#6 Zach Marks
You can reach him on Twitter @zmarks215
Learn more about Jia www.jia.xyz/
You can reach me by email at 0xryanreef@gmail.com or Twitter @0xryanreef
(1:30) 5 trillion dollar credit gap and Zack's backstory.
(4:30) How traditional micro finance groups work.
(10:32) The challenge of algorithmic bias.
(14:45) What invisible data is. You wont get a loan due to lack of data.
(16:55) Why is micro finance done in a suboptimal way in the United States?
(19:50) How does Jia work? What kind of businesses are getting loans?
(24:15) The line between personal and business is often blurred in the current markets Jia operates in.
(26:19) Why start in Kenya and the Philippines?
(30:14) How does Jia differ from traditional micro finance?
(34:57) Will Jia start a DAO?
(39:33) Some thoughts on transition to a DAO or some kind of community owned group
(42:05) Feeling loyalty to a business when they have a community
(43:21) Thoughts on the state of American banking.
(47:36) On pushing innovation outside the United States
(49:16) Thoughts on UBI
(52:03) General sentiment towards crypto in Kenya and the Philippines
(58:02) How to stay up to date with Mark and Jia
#5 Brandon Ferdig
I take some time to step away from tech issues to talk about the human side of things with Brandon Ferdig. He’s worn many hats over the years but has recently been focusing on homelessness, capturing peoples lives and stories.
Find him online - Facebook Twitter YouTube TikTok LinkedIn
Blog https://www.theperiphery.org/ Patreon
You can reach me by email at 0xryanreef@gmail.com or Twitter @0xryanreef
(0:56) What is the Periphery
(6:19) The evolution of Brandons channel
(12:30) On intervening in heavy situations
(25:55) Thoughts on social media algorithms
(31:00) Thoughts on traditional journalistic methodology
(37:35) My tweet about boarding flights
(43:47) How traveling has shaped Brandons views on the world
(47:00) Buazi in Kapaala, Uganda
(53:40) George Floyd
(58:00) Carpenter in Uganda
(1:00:10) What can be done on a policy and practical level to alleviate homelessness?
(1:03:33) On donating
(1:05:20) On the complexity of accepting donations on behalf of someone that is homeless
(1:11:45) Houston policy on homelessness
#4 Niklas Anzinger
You can reach me by email at 0xryanreef@gmail.com or Twitter @0xryanreef
(00:00) Intro
(00:54) How Niklas came up with the name of his podcast.
(02:48) What is life like in Próspera? What is Próspera?
(04:00) Previous work at a technologies start up in Berlin
(07:00) Being a Nomad
(10:20) Institutions over time opt into better options
(13:34) Is there a most stranded technology?... Yes, Nuclear power
(16:32) Favorite cities?
(19:28) On developing social norms in a start-up city
(22:50) What is easier or what is already possible in Próspera.
(24:40) Medical tourism / Medical arbitrage
(27:15) Medical arbitrage as life hack
(31:13) What can be arbitraged in a Próspera other than medical treatment?
(34:59) Information diet
(36:27) Starting a podcast
(39:03) Thoughts on education
(43:05) Entrepreneurship is the only thing that will save the world
(48:25) The experiment of CityDAO
(50:10) Experiments being run in the USA
(52:02) Boating
(53:22) Próspera goals/timeline
#3 Joel of Future Folklore
We discuss Joels project which in his own words is working towards an emerging funding ecosystem for material science and speculative technology surrounding unidentified aerial phenomena. You can follow him on Twitter at @future_folklore
(00:37) Intro to Joel and his background
(02:55) Vision of Future Folklore
(06:09) Change in scientific and public perception of UFO’s
(09:30) Galileo Project
(10:49) What kind of data is being collected
(12:25) UAP stories
(19:06) Formalizing data collection
(22:40) NASA working group
(24:24) SETI
(25:30) Non human life or how would ants detect human life
(28:40) aesthetics as a tool or the lobster thought experiment
(31:55) Forms of alien life
(35:20) Ai and the search for alien life
(38:15) NFT plans for Future Folklore
(40:50) Religious aspects of the search for alien life
(48:15) The religious study of the sacred
(52:28) DAOs in relation to the questions of UAPs
(55:46) How to stay up to date with Joel
You can reach me by email at 0xryanreef@gmail.com or Twitter @0xryanreef
#2 Gennady Stolyarov II
In this episode I talk to the head of the US Transhumanist party Gennady Stoyyarov II . We discuss how he got involved, what he's working on and what he hopes for the future of the movement.
You can follow him on Twitter @GStolyarovII
(0:35) What is Transhumanism?
(2:40) The biggest change to the Transhumanism party since Gennady Stolyarov II got involved.
(4:22) How the philosophy and political movement of Transhumanism relate and why it’s necessary to have a political party.
(14:52) Why Gennady wrote a children's book about death.
(18:40) What does it mean to be the chair of the Transhumanist party?
(25:30) Board of directors of the LEV foundation. Relation of parts of the crypto community and longevity research.
(30:58) Scanning technology at airports and privacy.
(34:21) Information diet and information sourcing methodology.
(37:53) Convincing those influenced by Elon Musk on longevity.
(42:10) Thoughts on Animal longevity.
(49:00) Preventing nuclear war.
(54:38) Hopes for the future of the movement.
(1:00:20) How to stay up to date with Gennady
You can reach me by email at 0xryanreef@gmail.com or Twitter @0xryanreef
#1 Maria Milagros Santamaria aka Fortunata.eth
Maria Milagros Santamaria is a lawyer working with @MTBCostaflores and COO EMEA @TokenizeIT_EU as well as an ambassador for @surge_women
We discuss aspects of incorporation related to DAO's, related legal topics and other projects she's working on. Follower her on Twitter Fortunata.eth
You can reach me by email 0xryanreef@gmail.com or Twitter @0xryanreef
(1:15) Story behind the Fortunana name.
(2:30) Legal wrapper and jurisdiction for DAO’s.
3:13 What is a legal wrapper?
5:00 Reasons for choosing one kind of legal wrapper over another.
6:55 How to think about familiarity and legal certainty in a jurisdiction.
9:00 Legal responsibility in a DAO.
10:00 Thinking about incorporation and legal wrappers when joining a DAO.
11:22 Legal questions to think about when starting a DAO.
13:20 Changing legal status after the fact.
14:55 Centralized vs decentralized projects in relation to law.
17:30 Impact of FTX on crypto law.
19:10 Formation of crypto hubs.
23:15 How could a jurisdiction win over potential customers?
25:20 Doctrine in Switzerland that states the internet can be seen as a sovereign jurisdiction separate from any other country.
27:18 How she stays up to date with legal topics.
28:57 Advice for people wanting to join the crypto law space.
30:48 Open vino involvement.
33:20 Kleros decentralized arbitration.
35:50 Integrating business with crypto.
37:30 Central Bank Digital Currencies.
38:38 Other projects she’s working on.
41:21 How to stay up to date with everything she’s working on.