The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

Basecamp asks employees not to discuss too much politics at work, and some of them (plus the media) freak out! The Local Maximum gets a new setup. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Designer, artist and researcher Iracema Trevisan talks to Max about the future of Augmented Reality in cities. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today's guest is Sebastiaan ven der Lans, founder of wordproof with a goal to fight fake news through blockchain technology. Max and Sebastiaan talk about this application of blockchain. Later, Max gives an introduction to Decentralized Finance (defi). Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today Max discusses the efforts by media and tech giants to censor all alternative viewpoints on the Covid Lockdowns, and efficacy of the lockdowns themselves. Are there any remaining justifications for them? He also discusses 2 ways of looking at investments and gambling: expected value and expected rate of return, and why you might want to prefer the latter. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today’s guest Peter McCormack is the host of the highly acclaimed What Bitcoin Did podcast. We cover the recent history of getting into Bitcoin with infighting around block sizes and custodial solutions to the near future where Bitcoiners are becoming more confident in achieving their goals of rebooting the world economy on a solid foundation.localmaxradio.com/165 Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today’s guest is Anne Griffin, a leader in product management, a startup advisor, and subject matter expert in AI, blockchain, tech ethics and product inclusivity. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today's March News Update includes:- NFTs, concerns about how they are being stored, Filecoin- Jetson's Act in New Hampshire to legalize flying cars- Talk about causality and its trickiness in AI Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today we talk to Assaf Lev who is the cofounder and CEO of Locals.com. Assaf Founded locals in 2019 along with Dave Rubin as an alternative social space for independent creators. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Max talks to Sam Jacobs of the Resistance Library Podcast and Ammo.com about the war being wages on free speech by large tech corporations and platforms. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe

Today's Local Maximum dives into a recently popular idea of "non-fungible tokens" to represent art ownership, and also dive into a New York Times article about the rationalist community. Get full access to The Local Maximum at localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe