Life Itself Podcast

Episode #7 of our ongoing deep dive into #crypto and #web3 with Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl. This week we’re exploring the thesis that Bitcoin (and crypto more generally) is an anti-authoritarian force and can help undermine tyranny.To view notes, references and key concepts from this episode, visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/notes/bitcoin-as-anti-authoritarianTo learn more about our Making Sense of Crypto & Web3 series visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/Stephen Diehl is a software engineer, writer and Web3 expert. He has written many articles about the topic on his blog at stephendiehl.com and has been featured in several podcasts on the topic.To learn more from Stephen Diehl:https://www.stephendiehl.com/https://twitter.com/smdiehl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

In this episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto and #Web3 series, Stephen Diehl is joined by economist and data scientist, Matthew Ranger, in a discussion on crypto assets from a macroeconomics perspective. You can learn more about Matthew and his work here:https://www.singlelunch.com/To learn more about our Making Sense of Web3 series visit https://web3.lifeitself.us/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

In this episode of our Making Sense of #Crypto and #Web3 series, Rufus Pollock is joined by activist, journalist and author Cory Doctorow. Cory outlines the problems he sees within the web3 space; economic, technological, and ethical.You can learn more about Cory and his work here:https://pluralistic.net/https://doctorow.medium.com/To learn more about our Making Sense of Web3 series visit https://web3.lifeitself.us/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

In this episode of our Making Sense of Web3 series, Rufus Pollock speaks with Pia Mancini on Open Collective, steward ownership and exit to community. Pia Mancini is a democracy activist, open source sustainer, co-founder & CEO at Open Collective and Chair of Democracy Earth Foundation. You can learn more about Pia and her work here: https://www.piamancini.com/ https://opencollective.com/ https://democracy.earth/   To learn more about our Web3: Possibilities & Challenges series visit https://web3.lifeitself.us/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

In episode #6 of our series of deep dives into #crypto and #web3, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl explore the interaction of climate change and public goods problems. They focus on KlimaDAO as an example of an attempted solution to solve a public goods problem within the climate space using a Decentralized Autonomous Organization. To view the notes from this episode as well as references and key concepts, visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/notes/collective-action-problems-and-climate-change To learn more about our Web3: Possibilities & Challenges series visit https://web3.lifeitself.us/Stephen Diehl is a software engineer, writer and Web3 expert. He has written many articles about the topic on his blog at stephendiehl.com and has been featured in several podcasts on the topic.To learn more from Stephen Diehl:https://www.stephendiehl.com/https://twitter.com/smdiehl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

Episode #5 in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. This week, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl explore the claim that blockchain can be a vehicle for increase in financialization through the development of more complex, blockchain based financial products. To view the notes from this episode as well as references and key concepts, visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/notes/fintech-incrementalism-and-responsible-innovation To learn more about our Making Sense of Crypto and Web3 project visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/   Stephen Diehl is a software engineer, writer and Web3 expert. He has written many articles about the topic on his blog at stephendiehl.com and has been featured in several podcasts on the topic. To learn more from Stephen Diehl:https://www.stephendiehl.com/ https://twitter.com/smdiehl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

Episode #4 in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. This week, Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl explore a more utopian aspiration of crypto and web3: a transition from the existing US-led international order to a world in which blockchain technology and technocracy are the new foundations for global human governance. To view the notes from this episode as well as references and key concepts, visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/notes/post-state-technocracy To learn more about our Making Sense of Crypto and Web3 project visit: https://web3.lifeitself.us/ Stephen Diehl is a software engineer, writer and Web3 expert. He has written many articles about the topic on his blog at stephendiehl.com and has been featured in major news outlets and podcasts.   To learn more from Stephen Diehl: https://www.stephendiehl.com/https://twitter.com/smdiehl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

Episode #3 in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl discuss financial products known as securities, their relationship to crypto tokens and the regulatory framework that exists around these structures.  To learn more about our Web3: Possibilities & Challenges series visit https://lifeitself.us/web3/ Stephen Diehl is a software engineer, writer and Web3 export. He has written many articles about the topic on his blog at stephendiehl.com and has been featured in major news outlets and podcasts.   To learn more from Stephen Diehl: https://www.stephendiehl.com/ https://twitter.com/smdiehl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

Episode #2 with Stephen Diehl in our ongoing deep dive into #web3 and #crypto. We discuss the view that crypto are just risky assets and that unfettered and unregulated financial markets are desirable ("Free markets are good and the less regulation the more free ...").  To learn more about our Web3: Possibilities & Challenges series visit https://lifeitself.us/web3/ Stephen Diehl is a software engineer, writer and Web3 export. He has written many articles about the topic on his blog at stephendiehl.com and has been featured in major news outlets and podcasts.   To learn more from Stephen Diehl: https://www.stephendiehl.com/ https://twitter.com/smdiehl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org

This episode is about the potential of DAOs for social change. Alongside host and Life Itself Co-founder, Rufus Pollock, we invite Jordan Hall, a philosopher, entrepreneur and prolific speaker in the Web3 space. He has been building disruptive technology companies for over 17 years and is the co-founder of Game B, the Neurohacker Collective and more recently the Civium Project.Learn more: https://lifeitself.us/web3 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit news.lifeitself.org