Mere Mortals Conversations

Have you ever been bored by philosophy? Worry not as the Indian Youtuber 'Faraz' is here to make it more entertaining.In Conversation #70 Faraz and I discuss: his drive to create multiple YouTube channels, why he is interested in philosophy, the process of writing a book on philosophy, the anxiety of first starting to livestream, how he can switch so seamlessly between multiple languages and what his plans for the future are.I really hope you enjoyed this chat, Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - Who is Faraz?(5:22) - Why start a YT channel?(12:13) - Boring philosophy(19:18) - Creating your own philosophy(27:12) - Writing his book(30:04) - Going live baby(36:48) - The first livestream & feeding trolls(42:00) - Switching between Hindi & English(52:23) - General language chat(58:55) - What Faraz is up to in the future(1:01:45) - Where to find FarazConnect with Faraz:Rude Philosopher YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMFALaIhmEl1a_eI0QpujygInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/identity.faraz/Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Hint: It may or may or not be tech related.In Episode #274 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how Juan worked himself into a rage over stupid BS, tips to avoid the escalation of fury, the Empowa property platform built on Cardano, why 50 million homes need to be built in Africa, how Podcasting 2.0 is becoming slicker, anticipatory regret caused by a potato on a stick, the weird phenomenon of 'aphantasia' and what it will be like when moving bitcoin is easssssy.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Sony mayhem(3:41) - The prawn fiasco(6:33) - Last time you were angry?(10:12) - How not to be angry(12:57) - African housing shortage(17:57) - Using Cardano & Defi(23:10) - P2.0 is getting easy(27:45) - Steve Jobs hates your signature(29:55) - Potato on a stick(35:14) - Aphantasia(38:52) - When Bitcoin is easy as wellConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Is crypto really decentralised or is it just slightly better than the current system?In Episode #273 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: a blog post highlighting decentralisation issues, why we have collectively decided that servers are too hard to operate on our own, why this is not a binary issue and is more of a scale, not needing to have every aspect of your life distributed and why we were a bit scattered on this topic.A big thanks to Bmasi, Dave Jones & Petar the slav for helping to support the show, we couldn't do it without you!As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Moxie Marlinspike & Charles Hoskinson(4:04) - Decentralisation definition(9:43) - NFT's are not immutable(15:02) - You don't get more power by default(18:53) - People don't want to run their own servers(23:38) - Decentralisation is a continuum(26:46) - Responding to comments(30:47) - Boostagram Lounge(36:38) - The seesaw tips again(43:27) - Web 3 is not decentralised(50:32) - Layers of decentralisation(55:10) - Sum up of our thoughts(57:52) - BooooooosssssstttttConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

With all these boring politics I'm not surprised that people are fiending for the Metaverse.In Episode #272 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I need to find a nice crypto girl, Juan's recent laziness, a test of Brisbane's citizen quality, why running for office might be fun but actual politics is all backbiting and fake friends, my learnings from the book Snow Crash and how we had to run away from the rain.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Marrying for crypto money(3:21) - Juan is lazy(5:51) - Are there good citizens in Brisbane?(8:30) - Why do I find politics & religion so boring?(15:01) - Politics in theory vs practice(20:05) - Dentatas & Deus Ex Machina(25:56) - Do people like the Metaverse because real life is shite?(30:02) - How the Metaverse is being combined with crypto(34:41) - We get rained outConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Juan's going to have at least 8 competitive children, but unfortunately they'll all be losers :'(In Episode #271 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Grant Cardone's silly article, rivalry between winners and losers, if self-improvement is a competition, the different types of bounded games, why sexual selection and evolution is true but not necessarily helpful to the topic, the varying emotions that can occur from competition, whether it requires a zero sum mindset and if competition is a necessary part of life.We'd like to thank Dave Jones and Petar for helping to support us this week. They are the real winners!As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Competition is for sissies(3:21) - Definition(5:51) - General thoughts(8:30) - Can you be competitive against yourself?(15:01) - 1v1 or in a group(20:05) - Finite & Infinite Games(25:56) - Kaleidoscopic truths(30:02) - Boostagram Lounge(34:41) - Emotions aren't necessary(36:30) - Is competitive joy zero sum?(41:03) - Do we want competitive children?(47:33) - Examples of our competitiveness(51:15) - Comments(53:21) - How do competitive people think?(55:54) - Could there exist a universe without winners and losers(1:00:54) - Participation trophies(1:03:35) - Make a competitive commentConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Oscar is back! But this time for a shorter more casual convo about what has been happening with Fountain.In Conversation #69 Oscar and I discuss: if it's harder to code in good audio features or integrate bitcoin into Fountain, why we need more connection between podcasters and listener, how users are behaving differently on his app, my review of a book he recommended, how he intends to make Fountain even better and my decision to kick back up the Value For Value podcast.I hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!Timeline:(0:00) - What's harder designing for: bitcoin or audio?(4:18) - Mixing social media with podcasting(9:27) - User behaviour(13:43) - Reducing spam(15:12) - Nathaniel's Nutmeg(19:14) - Marketing & clipping(21:31) - What is Fountain lacking?(27:55) - Restarting the V4V podcast(32:37) - Get the Fountain app!Connect with Oscar:Website: https://fountain.fm/Twitter: https://twitter.com/fountain_appPersonal Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerryOscarConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support 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?As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Kyrin's January(3:24) - Juan's January(6:20) - Juan's Feb Goals - Body(8:54) - Kyrin's Feb Goals - 1st Half(12:21) - Juan's Feb Goals - Mind & Soul(17:35) - Kyrin's Feb Goals - 2nd Half(20:05) - Long Term & Fitness Challenge(21:26) - Value For ValueConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Whilst I was out meeting some new people Juan has been undertaking secret training to become the next CrossFit champion.In Episode #270 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: going to a local No Agenda meetup, why I don't believe all the hype about online radicalisation, some Joe Rogan news and the definition of misinformation, why Juan will be competing in a CrossFit competition and how we both fare when under the pressure of competition.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - NA Meetup(3:58) - People are cooler offline(9:08) - Online radicalism doesn't seem powerful(13:11) - JRE news(16:36) - Misinformation(21:42) - Juan's crossfiting(23:34) - Caving under competition and pressure(31:45) - Snow crash and wise pacing(34:56) - A new crossfit champion?(37:00) - Fountain and a questionConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Of the ~83 books we read between us in 2021 we found a couple that were worth examining.In Episode #269 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why I wanted to make this a full episode, how we think about the process of reading, why 'Sapiens' was a standout for Juaney, an explanation of my rating system, why 'Lost Horizon' and 'Catch-22' were standouts for me, a list of other books that caught our attention (for good or bad) and how much time we spend reading per day.Big thanks to Dave Jones, Anthony from 'Signs of New Growth', Petar and Oscar Merry for helping to support this episode.As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Why this topic came up(1:57) - Juan's approach to reading(5:35) - Juan's 4 favourite books of 2021(14:50) - My brother is not a reader(16:07) - My nerdy stats(18:56) - My top 2 favourite books(23:11) - Other top contenders(28:18) - Boostagram Lounge(34:48) - Random discord and hosky stuff(37:30) - My unfavourite book of 2021(40:19) - Juan's least favourite book of 2021(43:32) - Time spent reading(48:09) - Boostabookstagram us!Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show

Malfunctioning mic arms and crappy cables can't stop this train.In Episode #268 of 'Meanderings/Musings' Juan and I discuss: our recent double malfunction, how we would have handled setbacks in our earlier episodes, why nurses in blood donor centers are jittery, why I won't be foiling terrorist attacks, what I learnt from a BDSM 101 podcast, Juan's multiple copies of Gary Vee's book, honing into deeper convos in a group setting and the multiple ways you can help support us (much like Petar the Slav did).As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!Timeline:(0:00) - Double mic related fail(2:19) - Persevering through a bad start(8:17) - Bad blood donation(10:53) - This is fine(11:33) - Petar the excel wizard(16:57) - BDSM & Boostagram virginity(21:32) - Twelve And A Half(23:37) - Juan the social butterfly(28:48) - TTT: Time, talent & treasureConnect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalspodcast.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/jjfq9eGReUInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast/Support the show