A conversation with an anonymous guest on how new technologies can help promote positive moral behavior, blockchain and crypto concepts, digital art and NFTs, the convenience of centralization, online identity, impostor syndrome, the ever-newbie, and lots more.
Favorite quotes
“Writing code is talking to computers, but you also have to talk to people through your code.”“How do we figure out, in a digital age, what is good and what should we aim for as a civilization, as a society?”“Information is the resolution of uncertainty.” —Claude Shannon, 1948Books
Collected Papers from Claude E. Shannon
The Information by James Gleick
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
Links & Terms
DeFi (decentralized finance)Web3Escrow smart contracts
InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)
Candy MachineArweave permanent storage
Genesis GoJavaScript, Rust & C++Pair programmingNifty Gateway & Foundation.appMetaMask & Exodus (wallets)Coinbase, Kraken & Gemini (exchanges)BIP39 (Bitcoin Improvement Protocol)Curiosity Stream - “YouTube for nerds”The Coding Train with Daniel ShiffmanRuby on RailsKeras & TensorFlowPlayXO.comSushiSwap, PancakeSwap & AbracadabraGlitchRuby on RailsAnchor for SolanaLearning resources
How to Mint an NFT on Solana Using Candy Machine
Solana tutorials by Henry-E
Solana tutorials by Doug Anderson
Solana development guide with React, Anchor, Rust & Phantom by Nadir Dabit
Ethereum & Solana tutorials by Brian Friel
A normal person explains cryptocurrency
Starting with Solana, Part 1
Starting with Solana, Part 4 - A Todo List with Rewards
People mentioned
Henry-E
Brian Friel
Nadir Dabit
Doug AndersonMr. BeastMark ZuckerbergSatoshi NakamotoEdward SnowdenRichard FeynmanAaron SchwartzKevin KellyDaniel ShiffmanChapters
00:00 · Introduction00:15 · Motivation02:03 · Collaborative AI Sketching05:02 · Blockchain and NFTs09:07 · Promoting positive moral behavior10:20 · Smart contracts12:41 · The simplest smart contract14:37 · NFTs20:11 · Programming smart contracts22:58 · Art25:24 · Crypto wallets and passphrases29:16 · Information31:25 · Security35:43 · Web339:24 · The convenience of centralization44:02 · A definition of Web345:05 · Learning resources46:39 · Anonymity49:48 · Zuckerberg or Nakamoto?54:08 · What would a good person do?56:13 · Sharing your life online58:10 · Hijacking the hijacking of your brain01:00:41 · Pair programming01:02:55 · Coding for yourself or others01:06:54 · Impostor syndrome01:10:15 · The constant newbie01:10:58 · Content discoverability01:12:31 · Outro
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