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----- Is Crypto Good for the World? with David Hoffman & Juan Benet | Green Pill #63

After one of the toughest weeks in crypto history, many are left wondering, "is crypto even good for the world?"

Kevin brings on Bankless Co-Founder, David Hoffman and CEO of Protocol Labs, Juan Benet to answer that question. In addition, the three chat about how markets have a memories, the difference between squad and individual wealth, and how to make the next FTX meltdown preventable.

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0:00 Intro 4:23 David's Tweet 7:19 Juan's FTX Take 10:50 Crypto Regulation 13:39 Market Memory 18:23 Individual vs. Squad Wealth 29:04 Positive Externalities 34:24 DeFi vs. CeFi 37:10 Bridge Security 39:53 How Can We Make Crypto Good For the World 46:24 Internet of Jobs & Commerce 53:13 Progress & Closing

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----- Ethereum is Punk | Green Pill #62

This is the third and final episode in a three-part series about the concept of Punk. What is it, and what kind of punk best maps to Ethereum as an ecosystem?

In this episode, we show a talk that Kevin gave at Devcon Bogota in 2022, which walks through Cypherpunk, Solarpunk, Lunarpunk, and Terrapunk. Ultimately, Ethereum is the punk that we make of it.

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0:00 Intro 1:50 Cypherpunk 2:30 Solarpunk 4:20 Lunarpunk 5:24 Terrapunk 6:24 Ethereum is a Mirror 8:30 HyperStructures

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Manu Alzuru https://twitter.com/ManuAlzuru Rachel-Rose O'Leary https://twitter.com/lunar_mining

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----- Terrapunk with Jack Nasjaq | Green Pill #61

This is the second episode in a three-part series about the concept of Punk. What is it, and what kind of punk best maps to Ethereum as an ecosystem?

Nasjaq is an author and thinker who wrote the 'Terrapunk Manifesto,' which explores Solarpunk with a more human-centric perspective. How can we reconcile being pro-sustainability and pro-human?

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0:00 Intro 3:00 The Terrapunk Manifesto 8:00 Forking Solarpunk 11:15 Envisioning Terrapunk 14:50 The Hero's Journey 20:00 Privacy and Decentralization 25:35 Web3 and Punk

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Jack's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nasjaq-fvtrism/id1547924205 The Terrapunk Manifesto https://nasjaq.substack.com/p/the-terrapunk-manifesto Terrapunk https://twitter.com/terrapunk

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----- Solarpunk vs Lunarpunk with Manu Alzuru & Rachel-Rose O'Leary | Green Pill #60

This is a three-part series about the concept of Punk. What is it, and what kind of punk best maps to Ethereum as an ecosystem?

Manu Alzuru is the founder of DoinGud, a community-driven art marketplace, and he represents the Solarpunk side of Ethereum, which emphasizes sustainability.

Rachel-Rose O'Leary is a coder at DarkFi, after time as a lead tech writer for CoinDesk covering privacy tech and Ethereum. She is representing Lunarpunk, which emphasizes privacy.

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0:00 Intro 6:25 Solarpunk 14:10 Lunarpunk 17:28 Privacy in Venezuela 22:15 Privacy in Syria 29:45 Solar and Lunar 36:30 States and War 48:00 Art and Culture 53:40 Top-Down Control 58:20 Moral Entrepreneurship 1:05:53 Final Thoughts

------ Resources:

Manu Alzuru https://twitter.com/ManuAlzuru Rachel-Rose O'Leary https://twitter.com/lunar_mining

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----- Impact Networks with David Ehrlichman| GreenPill #59

David Ehrlichman is author of Impact Networks: Create Connection, Spark Collaboration, and Catalyze Systemic Change. He is also the co-founder of Hats Protocol, which tokenizes contributor roles for DAOs.

The study of networks is increasingly popular as an approach to understanding complex networks. David has combined theory and action through his writing and building to uncover patterns in how we organize and coordinate.

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0:00 Intro 3:30 Impact Networks 9:17 Complex Connectivity 14:40 Non-Hierarchical Networks 18:00 Building a Network 25:30 Coordination and Incentives 30:30 Hats Protocol 37:40 Leadership 45:50 Facilitating Trust

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David Ehrlichman https://twitter.com/davehrlichman Impact Networks https://www.amazon.com/Impact-Networks-Connection-Collaboration-Catalyze/dp/1523091681/ Hats Protocol https://twitter.com/hatsprotocol Lessons About Impact Networks https://gov.gitcoin.co/t/lessons-about-impact-networks/10305

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What Information Wants with Rhys Lindmark | GreenPill #58

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin is joined by Rhys Lindmark, author of, "What Information Wants."

The two dive into what, in fact, information actually wants, the fascinating ways in which information replicates, how we avoid a 'race to the bottom' type scenario when it comes to information, and so much more.

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0:00 Intro 4:17 What Does Information Want 7:30 Entropy 9:15 Replicator Themes 11:24 Keystone Species 13:40 Love 15:42 Speedrunning Genes 19:40 Externalities of Memes 23:15 Avoiding the Race to the Bottom 27:25 What Does Information Want 32:40 Information Replication 35:18 Evolutionary Systems 37:19 What Else Does Information Want 41:05 Stuck in Our Priors 43:03 Natural Selection of Memes 45:08 Who Controls the Meme 50:34 Kind of Replicators 51:27 Computer Replicators 54:43 A.I. Heuristics 56:50 Information Optimization 1:01:09 What Does Information Want 1:02:10 Closing & Resources

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https://twitter.com/RhysLindmark https://rhyslindmark.substack.com/ https://www.roote.co/ https://www.rhyslindmark.com/marriage-counseling-with-capitalism/

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Making Impact Investable with Li Jin (Variant Fund) & Matthew Frehlich (Protocol Labs) | Green Pill #57

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin welcomes Li Jin of Variant Fund and Matthew Frehlich of Protocol Labs.

The three discuss a plethora of deep topics, such as how to make impact investable, how the VC landscape is changing, carbon credits, quadradic funding, shifting Incentives, and so much more.

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0:00 Intro 0:19 Making Impact Investable 11:47 What's Changing in VC 14:25 Carbon Credits 19:04 Innovation & Investing 28:46 Quadradic Funding & Shifting Incentives 37:35 Capital Allocation Efficiency 46:00 Excitement vs. Reservations in the Space 50:50 Resources 55:21 Closing

------ Resources:

Li Jin (Variant Fund) https://twitter.com/ljin18

Matthew Frehlich (Protocol Labs) https://twitter.com/mfreh418

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Democracy with Decentralized Identity with Paula Berman | Green Pill #56

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin is joined by Paula Berman who talks about cultivating web3 era democracy with decentralized identity. Paula is a hacktivist, digital identity geek and COO of RadicalxChange.

Paula shares how she went from civic tech to web3, why she wrote the paper, “Who Watches the Watchmen,” why it’s important, and so much more.

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0:00 Intro 4:38 Paula’s Crypto Origins 7:36 Interest in Civic Tech 11:13 Web2 Democracy Backfired? 13:19 Who Watches the Watchmen 18:19 Sybil Resistance Triangle 20:24 Who Watches the Watchmen Cont. 26:17 What Paula’s Excited About 28:53 v2 Who Watches the Watchmen? 32:56 Audrey Tang 39:30 Collective Intelligence 41:16 Identity Money Legos 47:03 Creating High Leverage Systems 51:45 What Paula’s Focused On

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Paul Berman https://twitter.com/_paulaberman 

Who Watches the Watchmen https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.590171/full 

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Democracy with Decentralized Identity with Paula Berman | Green Pill #56

On this episode of Green Pill, Kevin is joined by Paula Berman who talks about cultivating web3 era democracy with decentralized identity. Paula is a hacktivist, digital identity geek and COO of RadicalxChange.

Paula shares how she went from civic tech to web3, why she wrote the paper, “Who Watches the Watchmen,” why it’s important, and so much more.

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0:00 Intro
4:38 Paula’s Crypto Origins
7:36 Interest in Civic Tech
11:13 Web2 Democracy Backfired?
13:19 Who Watches the Watchmen
18:19 Sybil Resistance Triangle
20:24 Who Watches the Watchmen Cont.
26:17 What Paula’s Excited About
28:53 v2 Who Watches the Watchmen?
32:56 Audrey Tang
39:30 Collective Intelligence
41:16 Identity Money Legos
47:03 Creating High Leverage Systems
51:45 What Paula’s Focused On

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Resources:

Paul Berman
https://twitter.com/_paulaberman 

Who Watches the Watchmen
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbloc.2020.590171/full 

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Designing Pluralistic Political/Economic Spaces with Jeff Emmett & Michael Zargham of BlockScience | Green Pill #55

On this episode Kevin chats with Jeff Emmett and Michael Zargham of BlockScience, an engineering, R&D, and analytics firm specializing in complex systems.

In this episode, the three go deep on fascinating topics and discuss rabbit holes such as, what BlockScience actually is, the intricacies of complex adaptive systems, quadratic lands, and web3's purpose.

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0:00 Intro 0:24 BlockScience Explained 2:46 Complex Adaptive Systems 4:55 Deeper Understanding 10:33 Atoms x Constitutional Forms 13:20 Quadratic Lands x Systems Cont. 15:33 Sybil Resistance Storytelling 18:48 Collusion Attacks 22:36 Final Destination of Sybil Resistance 28:12 Political Philosophy 32:07 Pluralism 35:31 Quadratic Lands Cont. 40:06 Cooperation Across Social Distance 46:30 Web3's Purpose & Algorithmic Policy 49:00 Resources & Closing

------ Resources:

Jeff Emmett https://twitter.com/jeffemmett

Michael Zargham https://twitter.com/mZargham

BlockScience https://block.science/

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