Back to Move Forward, with Martin Gurri

    The Digital City and the Curse of Ham: Looking Back to Move Forward, with Martin Gurri
    Oct 7 2020
    The Digital City and the Curse of Ham: Looking Back to Move Forward, with Martin Gurri Martin Gurrihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-gurri-370a8216/The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Milleniumhttps://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Public-Crisis-Authority-Millennium/dp/1732265143Discoursehttps://www.discoursemagazine.com/Mercatus Center of George Mason Universityhttps://www.mercatus.org/scholars/martin-gurriFROM THE MAGAZINEEverything MagnifiedWhy were the protests and riots of 2020 so explosive?https://www.city-journal.org/2020-riots-protestsThe Prophet of the Revolthttps://pullrequest.substack.com/p/the-prophet-of-the-revolt?s=03The Analog City and the Digital CityHow online life breaks the old political orderL. M. Sacasashttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-analog-city-and-the-digital-city?s=03Douglas MurrayThe Madness of Crowdshttps://www.amazon.com/Madness-Crowds-Gender-Race-Identity/dp/1635579988Andrey MirPostjournalism and the death of newspapers. The media after Trump: manufacturing anger and polarizationhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GWWXDG7https://human-as-media.com/2020/10/05/the-tectonic-turn-of-the-news-media-away-from-advertising/The 30 Years Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_WarThe Social Dilemmahttps://youtu.be/uaaC57tcci0A Serious Manhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Serious_ManJonathan Haidthttps://www.amazon.com/Jonathan-Haidt/e/B001H6GAXW%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareWhat is the significance of the story of Jesus and Barabbas in the Bible?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarabbasMarshall McLuhanhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhanMatthew 27:16-1716 At that time they had a well-known prisoner whose name was Jesus[a] Barabbas. 17 So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?”https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+27%3A16-26&version=NIVGovernor of New York, Andrew Cuomo Press Conference - “You won.  What do you want?” https://news.yahoo.com/cuomo-don-t-protest-won-163708594.htmlGenesis 9:20-27, King James Versionhttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+9%3A20%E2%80%9327&version=KJVJordan PetersonThe Curse of Ham - lo-fi take by Akira The Donhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJHEaWfpFqAhttps://www.jordanbpeterson.com/Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelagohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_ArchipelagoVeteran of the Psychic WarsBlue Oyster Culthttps://youtu.be/jGKNaIXtBZQ******************************************************************************This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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    1 h y 17 m
  • The Distributed States of America: A Prologue to Remote Electronic Voting in the U.S.

    The Distributed States of America: A Prologue to Remote Electronic Voting in the U.S.
    Sep 11 2020

    The Distributed States of America: A Prologue to Remote Electronic Voting in the U.S.

    Marten Kaevats

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/marten-kaevats-80098990/?originalSubdomain=ee


    E-estonia

    https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-governance/


    Estonia’s I-Voting - The Country of Estonia has successfully implemented nationwide internet voting since 2005

    https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-governance/i-voting/


    America’s Federalist Government

    http://www.pbs.org/tpt/constitution-usa-peter-sagal/federalism/

    https://www.ushistory.org/gov/3.asp


    Distributed Systems

    https://www.techopedia.com/definition/18909/distributed-system


    GDPR (General Data Protection Act)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regulation


    Stasi - What Marten Referred to as the “East German FBI” during Soviet occupation

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi

    China and Data Privacy

    https://www.npr.org/2020/01/05/793014617/in-china-a-new-call-to-protect-data-privacy


    Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

    https://www.amazon.com/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Future-Frontier/dp/1610395697


    Unicorn Companies in Estonia

    https://www.marketline.com/blog/estonia-only-1-3m-people-but-4-unicorn-start-ups/


    Kersti Kaljulaid - President of Estonia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kersti_Kaljulaid


    Verification of Absentee/Mailed Ballots in the United States

    https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/How-States-Verify-AbsenteeMailed-Ballots.png


    History of the Secret Ballot

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot


    Nimit Sawhney, Co-Founder & Ceo of Voatz

    https://www.elev8con.com/speaker/nimit-sawhney/

    https://cic.com/podcasts/founders-spotlight/voatz

    https://voatz.com/

    • FAQs https://voatz.com/faq.html
    • Whitepaper https://www.nass.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/clear-ballot-voatz-white-paper-nass-winter18_4.pdf


    Estonia’s e-identity Program

    https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-identity/id-card/


    U.S. Estonia Relations

    https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-estonia/
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    1 h y 21 m
  • Revolt Of The Public: Author, Martin Gurri, Says That The Digital Age is Sounding The Death Knell For Elite Institutions

    Revolt Of The Public: Author, Martin Gurri, Says That The Digital Age is Sounding The Death Knell For Elite Institutions
    Jul 10 2020
    Revolt Of The Public: Author, Martin Gurri, Says That The Digital Age is Sounding The Death Knell For Elite InstitutionsMartin Gurrihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-gurri-370a8216/The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Milleniumhttps://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Public-Crisis-Authority-Millennium/dp/1732265143The Fifth Wave Bloghttps://thefifthwave.wordpress.com/what-is-the-fifth-wave/Mercatus Center of George Mason Universityhttps://www.mercatus.org/scholars/martin-gurriDefinitions of Terms in the book: The Five Waves:1st & 2nd Wave - development of the alphabet and written language3rd Wave - the mass production of the printing press4th Wave - 20th Century Mass Media, credentialed positions, hierarchical institutions 5th Wave - the digital information tsunami (chaos) The Public - It is not a fixed body of individuals. It is merely the persons who are interested in an affair and can affect it only by supporting or opposing the actors. It is many, not one. Most effectively, it negates people and institutions without providing a viable replacement. The People - A Political abstraction.  The public can never be the people because the people are an abstraction of political philosophy.  (Revolt of the Public, p.98, Kindle edition). A Legal Definition:The aggregate of the individuals who comprise a state or a nation. In a more restricted sense, as generally used in Constitutional Law, the entire body of those citizens of a state or a nation who are invested with political power for political purposes (the qualified voters).Authority - The incumbent hierarchical structures which are established and accredited.  Government first and foremost, but also corporations, universities and the whole roster of institutions from the industrial age.  Jordan Petersonhttps://www.jordanbpeterson.com/Hanz Zimmerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_ZimmerThe Buggleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BugglesNoblesse Obligehttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/noblesse-obligeClosing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students Allan Bloom (1987)https://www.amazon.com/Closing-American-Mind-Education-Impoverished/dp/1451683200/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&hvadid=78683852427491&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=the+closing+of+the+american+mind+by+allan+bloom&qid=1594323973&s=books&sr=1-1&tag=mh0b-20The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of DemocracyChristopher Lasch (1996)https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Elites-Betrayal-Democracy/dp/0393313719/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2EEFI2BYII6AQ&dchild=1&keywords=the+revolt+of+the+elites+and+the+betrayal+of+democracy&qid=1594324072&s=books&sprefix=the+revolt+of+the+elites+and+the+betrayal+of+democracy%2Cstripbooks%2C153&sr=1-2A Time To BuildYuval Levin (2020)https://www.amazon.com/Time-Build-Community-Recommitting-Institutions/dp/1541699270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+time+to+build&qid=1594324100&s=books&sr=1-1Nassim Taleb (Skin in the Game)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassim_Nicholas_TalebIbn Khaldunhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_KhaldunGovernor of New York, Andrew Cuomo Press Conference - “You won.  What do you want?” https://news.yahoo.com/cuomo-don-t-protest-won-163708594.htmlAntonio Garcia Martinezhttps://antoniogarciamartinez.com/Student Loan Debt - A raison d'etre of the public’s revolt?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_loans_in_the_United_Stateshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2020/06/04/student-loan-debt-holds-back-professional-and-market-growth/#534b4eef1a84https://www.consumerreports.org/student-loan-debt-crisis/lives-on-hold/The Big Lebowskihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Lebowski Fight With Nihilist Scene (graphic language and violence)https://youtu.be/lQjpNtI4FFYJosé Ortega y Gassethttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Ortega_y_GassetThe Mob Rules by Black Sabbathhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QcJCoKj6KcDramatic Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Max McLean(Demonstrates the difference between a revolt and a revolution)https://youtu.be/4uE-tqe0xsQNot discussed in this episode, but an interesting corollary to the show:Bishop Barron’s Admonition to Catholic Twitter Mobs - “Cut It Out!”https://youtu.be/QbLR4pUCW1Q
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    1 h y 11 m
  • Save and Invest Like The 1%: Zach Wildes Talks About Celsius Network’s Revolutionary Financial Services Business Model

    Save and Invest Like The 1%: Zach Wildes Talks About Celsius Network’s Revolutionary Financial Services Business Model
    Jul 8 2020
    Save and Invest Like The 1%: Zach Wildes Talks About Celsius Network’s Revolutionary Financial Services Business Model Celsius Networkhttps://celsius.network/The Celsius Network Communityhttps://celsians.com/Zachary WildesCelsius Community Manager zachary.wildes@celsius.network2019 My Digital Self Interview with Alex Mashinsky, Co-Founder & CEO of Celsius Networkhttps://share.transistor.fm/s/8b913719Alex Mashinskyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_MashinskyTether (USDT)https://tether.to/Fractional Reserve Bankinghttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fractionalreservebanking.asphttps://mises.org/library/are-fractional-reserve-bank-deposits-moneyDo You Own The Money In Your Bank Account?“When someone opens a bank account and makes a cash deposit, he surrenders the legal title to the cash, and it becomes an asset of the bank. In turn, the account is a liability to the bank.”https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bank-deposits.aspThe Federal Reserve’s Response to COVID-19https://www.brookings.edu/research/fed-response-to-covid19/Temporarily relaxing regulatory requirements: The Fed is encouraging banks—both the largest banks and community banks—to dip into their regulatory capital and liquidity buffers, so they can increase lending during the downturn. The reforms instituted after the financial crisis require banks to hold additional loss-absorbing capital to prevent future bailouts. But these capital buffers can be used during a downturn to stimulate lending, and the Fed is encouraging that now, including through a technical change to its TLAC (total loss-absorbing capacity) requirement, which includes capital and long-term debt. (To preserve capital, big banks also are suspending buybacks of their shares.)  The Fed also eliminated banks’ reserve requirement—the percent of deposits that banks must hold as reserves to meet cash demand—though this is largely irrelevant because banks currently hold far more than the required reserves. The Fed also relaxed the growth restrictions previously imposed on Wells Fargo, as part of an enforcement action related to widespread consumer protection violations, so that the bank could increase its participation in the Fed’s lending programs for small- and mid-sized businesses.Cel Tokenhttps://support.celsius.network/hc/en-us/sections/360000538817-CEL-tokenNegative Carryhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/negativecarry.aspMargin Callhttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/margincall.aspGood Article on The Traditional/Legal Duties of Corporationshttps://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/04/16/what-are-corporations-obligations-to-shareholders/a-duty-to-shareholder-valueFDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)https://www.fdic.gov/SIPC (The Securities Investor Protection Corporation)https://www.sipc.org/about-sipc/MakerDAO’s Multi-Collateral DAI (MCD)https://makerdao.com/en/whitepaper/#abstracthttps://www.coindesk.com/there-are-more-dai-on-compound-now-than-there-are-dai-in-the-worldDeFi (Decentralized Finance)https://blockonomi.com/what-is-decentralized-finance-defi/Ethereum ERC20 Smart Contractshttps://www.investopedia.com/news/what-erc20-and-what-does-it-mean-ethereum/Wallets for Digital Assets (Self Custody)https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bitcoin-wallet.aspWireCard Scandalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WirecardBrain Wallethttps://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/BrainwalletFinancial Self Sovereigntyhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/alastairjohnson/2019/10/03/self-sovereign-banking-putting-you-back-in-control-of-your-money/#89c7b681f615*******************************This podcast has been edited for content and clarity*******************************This podcast is not intended to be financial advice.  Do your own research and/or seek financial advice from a reliable professional before investing or depositing your money. 
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    40 m
  • If Not Now, When? Voatz Strives To Bring The Ballot Box To The Smartphone

    If Not Now, When? Voatz Strives To Bring The Ballot Box To The Smartphone
    Jun 25 2020
    If Not Now, When?  Voatz Strives To Bring The Ballot Box To The SmartphoneVoatzhttps://voatz.com/FAQs https://voatz.com/faq.html Whitepaper https://www.nass.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/clear-ballot-voatz-white-paper-nass-winter18_4.pdf Nimit Sawhney, Co-Founder & Ceo of Voatzhttps://www.elev8con.com/speaker/nimit-sawhney/https://cic.com/podcasts/founders-spotlight/voatzRock, Paper, Scissors - How We Used to Vote (2008 New Yorker Article by Jill Lepore)https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/10/13/rock-paper-scissorsThe American Party For those who have seen Martin Scorcese’s Gangs of New York, Bill the Butcher, portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis, was an enforcer in the American Party, whose ruffians attacked the Kyle brothers as they attempted to cast their votes in 1859.Some Leading Legacy Voting Equipment CompaniesClear Ballothttps://clearballot.com/Hart InterCivichttps://dev17.hartintercivic.com/Dominion Votinghttps://dominionvoting.com/MicroVote https://www.microvote.com/home.htmlElection Systems & Softwarehttps://www.essvote.com/Unisyn Voting Solutionshttps://unisynvoting.com/Vulnerabilities In Legacy Voting Equipment and SystemsNPR’s Article about Mail-In Voting Referenced by Nimithttps://www.npr.org/2020/03/24/820232540/as-coronavirus-delays-primary-season-states-weigh-expanding-absentee-votingHanging Chads and the Florida Election Recount of 2000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_recount_in_Florida#Palm_Beach_County's_butterfly_ballotsA Couple of Articles Critical of Mobile Voting Platforms in General & Voatzhttps://www.coindesk.com/snake-oil-and-overpriced-junk-why-blockchain-doesnt-fix-online-votinghttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-26/cybersecurity-experts-say-hacking-risk-is-high-for-mobile-votingThe February 2020 Iowa Caucuses Debacle (Involved a mobile app made by another company - Shadow Inc. - which was not used to place votes, but report precinct voter tallies)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Iowa_Democratic_presidential_caucusesEstonia’s i-Voting - The Country of Estonia has successfully implemented nationwide internet voting since 2005https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-governance/i-voting/Tivi Remote Voting (Used in Estonia and other countries)https://tivi.io/November 3, 2020https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election
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  • From The Plains Of Nineveh To The Streets Of Beirut: How ChangeInEx Plans To Unlock Global Labor And Creativity

    From The Plains Of Nineveh To The Streets Of Beirut: How ChangeInEx Plans To Unlock Global Labor And Creativity
    Jun 6 2020
    From The Plains Of Nineveh To The Streets Of Beirut: How ChangeInEx Plans To Unlock Global Labor And CreativityStephen Hollingsheadhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhollingshead/ChangeInExhttps://www.changeinex.com/MERS (MERSCORP Holdings, Inc.) (1:35)https://www.mersinc.org/abouthttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181004005185/en/Intercontinental-Exchange-Completes-Acquisition-MERSAnkawa Refugee Camp(1:50) (Story of Gali)https://english.ankawa.com/?p=15949Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (5:58)https://www.mturk.com/workerPatriot Act (4:30, 22:30)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_ActBank Secrecy Act (4:30)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Secrecy_ActBlockchain (7:25)https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.aspBiometrics (7:53)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BiometricsJuan Zarate (10:00) - Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare https://www.amazon.com/Treasurys-War-Unleashing-Financial-Warfare-ebook/dp/B00DFM5C3U/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=juan+zarate&qid=1591373210&sr=8-1M-PESA (28:50)https://www.vodafone.com/what-we-do/services/m-pesaSIM Swapping (32:00)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIM_swap_scamSpecial Economic Zones https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/sez.aspMNO - (32:30) Mobile Network Operator (When discussing M-Pesa)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_network_operatorLEBANON (36:45)Refugee Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrians_in_LebanonLiquidity Crisis https://www.gfmag.com/magazine/march-2020/lebanon-liquidity-crisisPolitical Crisishttps://www.dw.com/en/lebanons-political-and-economic-meltdown/a-47179661Lollars - (42:00)https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=LollarSWIFT https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/050515/how-swift-system-works.aspFractional Reserve Banking (42:30)https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/fractionalreservebanking.aspDavid Birch (47:00)https://www.dgwbirch.com/biography/Hernando DeSoto (49:00) - Economist “The Bell Jar”https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto_(economist)Schenzhen, China’s Special Economic Zone (53:15)https://www.britannica.com/place/ShenzhenRwanda (55:00)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RwandaPaul Kagame - President of Rwanda (55:15)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_KagameHutus & Tutsis (55:20)https://www.thoughtco.com/location-of-conflict-tutsis-and-hutus-3554918Smart Africa Alliance (55:35)https://smartafrica.org/Venezuela’s Maduro Diet (56:30)https://www.csis.org/analysis/maduro-diet-food-v-freedom-venezuelaThis interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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  • The Nordic X-Road: Bringing e-Governance to Our Digital Selves

    The Nordic X-Road: Bringing e-Governance to Our Digital Selves
    May 15 2020

    The Nordic X-Road: Bringing e-Governance to Our Digital Selves

    Petteri Kivimäki  

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/pkivimaki/


    Nordic Institute for Interoperability Solutions (NIIS)

    https://www.niis.org/


    X-Road

    https://x-road.global/


    Suomi.fi Data Exchange Layer (Finland’s X-Road environment)

    https://palveluhallinta.suomi.fi/en/sivut/palveluvayla/esittely

    X-tee (Estonia’s X-Road)

    https://e-estonia.com/solutions/interoperability-services/x-road/

    The MIT License

    https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

    Estonia's i-Voting System
    https://e-estonia.com/solutions/e-governance/i-voting/
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