Mere Mortals Conversations

You smell that ....... it smells like it's goal time.

Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that comes. We hope you get some value from this series, showcasing our own methodology. What do you do differently and why?

As always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) -  Forgetting the intro
(1:03) - Juan's February recap
(2:10) - Kyrin's February recap
(4:30) - Juan's March Goals - Body
(6:16) - Kyrin's March Goals - 1st Half
(10:20) - Juan's March Goals - Mind & Soul
(12:52) - Kyrin's March Goals - 2nd Half
(15:54) - Juan's March Goals - Soul
(17:59) - Long Term & Fitness Challenge
(20:20) - Value For Value


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What makes the HIVE blockchain decentralised and why is Brian suing Facebook & Google?

In Conversation #71, Brian and I discussed: why decentralisation is so important to stopping online censorship, the need for peer to peer networks being established before following the value for value model, the whole story of the STEEM/HIVE saga, the global notification service called PodPing and why he is part of lawsuit suing Google & Facebook for banning cryptocurrency advertising back in 2018.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Why are Israeli's adventurous?
(8:52) - Different web versions are cows analogy
(16:07) - Censorship on the internet
(21:08) - Could V4V have worked on the early internet?
(26:50) - Is the core of decentralisation to stop censorship?
(31:52) - Trying to completely censor people is idiotic
(37:56) - STEEM's hostile takeover
(59:53) - The birth of HIVE
(1:07:00) - PodPing
(1:19:40) - The maximalist mindset
(1:25:47) - Crypto class action lawsuit
(1:34:22) - Australian law & fairness
(1:37:10) - Self representation in court
(1:41:21) - Australian cartel laws
(1:43:47) - Brian is going to pump Bitcoin by destroying social media
(1:48:49) - Where to find Brian

Connect with Brian:
HIVE: https://hive.blog/@brianoflondon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianoflondon


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Check out the amount of Brisbane rain we podcast through here!

In Episode #277 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: an apology for not notifying people about the change in the live date, Juan complaining about technology, empirical data on energy usage, why Juan might never retire, my thoughts on CrossFit Torian, what it would take for us to become professional podcasters, my accidental tipsy Wednesday afternoon and a rainy finale.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Rain & a white noise generator
(1:40) - We are committed, just error prone
(3:25) - Vodafone & Discord woes
(8:30) - Juan's mystery product
(9:54) - Atom's and energy usage
(16:50) - Juan the corporate shill
(22:04) - CrossFit 22.1 workout
(26:23) - Are we expert level podcasters?
(29:55) - Sangria Wednesday's
(33:23) - We endure the rain for you Mere Mortalites!


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A witch has taken away all of humanity's progress and we can have everything back if we create an iPhone 13. Can we do it?

In Episode #276 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: some recent changes to our schedule, a hypothetical I took from the Lex Podcast, why I am bearish in the short term and bullish on the long term, why most of humanity will die really quickly, the different epochs we will go through and why neither of us think we will be able to recreate the iPhone.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - New News: A Schedule Change
(1:17) - A Hypothetical
(4:20) - Separating it into epochs
(6:14) - The 1st Minute: Death & Pity
(10:31) - The 1st Hour: Navigation & Verification
(16:07) - The 1st Day: Community & Supplies
(22:41) - The 1st Week: More Mass Death
(25:42) - The 1st Month/Year: Forming Tribes
(29:00) - Boostagram Lounge
(36:30) - V4V Spiel
(37:28) - The 1st Decade: Hunter Gatherer Or Agriculture
(40:06) - Past 50 Years: No Progess Is Made
(50:32) - Is The Knowledge Available
(53:30) - Starting From True Scratch Would Be Quicker
(55:02) - What If We Went Past & Then Reverted
(56:54) - Dr Stone Manga/Anime
(59:49) - The Witches Power
(1:00:34) - Finishing Up Comments


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Will environmentalists ever decide that we are being wasteful with our atoms?

In Episode #275 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why Juan pretends to be an undercover cop, concepts that should just stay as concepts, why Joe Rogan is getting on people of opposite opinions, why I'm happy to be a fence sitter, damn people who won't just answer the question, how we might be shamed for future energy use and what I learnt from my 1st Cuban Salsa dance lesson.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Petty road rage
(3:22) - Falling Down movie & cool concepts
(8:27) - JRE & climate change
(11:42) - Challenging opinions
(18:27) - Fence sitters
(20:10) - Andrew Dessler and obfuscating answers
(25:46) - Future climate/energy controversies
(33:27) - Lots of waste
(37:18) - 1st dance lesson
(42:50) - Loving life with v4v


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Have you ever been bored by philosophy? Worry not as the Indian Youtuber 'Faraz' is here to make it more entertaining.

In Conversation #70 Faraz and I discuss: his drive to create multiple YouTube channels, why he is interested in philosophy, the process of writing a book on philosophy, the anxiety of first starting to livestream, how he can switch so seamlessly between multiple languages and what his plans for the future are.

I really hope you enjoyed this chat, Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Who is Faraz?
(5:22) - Why start a YT channel?
(12:13) - Boring philosophy
(19:18) - Creating your own philosophy
(27:12) - Writing his book
(30:04) - Going live baby
(36:48) - The first livestream & feeding trolls
(42:00) - Switching between Hindi & English
(52:23) - General language chat
(58:55) - What Faraz is up to in the future
(1:01:45) - Where to find Faraz


Connect with Faraz:
Rude Philosopher YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMFALaIhmEl1a_eI0Qpujyg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/identity.faraz/


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Hint: It may or may or not be tech related.

In Episode #274 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how Juan worked himself into a rage over stupid BS, tips to avoid the escalation of fury, the Empowa property platform built on Cardano, why 50 million homes need to be built in Africa, how Podcasting 2.0 is becoming slicker, anticipatory regret caused by a potato on a stick, the weird phenomenon of 'aphantasia' and what it will be like when moving bitcoin is easssssy.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Sony mayhem
(3:41) - The prawn fiasco
(6:33) - Last time you were angry?
(10:12) - How not to be angry
(12:57) - African housing shortage
(17:57) - Using Cardano & Defi
(23:10) - P2.0 is getting easy
(27:45) - Steve Jobs hates your signature
(29:55) - Potato on a stick
(35:14) - Aphantasia
(38:52) - When Bitcoin is easy as well


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Is crypto really decentralised or is it just slightly better than the current system?

In Episode #273 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: a blog post highlighting decentralisation issues, why we have collectively decided that servers are too hard to operate on our own, why this is not a binary issue and is more of a scale, not needing to have every aspect of your life distributed and why we were a bit scattered on this topic.

A big thanks to Bmasi, Dave Jones & Petar the slav for helping to support the show, we couldn't do it without you!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Moxie Marlinspike & Charles Hoskinson
(4:04) - Decentralisation definition
(9:43) - NFT's are not immutable
(15:02) - You don't get more power by default
(18:53) - People don't want to run their own servers
(23:38) - Decentralisation is a continuum
(26:46) - Responding to comments
(30:47) - Boostagram Lounge
(36:38) - The seesaw tips again
(43:27) - Web 3 is not decentralised
(50:32) - Layers of decentralisation
(55:10) - Sum up of our thoughts
(57:52) - Booooooossssssttttt


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With all these boring politics I'm not surprised that people are fiending for the Metaverse.

In Episode #272 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why I need to find a nice crypto girl, Juan's recent laziness, a test of Brisbane's citizen quality, why running for office might be fun but actual politics is all backbiting and fake friends, my learnings from the book Snow Crash and how we had to run away from the rain.

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Marrying for crypto money
(3:21) - Juan is lazy
(5:51) - Are there good citizens in Brisbane?
(8:30) - Why do I find politics & religion so boring?
(15:01) - Politics in theory vs practice
(20:05) - Dentatas & Deus Ex Machina
(25:56) - Do people like the Metaverse because real life is shite?
(30:02) - How the Metaverse is being combined with crypto
(34:41) - We get rained out


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Juan's going to have at least 8 competitive children, but unfortunately they'll all be losers :'(

In Episode #271 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: Grant Cardone's silly article, rivalry between winners and losers, if self-improvement is a competition, the different types of bounded games, why sexual selection and evolution is true but not necessarily helpful to the topic, the varying emotions that can occur from competition, whether it requires a zero sum mindset and if competition is a necessary part of life.

We'd like to thank Dave Jones and Petar for helping to support us this week. They are the real winners!

As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Competition is for sissies
(3:21) - Definition
(5:51) - General thoughts
(8:30) - Can you be competitive against yourself?
(15:01) - 1v1 or in a group
(20:05) - Finite & Infinite Games
(25:56) - Kaleidoscopic truths
(30:02) - Boostagram Lounge
(34:41) - Emotions aren't necessary
(36:30) - Is competitive joy zero sum?
(41:03) - Do we want competitive children?
(47:33) - Examples of our competitiveness
(51:15) - Comments
(53:21) - How do competitive people think?
(55:54) - Could there exist a universe without winners and losers
(1:00:54) - Participation trophies
(1:03:35) - Make a competitive comment


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