Aaron Lowry (https://twitter.com/Aaron_Lowry) Why are you interested in Cardano? Why didn’t you switch to ETH and stay with Classic? What are the main challenges to build decentralized systems? With functional governance? How does verifiability contribute to more challenging programming issues? What was the Ethereum schism between classic and ETH? With the unilateral move to create a new ETH chain we see the first centralization Cardano is centralized in explicit ways through the initial token sale, the corporate structure, and the nodes It starts out centralized but they have a roadmap to get to centralization What are the differences between a proof of work Bitcoin and a proof of stake system? What does a smart contract system need that bitcoin doesn’t? What happened when ETH moved to proof of stake? Why is energy so fundamental to utility? What is the market cap of Cardano? What are the compromises of ETH? What is slashing? How fast is Cardano? What are stake pools? What is trust minimization? Why is it so integral to a blockchain? Does Cardano validate things locally? Will AI make it easier to host hardware servers? What limits peer-to-peer networks? The market seems to always go towards convenience, which compromises so many things. What are those compromises? Can you argue with physics? How long does delusion traditionally outlast sanity? How do you build something that lasts when structurally the incentive is to build something that doesn’t? What is the difference between accountability and scapegoating? How can you reality-check with others while there are contradictions embedded within communication?

Noah Kumin Editor In Chief of the Mars Review of Books, publish at machinewar.substack.com ~librex-dozryc on Urbit What is the mars review of books? What is the relationship between collapse and urbit? How did you get involved with Urbit? What are the downsides of having everything become easily accessible? Do you think that Urbit will take all the good parts of the old web but keep the beauty of decentralization? What are the data storage aspects of urbit? Why is it confusing when people say Urbit is like your own computer? Why were computers originally people instead of machines? Will Mars Review of Books get into hosting planets or is it already do it? What is the relationship between Tirrell and Mars Reviews of Books? What is eternal September? The only people who were getting  What would a university look like for Urbit? Why is it that when people learn norms, things become boring for divergent people? How did Scientism creep into the Silicon Valley industry, and how did that affect the current online networks? In what ways is the development of Urbit centralized like Ethereum development is? Urbit’s value is that there is no spam whatsoever What is the future of print in the age of post-internetism? Print allows for blockchain like verifiiability  A bit of something like a vinyl trend for print books What is the future of serious literature in the age of internet? What is the diversion value of VR-porn? How about Nuclear Fusion? Can man live on VR-porn alone? If you don’t give a young kid a smartphone are you weakening their virtual immune system? What does it mean to outsource your intelligence to the crowd? Why is that becoming an insider in a fragile society requires so much BS?

This episode was meant to fulfill a personal curiosity of mine about CNC routers for wood working and how they are changing a very old skill. I wanted to see how it fit into my thesis of decentralized manufacturing and how it relates to additive manufacturing. It gets a little technical so you will like this episode if you already have some knowledge about building physical things. Here are some questions we cover: What is CNC? What is a CNC router? WHat is the difference between making and designing things for CNC routers? What is a tool pathing? What are the applications for CNC routing? What is high density urethane? How did you get into CNC routing? What are your favorite materials? What is slat wall? Steve Heckathorn Owner operator of NC3 Fab (https://www.facebook.com/NC3Fabrications)

Nicholas Faulkner chemistry and physics teacher, former nuclear engineer, author of the upcoming book “Angelic Physics” How do you ascend to the next level of consciousness? What does it feel like to have an out of body experience? What are your thoughts on the future of nuclear power? What are the physics of nuclear power? How long will it take to feel the benefits of nuclear power if we start building massively? What is the waste of solar versus the waste of nuclear? What is the deal with getting uranium from seawater? Why does uranium float in seawater? How is uranium traditionally harvested? Two isotopes (235 and 238) of uranium What does it feel like to have a different path? What is autism from an energetic framework? What is the relationship between being autistic and recognizing vibes? What is it like to live in an angel producing simulation? What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and nuclear physics? How many people are hypnotized? What is the relationship between certainty and the simulation? What is a miracle? What percentage of people who are being trained to be angels? 1.7% What is the nature of the leap that the planet is in right now? What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and karme? What is the angelic roller coaster? What does it mean to have your soul evolve? What is the relationship between THC and conspiracy theory? Do you think we are headed for a bifurcation of humanity into two species? What is the definition of an angel? Is a starseed actually angels? What does it feel like to be touched by an angel? What are the two teams of the simulation? What is a good way to describe the demonic? What does it feel like to have inability to tell truth from falsehood? What is the timeline for the next couple years for nuclear power? Is nuclear power the way to colonize mars?

What type of additive manufacturing machines does the company you work for have? What is the role of proprietary legal stuff when it comes to additive manufacturing? What is an EOS machine? Has Germany always been an additive manufacturer superpower? Is China taking over from them? What is a service bureau? Contract manufacturing How many interactions with a client on a particular part do you usually do? 2-3 generally between when the customer needs to test it 10 builds total over 1-2 years What is the key thing for helping a customer understand the difference between designing for 3D printing versus traditional manufacturing? What is 3D printing opening up in terms of novel designs that additive manufacturing opens up? What is the famous engine fuel nozzle that 3D printing opened up? What is the difference between consumer 3D printing and custom/industrial 3D printing? How much does a 3D printing machine for industrial purposes cost? What does it mean to qualify a part? What are the machines that have more stability across different service bureaus? What is a concept laser? Bellow? These are companies that produce machines How many people work at your company? How many competitors do you have? 2-3 similar service bureaus What are all the niches for these competitors? Automotive Energy Aerospace Medical What type of employees are you using? What does a lab tech do? How big are your machines? Who specializes in larger parts that are produced by 3D printing? What are the types of geometries that are novel to 3D printing? How did you get into this? What is connector manufacturing? Do you enjoy this field? How do you work with a customer who has propriety clauses? What companies are doing the rapid prototyping for consumers? Exometry Goprodo Prodolabs How did the supply chain crisis from COVID change your business? What are your thoughts on bringing manufacturing back to the United States? The materials that you use, how much of it comes from other places in the world? What types of powders? 16 different metals Where is it manufactured? Finland What is the relationship between software and hardware when it comes to 3D printing? What is the support removal? What is AS9100?

What is it like to compete against square? What is it like to charge people to come on a podcast to interview them? Is podcasting like a press organization? When did they invent paper? What is the fundamental process behind decentralization? Is it good nor bad? Is bitcoin a money revolution or a technological innovation? What is the thesis, synthesis and anti synthesis cycle? Is the BTC volatility based on price discovery?  What was the significance of the luna and celsius collapse? In 2021, everything in crypto was leveraged against itself. What is the significance of this? Is Tether actually a truly audited stablecoin? The non-transparency behind Tether actually saved it What is the difference between a financial attack and a technology attack in crypto? What is the relationship between being a savvy technologist and an economic technologist? Where does regulation come into this? Can we actually have a decentralized stablecoin? What is the importance of the fourth turning book? What is a saeculum? What is the relationship between chaos now and potential in the future? What about employment in crypto? What is the remote work part of the question? How is Twitter like a feudal lord for the internet? What is the role of the autist in this great splintering that we are going through? What layer is Stewart in? An information gold digger What is the multilayered problem that global mental health represents? Is Buddhism the first therapy? Why is the western world so inspired by materiality? Where does 3D printing fit into decentralization? What is the relationship between global narratives and being prepared for uncertainty? Is it the main driver behind the seeking of global narratives?

Michael Tauberg Hardware and software engineer with over 10 years of experience in firmware, systems validation and test automation What happened in China with sanctions on microchips, particularly on Oct 7th 2022? What is the goal of the US government with these moves? What hasn’t been allowed for awhile? What is new restrictions? What is a microchip? What is ASML? A dutch company that makes the equipment that makes chips Extreme ultraviolet is a new technology What has been done on the AI front in terms of sanctions? Why are graphic cards better for AI? Where does economic growth come from? What is the difference in automation in physical space versus virtual space? What is the move for capital expenditure from the government? Will the US be able to bring back the chip industry to the US? What is the difference between design, production, and manufacturing? Are kids starting to cheat using GPT3 at school? Who should I interview about robotics in manufacturing? Former tesla employees How did Airbnb, Uber etc come from innovations databases technology? Why can’t you have walmart without databases? What is potential of AI? What is easy to predict? What is not? Finding and exploiting patterns How will AI change material science? What about drones? How are drones changing warfare? Why are the iranians the ones producing these new cheap drones? Will the drone wars move over into civilian casualties? What is drone defense and how will it change?  How will aircraft carrier economic change wth the drone equation? The missile equation? What does it mean to win a war in 2022? What are the two things that China has not caught up with the west? Advanced semiconductors and aerospace

Justin is the Principal Materials and Manufacturing Engineer at Ursa Major Technologies and used to run materials at SpaceX Questions we cover on the show: Is it possible to 3D print engines or motors using additive manufacturing with metal?  Do those engines/motors have different design constraints? What time frame would it be until a consumer/tinkerer could get their hands on something affordable that could help them build motors/engines at their house? What is the impact of AI on the design process for additive manufacturing? Who are some other people I should interview in the space to get an idea of where this is headed? Ursa major exists because of 3D printing Shortens the window Will this change the automotive industry? Will 3D printing ever challenge traditional manufacturing? Powdered fusion How many other companies have been created  What is a thrust chamber? What are the key components to a rocket? What are the downsides to making 3D parts? Are those downsides changing with material sciences? What is the future of space mining and are we going to get there? How much is a metal 3D printer? How is all of this going to change China’s future? Is china keeping up with the US in terms of 3d printing? What is going to happen with Germany? What about asteroid mining? Does Ursa Major What does it mean to have a high capacity, low launch cost? Falcon engine is heavy Dragon capsule is the only returnable part of the engine What is your optimism or pessimism for humans conquering the solar system? What are the industries that are outside of satellites? How do you find the problems that AI is good at solving? Why did you get into this? What do the manufacturing  What is the percentage of parts of a rocket that are off the shelf? What are the major innovations in materials development? New alloys Tailoring alloys to specific needs What is the future of manufacturing? How has AI changed tailoring alloys? What are the jobs of the engineer that will be AI’ed out? What is the role of craftmanship as AI changes things? How is titanium helping medical additive manufacturing? What is directed energy deposition (DED)? Wire fed DED CNC plasma  Powered bed binder jet Ceramic sand How far away are we from a star trek future where we can print anything?

What is a Maker Space? What is a Skill Share? Are cars more plastic than metal? How can you create more intimate realtionships with everything in your life? What is Upcycling? What is Cooperative Community Development? Is local always better? Is efficiency the bottom line? What is a Fila-bot?      

My pseudoanonymous guest here today is ~Pilwyc-Fastec, you can find him on Urbit by that name spelled out Urbit is the right OS to build the future of the smart home. What is a smart home? What does it mean to shift around time? How did the mainframe build the modern smart home infrastructure? How can we share time on devices with others in a home in an intelligent way? What was the grant process like for Urbit? What is identity? Peer to peer versus server to client What does it mean to codify reputation? What is the difference between reputation and identity? What is the human way of doing reputation? What is the antifragile nature of reputation? What is preferential attachment? What is an engagement loop? What is calm technology? Are client-server relationships more promotive of engagement loops? What is a group recommender system? What is the relationship between AI and Urbit? How will Urbit integrate with artificiall intelligence? What does it mean to reduce error for AI? Is that all it is? What is the relationship with business decisions and the effectiveness of artificial intelligence? What is a pace layer? Why does technology over-complicate things and then decomplicate them? What is an edge device?