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We're entering into an era where generational disruptions in technology have the potential to shift power back into the hands of the people and the planet.
AI is giving super powers to the masses; open digital money is uprooting the legacy financial system; the 3rd iteration of the web means an internet run by the people, for the people; and a 4th industrial revolution might help us make food, buildings and everything without killing the planet at the same time.
There's some hope hiding in plain sight and I'm going on a journey to find and explore it.
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15. Money Often Costs Too Much: Trust, Force and Faith in Future Money
Welcome back to Take Back Control. My goal has always been to explore the technology that can rebalance things and put power back into the hands of the people.
In this episode, I'm exploring a simple way to understand money and how it can help us prepare for the future.
[Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube]
To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the linktree:
https://linktr.ee/techbackcontrol
Theme song by Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann)
Recommended Reading:
The Paper Money Collapse: https://amzn.eu/d/j6kTJQx
Sapiens: https://amzn.eu/d/aRMd63Y
Debt: The First 5000 Years: https://amzn.eu/d/4jZdDuR -
14. Be More Human
First episode of 2024. Welcome back to Take Back Control. My goal has always been to explore the technology that can rebalance things and put power back into the hands of the people.
In this episode, I'm exploring what it means to be a bit more human in a world where AI is beating us at what we thought we were good at.
[Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube]
To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the linktree:
https://linktr.ee/techbackcontrol
Theme song by Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann)
Sources:
Abebe Bikila: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Sleep-Science-Dreams/dp/0141983760/
Largest ever psychedelics study maps changes of conscious awareness to neurotransmitter systems: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220316145736.htm
Research about the brain using quantum computation: https://phys.org/news/2022-10-brains-quantum.html
The science of boredom: https://sqonline.ucsd.edu/2020/11/the-science-of-boredom/ -
Small Time Bets #74 - "2024 Predictions"
Bonus content from "Small Time Bets: The Only Annual Podcast".
Jonathan and Douglas check in to see where their 2023 predictions landed; and then look ahead to very specific 2024 predictions covering tech, politics, markets and mashed peas.
Tech Back Control will return with many new topics in the new year. -
13. AI Thinking Fast and Slow
“Dear AI, you are a data analyst. I will give you data and you will analyse it, visualise it and draw conclusions from the data. I will then ask more questions about the data and together we will understand what it means.”
[Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube]
This is the 13th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people.
This episode explores the emergence of system 2 thinking in A.I. and what real-world experimentation looks like in 2023.
To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the linktree:
https://linktr.ee/techbackcontrol
Theme song by Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann)
Sources:
Trend in global population growth over time: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?end=2015&start=1960&view=chart
Changes in global literacy rates over time: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?end=2015&start=1960&view=chart
Global Waste: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0039597
Sticky CPI over time: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CORESTICKM159SFRBATL
Share of Total Net Worth Held by the Top 1% (99th to 100th Wealth Percentiles) (WFRBST01134):https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134 -
12. AI life on the open internet
[Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube]
This is the 12th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people.
This episode explores what might happen when A.I. gets hold of the truly unstoppable open internet of crypto and blockchain technologies.
To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the linktree:
https://linktr.ee/techbackcontrol
Theme song by Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann)
Sources referenced in this episode:
https://news.warrington.ufl.edu/faculty-and-research/chatgpt-is-better-at-predicting-how-stocks-will-react-to-news-headlines-than-traditional-models-new-study-shows/
https://dazeinfo.com/2023/05/24/fake-accounts-and-spam-content-on-facebook-instagram-meta-q1-202/#:~:text=Facebook
https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership-data/
https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/05/11/new-memecoin-77-million-market-cap-gpt-4/ -
11. Letting AI take over the podcast
This is the 11th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people.
This episode lets A.I. take the wheel and write and record its own episode of Tech Back Control
To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the linktree:
https://linktr.ee/techbackcontrol
Theme song by Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann)
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