Humanists Take on the World

By Dustin Williams, Lauren Studley

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April 05, 20225 Bitcoin, Crypto, and Blockchain
This week we talk about what Bitcoin is, how it works in theory, how it works in practice, and what the criticisms are.
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Crypto
Disclosure – I own 0.00666 Bitcoins
What is a block chain
What’s a transaction
On chain
Off chain
Why is cryptocurrancy a thing?
Decentralized – No one entity owns it
Universal – Not tied to fiat currencies
Private – Can’t be tracked and tied to your personal identity
How’s that worked?
As of April 3, 2022 the top 10,000 addresses or about 0.03% (0.0277794%) own about 60% (59.16%) meaning the remaining 99.97% own the remaining 40%
Until China banned mining in 2021 60-70% of all mining was in China
Universal – Can get around sanctions
Private – KYC
Fees on transactions can easily match Paypal, Stripe, or Credit Cards
Criticisms
Volatility – It’s gambling
It’s insecure – By 2017 data breaches resulted in about 1 million bitcoin being stolen from exchanges
An estimated 20% of bitcoin have been lost due to people losing their private keys
Crime – Estimated to be about 3%, but transcations still happen between KYC exchanges and Russian black market exchanges
Climate
Sources
– https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/bitcoin-who-owns-it-who-mines-it-whos-breaking-law
– https://bitinfocharts.com/
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin#Design
– https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2021/09/20/bitcoins-impacts-on-climate-and-the-environment/
– https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56012952
Feedback
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March 21, 20224 Russia, Ukraine, Misinformation, and Fraud
This week Dustin talks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, fraud, daylight savings time, and some other news.
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Topics
Russia and Ukraine
AN298, AN299, AN429, and more
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union
Russia is just back to autocracy, orthodoxy, and nationality
COVID misinformation, disinformation, the grift, or is it’s just fraud – Ryan Cole as an example
Daylight Savings
News
Idaho’s anti youth trans healthcare and anti-librarian bills are dead
More on Idaho’s anti-trans bill
US House is considering a National Hymn
Russian Orthodox priests in Amsterdam split from Moscow
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March 07, 20223 Annabelle and Aiden face a Dragon with JR Becker
We’re joined by JR Becker author of the Annabelle and Aiden series of children’s books that promote science and critical thinking. “Big questions for little minds.” Preorders are also now available for his new book There’s a Dragon in my Garage
Annabelle and Aiden
Preorder There’s a Dragon in my Garage
‘Increasingly Aggressive’ Atheists Target Children in New Evolution-Promoting Book
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February 21, 20222 Where do we go from here with Nadya Dutchin
In this episode we are joined by Nadya Dutchin the new Executive Director of the American Humanist Association. We talk about the work she’s been tasked with to prepare the AHA for the future and some of the big topics we really need to be paying more attention to.
Bio
AHA Website
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February 11, 20221 Terms and Conditions
It’s the rebrand/relaunch as Humanists Take on the World and we start with an overview of the names and terms that non-believers use to identify themselves or how they’re referred to by others.
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Terms and Conditions
Basic Terms – What question do they answer
Do you believe in god?
Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, Spiritual but not religious, Non-theist, Anti-theist
How should governments be run?
Secularist
How do we know things?
Scientific Method
Skepticism
Who’s responsible to solve the world’s problems?
Humanist
Historical
Modern
What about other terms?
Bright
Freethinker
None
Satanist
Pastafarian
Sources
Wikipidea: Humanism
Humanist Manifesto I
Humanist Manifesto II
Humanist Manifesto III
About the American Humanist Association
American Humanist Association History
### News
– Boise Rescue Mission says protestors are wrong
– Brookings, OR church sues city so they can keep feeding the homeless
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January 27, 2022443 Burning Books in the name of Liberty
This week we talk about banning and burning books.
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Banning and Burning Books
Spotsylvania School Board Appoints Chair Who Backed Burning Books, Fires Superintendent
Wentzville School Board bans acclaimed novel from high school libraries over obscenity complaints
Wikipedia – Book Burning
Wikipedia – Nazi book burning
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January 21, 2022442 Where did priestly celibacy come from?
This week we talk about what clerical celibacy is, who it applies to, how it developed, and the problems it’s causes.
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Sources
Pope criticizes people without children as selfish
History Extra: History of Clerical Celibacy
Wikipeida: Clerical Celibacy
Wikipedia: Deacon
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January 14, 2022441 The Huguenot Diaspora
This week we talk about the Huguenot Diaspora, with a personal connection for Dustin with some Huguenot ancestors.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huguenots#Exodus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GuanabaraConfessionof_Faith
https://www.geni.com/people/Lovijs-ten-Bossche-Louis-duBois-The-Patentee/6000000006168775363
https://www.geni.com/people/Catherine-DuBois/6000000003096865306
https://www.geni.com/people/Magdalena-Blanchan/6000000006168927205
https://www.geni.com/people/Matthew-Blanchan/6000000005924698218
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Du_Bois_(Huguenot)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewPaltz(village)%2CNewYork#History
http://www.blanshan.com/Mattheus_Blanshan.html
http://www.blanshan.com/Catherine_Blanshan_DuBois.html
http://www.watermelon-kid.com/family/bios/dubois.htm
http://www.watermelon-kid.com/family/bios/dubois.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chr%C3%A9tien_DuBois
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~barbpretz/genealogy/ps05/ps05_354.htm
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January 07, 2022440 The Huguenots
This week we talk more about the upcoming rebrand and also talk about the Huguenots, the French Calvinists probably named after a Swiss Catholic. It’s a story of dissent, religious wars, dynastic struggles, and mass exile.
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December 30, 2021439 Puritan to Unitarian
This week we talk about the rise of the Congregationalists, otherwise known as Puritans, Separatists, and Independents, and how that lead to the Unitarians.
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Congregationalism
Puritans
Congregationalism in the US
Unitarianism
Universalist Church of America
Unitarian Universalism
New England Theology
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