Theo Cox is Head of Life Itself Labs, a multidisciplinary research institute and consultancy that works across economics, governance, strategy and technology, and innovates systemic solutions to complex global challenges. 

Life Itself recently published its web3 and crypto guide - a multi-month project of research and analysis to "make sense" of crypto and web3 and to evaluate the various claims being made for and against.

In this conversation, we unpacked the reports findings, and engage in an honest debate of sorts as to why some of the findings may or may not be justified.

Specifically we looked at:

• Whether Bitcoin should be the new gold standard

• Crypto providing better payment and remittance services

• NFTs and whether crypto can better financialize non-financial value

• The social goods problem; and

• Whether most crypto solutions are searching for problems

Show Notes: 

Web3 and crypto guide: https://web3.lifeitself.org/ 

Theo Cox on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theo-cox-866554172

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Josh Szeps is an Australian media personality, political satirist, and television presenter. He hosts Afternoon with Josh Szeps on ABC Radio, he hosts the incredibly popular podcast, Uncomfortable Conversations, and he has appeared on numerous high profile outlets over the years, including over a dozen appearances on the Joe Rogan Experience. 

In this conversation, we explore:

• Josh’s views on Australia Day celebrations

• The breakdown of critical thinking in society

• The media’s role in our shortening attention spans and black and white thinking

• What impact AI might have in this space

• Affirmative action and diversity in the workplace - good or bad?

• Woke corporations

• Tribalism in society; and

• What we can do to become more critical thinkers

Show Notes:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshzepps   

Substack: https://uncomfortableconversations.substack.com  

Uncomfortable Conversations on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/2I6TDCnC5EuGHNhAsBmKl5?si=fd7c66acda0d4a8e 

 

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My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement.  The platform has several million users and is growing fast on the back of a $10 million capital injection in 2021, and growing dissatisfaction with traditional social media platforms. 

 

In this conversation, we discuss:

• The myriad ways social media is broken
• What makes minds different
• Freedom of speech and freedom of expression
• How censorship and deplatforming can backfire
• Why closed source systems are better for humanity
• How Minds rewards users for their attention and contributions
• How Minds business model differs from Twitter’s
• The challenge of overcoming the network effects advantage other platforms have
• The inevitability of interoperable social media platforms

Show Notes:

1. Minds: www.minds.com
2. Bill on Minds: https://www.minds.com/ottman  
3. The censorship effect study: https://cdn-assets.minds.com/The_Censorship_Effect.pdf 

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In this episode, Lucas invites Mike Skrypchyk on the podcast to discuss various strategies to optimise gut health, using performance enhancing drugs and more. Mike’s background: 12 Years Naval Medicine as Combat Medic and Advanced Radiographer(x-ray/ct). He’s also a competitive bodybuilder / Olympian Prep Coach focusing on Harm Prevention with PED’s applications

Relevant links:
Health & Performance supplements: https://www.ergogenic.health/

My guest today is Bill Ottman, he’s the co-creator and CEO of Minds - an alternative social media platform based on the blockchain that actively rewards users for their contributions, supports freedom of expression, and unlike many competing platforms, is not incentivized to polarize people for the sake of driving higher engagement. 

 

The platform has several million users and is growing fast on the back of a $10 million capital injection in 2021, and growing dissatisfaction with traditional social media platforms. 

 

In this conversation, we discuss:

• The myriad ways social media is broken
• What makes minds different
• Freedom of speech and freedom of expression
• How censorship and deplatforming can backfire
• Why closed source systems are better for humanity
• How Minds rewards users for their attention and contributions
• How Minds business model differs from Twitter’s
• The challenge of overcoming the network effects advantage other platforms have
• The inevitability of interoperable social media platforms

Show Notes:

Minds: www.minds.com

Bill on Minds: www.minds.com/ottman  

My guest today is Sebastien Borget, co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the world’s biggest and most popular metaverse platforms, with over 2 million wallets connected, and a token with a fully diluted market cap of over US$10 billion. The Sandbox is home to brands and icons such as Snoop Dogg, Adidas, Atari, Steve Aoki, The Walking Dead, and more.

 

In this rapid fire conversation, we unpack how brands can leverage The Sandbox to:

1. Build stronger customer and fan experiences and relationships
2. Reward people for engaging with their brands, and
3. Generate new revenue streams

 

This conversation was recorded on relatively short notice on the road, and unfortunately suffered from some technical difficulties resulting in less than optimal audio quality, so I hope you’ll bear with us all the same, because the insights packed into this 20 minute conversation are well worth it for anybody building a brand in web3 or transitioning a traditional brand to the space.

With that, I bring you my conversation with the one and only Sebastien Borget.

 

Show Notes:

• The Sandbox: www.sandbox.game 
• Seb on Twitter: www.twitter.com/borgetsebastien 
• Sandbox on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/vAe4zvY
• Metavise: www.metavise.io 

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Ben Fairbank is the CEO and Founder of RFOX, a web3 platform on a mission to empower everyone to play, create and earn in an immersive metaverse without borders.

RFOX is a team of 100 builders creating a metaverse that acts as a platform connecting whitelabel services in one central hub. Businesses and creators can tap into tools for finance, gaming, VR, NFTs, e-commerce and retail and market to a ready-made audience of users.

 

In this conversation, we unpack:

• Ben’s origin story
• Ben’s definition of the metaverse
• How far away virtual reality mass adoption really is
• Interoperability in the metaverse
• Hiring for web3 projects
• The shifting capital raising landscape
• Taking the time to get things right versus rushing out the door 
• Tokenomics and new incentive mechanisms
• How web3 contributors and users become the new sales and marketing team
• How token economies can redefine the media landscape
• What Ben thinks about what critics think might be negative social consequences of spending a lot of time in the metaverse
• Ben’s views on pure decentralization 
• And so much more…

 

With that, enjoy my conversation with Ben Fairbank.

 

Show Notes:

• RFOX: www.rfox.com 
• RFOX Discord: https://discord.io/RFOX+
• Ben on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bennydoda01
• Metavise: www.metavise.io 
• Steve on Twitter: www.twitter.com/steveglaveski 
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Crews Enochs is a core contributor to the product growth community & institutional working groups at Index Coop, a new-age web3 crypto index fund DAO aiming to become the Blackrock of crypto.

Index coop's mission is to build products that make crypto investing simple safe & accessible to all.

In today’s conversation, we discuss:

• How crypto index funds differ from traditional ETFs
• We unpack the inner workings of Index Coop’s business model
• We talk decentralized finance’s big regulatory moment
• And we even touch on music NFTs

Get ready to listen and learn in my conversation with Index Coop’s Crews Enochs.

Show notes:

Web: www.indexcoop.com

Crews Enochs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theyoungcrews

Index Coop on Twitter: https://twitter.com/indexcoop

Index Coop community on Discord: https://docs.indexcoop.com/resources/archived/discord-channels

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Join me on Clubhouse: @steveglaveski 

www.nofilter.media 

Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts  goo.gl/sMnEa0

Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud

Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski

Instagram: instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski

Future Squared: futuresquared.xyz

Steve Glaveski: steveglaveski.com

Medium: medium.com/@steveglaveski

Steve's book: employeetoentrepreneur.io

NEW Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/

Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/2N77FLx

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Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.

 

In today’s conversation, we talk all about:

• Decentralized autonomous organizations
• How investment DAOs differ from traditional early-stage funding mechanisms
• How GCR sources its deals, and who it has invested in
• The regulatory landscape surrounding investment DAOs
• Trade-offs between centralization and pure decentralization
• How DAOs might encode decision-making hygiene into their smart contracts
• Challenges DAOs face
• How to build and sustain a community in web3
• And so much more.

 

Show notes:

• GCR: Globalcoinresearch.com
• GCR Discord: https://discord.com/invite/sVC8WXA 
• Jin Kang on Twitter: twitter.com/thejinkang 
• Steve Glaveski on Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski 
• Metaverse and web3 consulting: www.metavise.io
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• GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack

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Monty Preston is the Manager of Art Advisory & Curation at Saatchi Art. 

Prior to joining Saatchi Art in 2018, she worked at female-led, industry-disrupting startups including Beauty Pie in London, where she managed content and creative, and The RealReal in San Francisco, where she specialized in luxury estate management with a focus on designer apparel and fine art.

As an artist and photographer, Monty has collaborated with renowned talents in the fine art and fashion industries, providing her with the unique insight into the creative process that she brings to her curatorial practice.

In today’s conversation, we are going to explore the world of digital art and NFTs.

You will learn:

• What the hell NFTs or non-fungible tokens are, and why you should care
• Transformational use cases of NFTs
• Why an NFT from digital artist, Beeple, sold for over US$69M
• Some potential downsides or challenges that face the world of NFTs
• How to start thinking about getting your brand into NFTs and the metaverse
• Saatchi Art’s The Other Avatars NFT Project

You’ll learn this and more in this conversation with Monty Preston.

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Show Notes:

• Monty on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@_montypreston 
• The Other Avatars project: www.saatchiart.com/nft
• Saatchi Art: www.saatchiart.com 
• Beeple's US$69M digital artwork: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sfLcWwmYhCUzYYCofVXJoP-1024-80.jpg.webp 
  
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