Mere Mortals Conversations

You taste that ....... it tastes like it's goal time.Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?Timeline:(0:00) - Intro(1:03) - Juan's March 2023 Roundup(2:21) - Kyrin's March 2023 Roundup(8:39) - Support Digression(12:30) - Juan's April 2023 Goals(20:34) - Kyrin's 2023 April Goals(30:14) - Fitness Changeup(32:48) - V4V: Share and supportIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

Sam Sethi is the CEO of the Podfans progressive web app, cohost of Podnews Weekly Review and the owner of the 'River Radio' radio station. In Conversation #86, Sam and I discuss: participating actively during the birth of the internet, how digital money will change the world, his 4 focuses whilst creating Podfans, the cool new features in the PWA, why he is going all in on the 'Value For Value' model, technology he think will be important in the next 10 years and books/people he finds fascinating.Hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world, Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro to Sam(0:59) - Sam's adoption story(4:12) - The army & Microsoft(9:10) - Web 3 vs The Internet(12:52) - The hype cycle is similar(16:45) - Micropayments & fractional banking(21:33) - The origins of Podfans(25:55) - What is Podfans?(27:36) - Discovery, interactivity, gamification & monetisation(33:10) - The 3 value levels(37:07) - Soft manipulation vs hard technical limits(43:21) - Boosting/streaming & Alby transactions(47:15) - Oscar Merry & Fountain(52:18) - Banks making payments hard(55:09) - Targeting early adopters(58:16) - V4V philosophy(1:03:50) - Free walking tours(1:07:24) - The innovative 'support' feature(1:10:35) - Monetising & success(1:15:45) - Value for value is more than just money(1:19:12) - Voice still has a long way to go(1:25:09) - Sam's book recommendations(1:31:12) - The Second Curve: Charles Handy(1:33:50) - Great men of history vs inevitable progress(1:37:40) - BTC & Michael Saylor(1:40:19) - Online vs In Person(1:42:51) - AR Yes! VR No!(1:45:54) - Help make Podfans better(1:49:27) - Check out Podnews(1:50:19) - Probably no more Sam Talks TechnologyConnect With Sam & Podfans:Website: https://podfans.fm/Twitter: https://twitter.com/joinpodfansPodcast: https://weekly.podnews.net/Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

At what point do you stop chasing idealism and accept reality for the way it is?In Episode #378 of 'Musings', Juan and I discuss: the current problems I'm having with dating and v4v support, ways in which being all or nothing is helpful, the impossibility of solving governance and interpersonal relations, why you have to let your ideals go and make some concessions, how being too 'unique' is hurting me and Juan's body not being able to keep up with his mind.A huge thanks to Dave Jones and McIntosh for supporting this week. We accept the reality of your support!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro to the topic(1:21) - Why Idealism is beneficial(7:31) - Accepting physical reality, but not human reality(13:38) - How impossible are most problems?(18:03) - Humans problems vs technical problems(21:27) - Boostagram Lounge(24:29) - Stopping too early or changing too late(29:02) - Value For Value is not Bitcoin(35:56) - Life is suffering(41:28) - Ways I am denying reality?(45:16) - I'm hard to put in a box(50:14) - Juan's fitness degradation(56:39) - Summary(1:02:36) - V4V: Much is happeningIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

Best to think about death because in the end we're all just mere mortals.In Episode #377 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: using stoic principles to prepare for death, all the time Juan has spent on health and fitness recently, abstract math required to self diagnose elbow problems, the CrossFit masters competition, bank bailouts and why it's nice to have an independent currency that can't be manipulated.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Your two favs (0:38) - Can you prepare for grief?(5:50) - Nerdy engineer explains death(7:09) - We're not immortal(10:43) - Supplement frenzy(14:24) - Workouts and pushjerk.com(17:53) - The mystery of the tickling tendonitis(20:24) - A new 10 year challenge(24:19) - Australian financial markets(29:31) - The manic depressive Mr. Market(31:34) - Hyperinflation: coming to a country near you(35:19) - V4V: Read the bitcoin whitepaperConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

How do you determine the tradeoff's when judging an opportunity?In Episode #376 of 'Musings', Juan and I discuss: the twitter threads popping up for Juan, why it's hard to judge risk, why I place physical safety above emotional well being and material concerns, a sad puppy week, why you don't want to handstand on cliff faces, subjective value changing the opportunities for everyone and why v4v/crypto/introspection/cold approaching might be good opportunities.A huge thanks to Dave Jones for supporting this week. So so consistent.Timeline:(0:00) - Come join live(0:47) - Twitter inspiration for the topic(2:00) - AI assisted research(4:04) - Do we view life in these terms?(7:54) - Judging risk/reward(13:05) - High risk examples(18:24) - Retrospecting on opportunities(22:41) - Boostagram Lounge(27:42) - Are first dates asymmetrically positive?(33:49) - High reward examples(39:47) - Juan summary(43:41) - Kyrin summary(45:35) - Universal opportunities(52:21) - V4V: It's better if you have to struggleIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

Alexander Watanabe is an artist, coder, architect and co-creator of the 'The Perfect NFT' on the Cardano blockchain.In Conversation #85, Alexander and I discuss: why Alex might has a more cynical disposition to NFT's, Sam Bankman-Fried and effective altruism, fun stories from travelling around the world, the cultural critique he is doing with The Perfect NFT and some tips for coding/handstands.Hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world, Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Intro to Alex(0:37) - Kompact.io pivot(3:16) - The Guchi experiment(8:00) - Naïve optimism & MLM(13:48) - Gift reciprocity(17:57) - Altruism: You're screwed no matter what(21:55) - Problems with charity(28:22) - Too many people in groups(34:30) - Gem hunting & bogged cars(37:13) - Childhood stealing stories & being skint(41:53) - Travel & not fitting in(48:56) - Misspelling names(52:02) - Artisitic decisions(57:05) - The Perfect NFT(1:02:07) - The underlying rules(1:06:54) - Art is a discourse/history(1:13:33) - Books & reinvention(1:18:22) - New mediums & immutability(1:25:44) - How the mint works(1:32:37) - People interacting as an orchestra(1:44:08) - Peak NFT(1:47:01) - On chain & on Cardano(1:53:14) - Python vs language learning(2:01:39) - Automate the boring stuff(2:08:18) - Lifting weights again(2:12:02) - Strength as a skill(2:21:15) - We're just monkeys(2:22:56) - Closing up Connect With Alexander:Website: https://theperfectnft.art/Discord: https://discord.gg/EYwd6ybgMJTwitter: https://twitter.com/monad_alexanderConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

What would Benjamin Franklin want us to do?In Episode #375 of 'Musings', Juan and I discuss: a founding father's steps to self-improvement, why you must examine your weaknesses first, how ethics might not be captured in your normal habits, Juan's ethics as first discussed in Ep #138, my new plan to keep myself accountable and why you should only go 2-3 levels deep with self-development.A huge thanks to Dave Jones & McIntosh for supporting this week. Go checkout their shows (Podcasting 2.0 & Generation Bitcoin)!Timeline:(0:00) - We got the date!(0:55) - Why I came up with this topic?(2:47) - Benjamin Franklin's Approach(7:53) - Moral Perfection(12:18) - Juan's Weaknesses(20:02) - My Weaknesses(31:31) - Chat Comments(33:25) - Boostagram Lounge(36:44) - Eminent Human Being(47:53) - My New Plan(56:51) - Juan's Summary(1:01:32) - My Summary(1:07:09) - V4V: How to achieve moral perfectionIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

What's better than a bilingual child, only a trilingual child!In Episode #374 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: a couple of the cool but mostly strange people I met recently, why we only have 2500 books left to read between us, the differences between English/German/Spanish/French, why Juan and I lack finesse with out language skills, my recent chat with Alex again and the ridiculous tendency of the psychoanalysts.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Slightly new camera setup(0:32) - Texas Slim at the Bitcoin Brisbane catchup(5:08) - Insights from the meetup(10:30) - Don't finish every book(15:50) - Crazy lady & Juan's damaged car(20:39) - Bubbling energy & getting shit done(26:11) - Translations always add extra(30:57) - Raising a trilingual kid(38:09) - Does early childhood travel expand a child culturally?(44:19) - Bitcoin is not the place for degen NFT fun(48:03) - The desire to reduce everything to one thing(53:37) - V4V: What is your maxi position?Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

Simple question, what is the best way to train?In Episode #373 of 'Musings', Juan and I discuss: our experience after training for decades, Juan's advice to a friend who needs a training plan, the difference between our session lengths, how the styles matter little in comparison to volume/time and why a plan is useful for continuing through the 7/10 workouts.A huge thanks to our one and only supporter Dave Jones for this week. Sad puppy apart from him :'(Timeline:(0:00) - Bammmm(0:32) - 2 decades of experience between us(1:44) - T-Nation article inspiration(6:13) - The best plan is the one you stick to(10:48) - Time length of the session(16:42) - What training styles does Juan advocate?(20:34) - Questions to determine your training method(26:30) - Chat comments(31:42) - Boostagram Lounge = Sad Puppy(36:05) - No intentional experimentation(41:00) - How experimental should one be?(47:31) - We were all beginners once(51:47) - A decade of data(1:01:59) - Chat Comments & Juan Sum Up(1:04:40) - Kyrin Sum Up(1:09:24) - Top of a Mere Mortal(1:11:22) - Value For Value: Train For ItIntro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show

You smell that ....... it smells like it's goal time.Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?Timeline:(0:00) - We're live and goaling(0:45) - Juan's February Goals(2:20) - Kyrin's February Goals(8:43) - Supporter recap(13:34) - Juan's March Goals(18:38) - Kyrin's March Goals(29:11) - Fitness recap(32:52) - Value for value: Join In!Intro Music by 'Signs Of New Growth':https://podcastindex.social/@SignsOfNewGrowthConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcastSupport the show