All Models Are Wrong

This episode is a continuation of the CCG Chronicles series which is a collection of interviews conducted during the Crypto Commons Gathering (CCG) in Austria back in August 2021. The interviews were also filmed to potentially be a part of a documentary I'm making with a few others.

I interviewed Denis 'Jaromil' Roio, founder of Dyne a "think and do tank" and Devuan GNU/Linux, and CTO of DECODE, an EU funded project using blockchain to help citizens stay  in control of whether they keep their personal data private or share it for the public good in their city. He has been heavily involved with leftwing movements in Europe as well as one of the first to do academic research on bitcoin.

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For this interview I spoke to @againstutopia he's known as on anarchist and crypto Twitter. He has a background in working in tech, platform cooperatives, and is one of the stewards of PrimeDAO. We  had followed each other online but finally had the opportunity to meet in person during The DAOist in Lisbon a few months ago.

During the interview we discuss why he thinks the anarchist community is split on crypto, the interesting DAO tools being built at PrimeDAO for DAO2DAO interactions, and the limitations of criticizing technology from an ideological lens instead of speaking to the practice of how it's used. We also talk a bit about regenerative finance,  why he's become "cosmos-pilled", and his new podcast on the ownership economy. 

Sources mentioned
Thread from William Gillis on blockchain
My interview with Ethan Buchman, founder of Cosmos
Ownership Economy Podcast

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This is a teaser of a patreon exclusive episode. As a patron you have the ability to vote on the topic / question of a monthly patreon exclusive podcast. For this month the topic voted on Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake from a socialist point of view.

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For this episode I spoke to James Muldoon (@james_muldoon_), a researcher at Autonomy in the UK, senior lecturer at University of Exeter, and author of the book Platform Socialism , coming out with Pluto Press on January 20th.  You may have seen that I also reviewed Platform Socialism on my site so check that out as well if you want to know more about my thoughts and why I recommend it for those interested in DAOs.

During the interview we cover the history of how Big Tech platforms have gotten away with selling us a non-existent utopia, an alternative framework for building platforms, and some of the solutions he proposes in the book. We also dig into Guild Socialism and have a candid discussion about DAOs and web3.

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For this episode I spoke with Harry Halpin (@harryhalpin), open internet advocate, professor, internet researcher, and the current CEO of Nym. Nym is  a project trying to build a global privacy commons for the internet using mix nets, crypto, and anonymous credentials.

During the interview we talk about the current issues with privacy on the internet today, how crypto changes the game for creating privacy over the internet,  and why many of the anti-crypto critiques are wrong and non-Marxist even.  We also talk about how Nym works, how it differs from Tor, and defensive vs offensive technology.

More about Nym
Nym Explainer Video
Get Involved with Nym

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This week, after a a few delays, I was finally able to interview  a couple of the masterminds behind DisCO (Distributed Cooperative Organization). I spoke to Stacco Troncoso (@StaccoP2P) and Natalia Avlona who are both members of the crew working on DisCO, also called DisCONAUTS.

A DisCO is an alternative / critique / complement to DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) that focuses more on P2P/commons, cooperatives, and feminist economics. During the interview we cover what some of these concepts mean, the differences between the politics of DisCOs and DAOs, and their experience with working in a DisCO.  To learn more about DisCOs, check out their very well written DisCO Manifesto.

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This episode is a continuation of the CCG Chronicles series which is a collection of interviews conducted during the Crypto Commons Gathering (CCG) in Austria back in August 2021. The interviews were also filmed to potentially be a part of a documentary I'm making with a few others.

I interviewed Vangelis Papadimitropoulos, a political theorist, social scientist and post doc researcher holding a PhD in political philosophy. Formerly a Research Affiliate at the Free University of Amsterdam and the University of Limerick, he has written extensively on the topic of the commons.

If you want to financially support our efforts in making the documentary, you can donate so far with bitcoin, ethereum (any layer), or NEAR at the addresses listed on the website. We’re still unsure when exactly anything will be published, but we’re hoping within the next year although that will depend on the amount of support we can get from the community.

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For this week's episode I spoke to Ori Shimony (@orishim),  co-founder of dOrg, a full-stack Web3 development collective. dOrg is incredibly interesting because it is run similarly to a worker-owned cooperative but functions as a DAO while also being at the forefront of building some of the most cutting-edge crypto platforms and products.

During the interview we spoke about his experience in starting dOrg with cooperative principles in mind as a DAO, how DAOs should learn from radical historical movements, and how working in DAOs today gives a potential peek into how work could look like under a post-capitalism. We also talked about the process of turning dOrg into the first legally recognized DAO.

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Hi all, I have a pretty big announcement to make which is that I'm filming a documentary about the cryptocurrency space! As part of the film I've been doing a bit of traveling going to different crypto-related conferences and filming the events. The first event I joined was the Crypto Commons Gathering (CCG) in Austria back in August 2021 where we also shot full podcast episode-worthy interviews with some of the attendees as well.

For the first episode in the CCG Chronicles series, I interviewed Jeff Emmett (@jeffemmett) from The Commons Stack. During the interview we spoke about the vision for the tools being built by The Commons Stack team, cyber-physical systems design, and mycelial networks. Funny enough, Jeff was actually the second person I ever interviewed in which I published it as a blog which you can find here if you want to read it.

If you want to financially support our efforts in making the documentary, you can donate so far with bitcoin, ethereum (any layer), or NEAR at the addresses listed on the website. We're still unsure when exactly anything will be published, but we're hoping within the next year although that will depend on the amount of support we can get from the community.

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While I was in Lisbon a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet in person and interview Amir Taaki (@Narodism), one of the first Bitcoin core developers and a part of the original team building Ethereum. For a long time Amir has been involved in left wing activism including volunteering in Rojava and is a big digital privacy advocate. While at Liscon, Amir also presented his latest project called DarkFi, an anonymous DeFi network.

During the interview we spoke about his thoughts on the current state of the left and crypto, why he believes anonymity to be fundamental to democratic organizing, and what DarkFi plans to achieve. You can also see his talk and demo of DarkFi at Liscon here.

Get involved in DarkFi
DarkFi Manifesto
DarkFi Telegram group
DarkFi Twitter

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