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Exploring the Synapses that Form Our World
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Disciplines at an Intersection: Minimum Viable Infrastructure Andrew Petrisin
“The natural instinct of a true designer is to ask himself: How can I do this thing better than it has been done before? Let’s forget how it is normally done. By concentrating on the essence of what is needed and the most direct of all the ways of achieving it…”.
- Ove Arup, Philosophy of Design
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Podcast: Bitcoin is Failing and We're All Going to Die Ethan Swan, Fernando Garcia, and Matt Gillham
Ethan, Fernando, and Matt talk about the ins and outs of blockchain technology.
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What Have I Done? Matt Gillham
Tomorrow morning, I board my first one-way flight, to Medellín, Colombia. I am going to be writing about it. I do expect to panic on the plane.
Indeed, it will be groundbreaking, world-shattering epiphanies that I, the wise and traveled muse, will impart to you, mere earthling, through a course of these articles. Think Jack Kerouac. Or Henry David Thoreau. Or, more likely, I’ll be revealing an astounding level of my ignorance about the world to you; either way, I expect to learn a thing or two, and I’m hoping it to be rich fodder for discussion.
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Podcast: Subvocalization Ethan Swan, Fernando Garcia, and Greg Moore
Greg joins Fernando and Ethan to talk about subvocalization. Ever heard of it? There’s a good chance you’re doing it right now.
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Podcast: Government Series, Part 2: Delegative Democracy (Liquid Democracy) Ethan Swan, Fernando Garcia, and Matt Gillham
The crew takes on Delegative Democracy, where votes can be delegated. Ever wish you could just give your vote to someone else and let them do the hard work for you?
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A Spin on Genius Fernando Garcia
Throughout history, discriminatory or prejudiced systems have often been supported by the message that certain people do not belong in or are not fit for certain positions in society. Often, it is only after individuals challenge and disprove this paradigm that we recognize it as an invalid assumption with no basis in fact or logic. Vivian Malone demonstrated that an African American can excel at the University of Alabama; Jeremy Lin exposed the petty stereotyping behind the idea that a Chinese-American Harvard graduate could not be an athletic attacker as an NBA point guard.
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