Unusually Well Informed

Elizabeth Becker and Kelly Ehler are the founders of HiBNB, a marketplace offering cannabis-friendly accommodations and activities. Elizabeth, Kelly and I  discuss their venture HiBNB, and exploring the economics and legalities of cannabis. 

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This episode is for mature audiences. The host and guests of this episode are not physicians or lawyers. The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Elizabeth Becker

Guest: Kelly Ehler

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Fabio Biancolin, Adam Trent and I discuss Non Fungible Tokens. Non Fungible Tokens are unique certificates for digital assets that sit on a blockchain. They’ve been in the news lately with NFT represented art sometimes fetching millions of dollars when sold on NFT platforms. We explore the way NFTs are listed for sale, what it is someone buys when they get an NFT, the costs of blockchain technology to the environment and the possible impact of blockchain on national fiat currencies.

References

NFTs, explained/ what they are, and why they’re suddenly worth millions - The Verge

Now Robots Are Making Digital Art NFTs

Crypto's carbon footprint and theclimate impact of our digital future

Bitcoin, NFTs and other crypto fads are destroying our planet

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Fabio Biancolin

Guest: Adam Trent

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Aimee Whitcroft is a content design, service design and training consultant to New Zealand’s local and national governments. She is one of New Zealand’s top plain English experts and advocates for open source, open data and open government.

Aimee’s work also spans diverse and vital topics such as civic technology, service design, placemaking, social good and sustainability and strategy. Aimee has also contributed to futurecasting work at the New Zealand Ministry of Transport.

References

Open Source to Dominate Intelligence

Open data and APIs — fuelling innovation

Third Wave of Open Data

Smarter, kinder cities: data and the new age

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Aimee Whitcroft

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My unusually well informed guest today is Olav Trent.

Olav is founder, CEO and fund manager of Trent Fund, an Alternative Investment Fund. Olav is one of the youngest fund managers in Norway. Today, Olav and I are going to discuss how his company was founded, how an investment fund operates, how he identifies the right investments for clients. We’ll also talk about the impact of COVID on the economy, Norway’s Oil Fund, the viability of electric vehicles and his career in the Norwegian Navy.

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation. The content of today’s podcast should not be taken as investment advice. 

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Olav Trent

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Consequences by Nihilore

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A comment on a recent Unusually Well Informed episode was “I listened for 40 minutes and my head was full”.  I hope your brain has an appetite because Rohan Light is going to walk me through some mind bending concepts related to data governance and the ways data, our lives and the economy intersect. Rohan is a public interest technologist with a focus on data governance. Rohan’s work is at the intersection of the great potential - and potential for great harm - that comes with big data, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology.

References

It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate

Review Of 'Why Information Grows' By Cesar Hidalgo | Seeking Alpha

Why Information Grows — Remains of the Day

We Need Better Data Metaphors - Rohan Light

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/

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Guest: Rohan Light

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Anna Crowley Redding is an Emmy-award winning investigative television reporter and journalist. She has received multiple Edward R. Murrow awards. Now Anna is the author of four published books and has more on the way. Her first book, “Google It”, was named the best STEM book of 2019 by the National Science Teacher Association. 

Anna and I  discus the life and lessons of Elon Musk captured in her book “Elon Musk: A Mission to Save the World”, Anna’s life as a journalist, and her process of writing and getting published.

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Anna Crowley Redding

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My guest is Brett Colvin.

Brett practiced as a corporate lawyer at Canada's largest firm for four years. Then in 2019, Brett co-founded Goodlawyer, an online platform that organizes micro legal services. Goodlawyer connects entrepreneurs across Canada with a network of business-minded lawyers.

Brett and I talk about his life as a lawyer, the process of launching a startup and trends in the legal profession.

For free consultations on a wide variety of legal issues, visit goodlawyer.ca and use PROMO CODE UWI15

References

Goodlawyer Just Made Access to Legal Aid Much Easier

National | Sandboxes for legal innovation

The Only Job With an Industry Devoted to Helping People Quit - The Atlantic

The Pandemic Might Be The Tech Disruptor The Legal Industry Needs

Never Ask A Question You Don’t Know The Answer To

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Brett Colvin

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Consequences by Nihilore

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My unusually well informed guest today is Dr. Gareth Doherty.

Gareth is an organizational performance and strategic human resources management expert with extensive research and consultation experience with academic, private and public sector organizations.

Gareth has also published numerous white papers on decision support systems, business intelligence, and business analytics.

Today Gareth and I are discussing what makes organizations tick, the importance of psychology and philosophy to understanding how people work together, and how organizations can thrive in chaotic and turbulent times.

References

Mark Cuban/ Philosophy degree will be worth more than computer science

"Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" By Daniel Pink

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The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Dr. Gareth Doherty

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Marcel Gagné is a tech guy with a focus on Linux and Open Source software. He is a multi-award winning writer and columnist, and author of the "Moving to Linux" series of books. He has written for a number of magazines. He is probably best known as the creator of "Cooking With Linux", his trademark column which ran for ten years in the Linux Journal. 

Outside of his open source wordsmithing, Marcel’s been an editor, editor in chief, and is a published science fiction and fantasy author. He's a former Top 40 DJ, a radio and television personality, YouTuber, a pilot, an enabler, and an occasional Agent Provocateur, and he folds a mean Origami T-Rex. Marcel also co-hosts TIC TEK TOE, a light-hearted technology podcast, with Evan Leibovitch, who was a former guest on the show.

Today Marcel and I are discussing his diverse career, Tesla, SpaceX, the promise and ethics of Artificial Intelligence. We also ponder VR and the possibility that Second Life was before it's time. 

References

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta is here, and it looks scary as hell

Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?

Legal Scholars, Software Engineers Revolt Against War Robots

Billionaires See VR as a Way to Avoid Radical Social Change

How Roblox, a video game platform for kids, became a $30 billion company

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/

https://designthinkingtoronto.com

Guest: Marcel Gagné

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelgagne/

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Consequences by Nihilore

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Corrigendum

Marcel was right! Roblox became a $30 billion dollar company.

Today Fabio, Adam and I are discussing solar energy and electric vehicles.

Adam Trent was my first guest on the Unusually Well Informed podcast and this is his third appearance. Adam is an IT professional in higher education. My other guest is Fabio Biancolin. Fabio is a professional engineer and project director.

References

Hyundai Declares It’s No Longer Working with Apple on a Car

Tesla’s sale of environmental credits help drive to profitability

Why 2021 Will Be the Year Big Automakers Strike Back in Electric Vehicles

Why Elon Musk is Wrong about LIDAR

How Pioneering Solar Tech Aims To Bring Energy To Gaza’s Refugees

Cord-cutting 2.0: Lose the power lines, embrace solar

Oil For Electricity is More Efficient than Oil for Gas

Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why

Tesla vs. Buffett in the Solar Energy Race

Warren Buffett explains his logic for killing rooftop solar in Nevada

Disclaimer

The opinions expressed by the host and guests on the Unusually Well Informed podcast are their own and do not reflect their employer or any other affiliation.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetimhampton/

https://designthinkingtoronto.com

Guests:

Adam Trent

Fabio Biancolin

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