Author David Gerard discusses Jack Dorsey's departure from Bluesky, his Bitcoin enthusiasm, and tech vision. They explore crypto ideologies, social media challenges, and the rise of alternative platforms post-Elon Musk's influence.

David Gerard, a long-standing critic of rationalist and EA communities, discusses his standards for reliable sources, his involvement with LessWrong and Effective Altruism, conflicts within online communities, and his contentious actions on Wikipedia, leading to bans from editing certain articles.

Blockchain technology has gone mainstream. It earns huge amounts of column inches and airtime. Stories abound of Bitcoin millionaires and multimillion-dollar ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings). New cryptocurrencies are launched every week. People who don’t entirely understand what they’re buying are rushing to purchase Bitcoin for fear of missing out, and recently the UK's Royal Mint announced its first ever blockchain-based non-fungible token, an NFT. Back in 2018, Intelligence Squared gathered crypto specialists to debate whether blockchain technology has a legitimate future or not, including Jamie Bartlett, author and analyst on the politics of the internet, blockchain expert Primavera De Filippi, Vit Jedlička, President of the micronation Liberland, and crypto journalist David Gerard. The host for this discussion was journalist, author and former BBC News Editorial Director, Kamal Ahmed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices