The Technium

By The Technium

The Technium is a weekly podcast discussing the edge of technology and what we can build with it. Each week, Sri and Wil introduce a big idea in the future of computing and extrapolate the effect it w... more

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The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

The Technium episodes:

November 24, 2021 Ep 010 - The Constrained Power of Datalog
This week, we mull on an obscure programming language called Datalog and its outsized impact on the world
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1h 38min
November 17, 2021 Ep 009 - CLIP and DALL-E and the creativity of generative networks
In this episode, we muse about the creativity of machine learning models and what it means for the future of content creation/ownership
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1h 38min
November 09, 2021 Ep 008 - Zero Knowledge Proofs
This week on The Technium, we talk about Zero Knowledge Proofs, a relatively new cryptographic primitive that lets people prove they know a secret without divulging it.
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1h 42min
November 04, 2021 Eps 007 - Webassembly and write once, run anywhere
In this week's episode, we ruminate on Webassembly and the dream of writing once and running everywhere.
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1h 23min
October 26, 2021 Ep 006 - The DAO for collective action
This week, we talk about the Decentralized Autonomous Organization. How could they bring a new flavor to collective action without a centralized authority?
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1h 21min
October 18, 2021 Ep 005 - Functional Programming Everywhere
This week on the Technium, we talk about functional programming invading mainstream programming languages
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1h 2min
October 11, 2021 Ep 004 - React Reconciler
In this week's episode, we talk about the React Reconciler. What is it? How would it help with building cross-platform frontends? What else could it be applied to?
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1h 22min
October 05, 2021 Ep 003 - The Metaverse
In this week's episode, we talk about "The Metaverse". What is it, and why it excites technologists about a possible vision of the future.
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1h 21min
October 05, 2021 Ep 002 - Local-first software
In this week's episode, we talk about Ink and Switch's manifesto on local-first software, a vision on building software that merges the best parts of both web apps and desktop apps.
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1h 17min
October 05, 2021 Ep 001 - Communing with Ghosts
In this week's episode, we talk about tools for thinking, note taking apps, and the retro vision for the web.
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1h 4min

FAQs about The Technium:

How many episodes does The Technium have?

The podcast currently has 40 episodes available.