From the Front Page - Technology & Choice
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Technology and Choice #09, Ernest Hancock
July 12th, 2016 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
When I was at The Porcupine Freedom Festive in New Hampshire, I had the chance to sit down with Ernest Hancock of Freedom's Phoenix, along with the hosts of another podcast, Liberty Cafe. We had fun. Hope you enjoy it.
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Technology and Choice #08, Porcfest Potpourri
June 29th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
A few days at the Porcupine Freedom Festival in New Hampshire netted a load of wonderful connections, some very interesting insights and a few very relevant interviews, from the perspective of the technology and choice pair.
First up in this episode is Sam Patterson, Chief Operating Officer of OB1, the company developing the Open Bazaar protocol and ecosystem. Sam shares some insights about the ideals of peer-to-peer commerce, shares some very encouraging news about th...
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The Choice Eaters
June 23rd, 2016 by John Ferguson BEWARE THE CHOICE EATERS!
Politicians and other shysters take up and use the Choice that others have abandoned, and they encourage others to abandon their own Choice so that it’s easier for the Choice Eaters to consume. They are like carrion fowl: they consume the corpses of abandoned Choice. Some few of them know well what they’re doing. The rest are just chumps, following “conventional wisdom.” But, you know, even the chumps will eat your Choice if you abandon it.
**Wake up my fe...
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Technology and Choice #07, Some Loose Ends
May 17th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
This week Robert and John do a bit of house cleaning. A number of loose ends demanded attention, so we had a blast just batting them around.
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Technology and Choice #06, Chadrick Mahaffey on Crowd Founding Principles
May 10th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Chadrick Mahaffey is a software developer and fan of the SAFE Network. For years he's been working to understand organization principles so as to evolve a way that people can "Labor in Freedom."
In this interview, we go into the background of how he arrived at what he now calls The Crowd Found Hub, a system using smart contracts and crypto tokens to allow for a very open and fruitful way to organize group activities in a completely voluntary way, but with a way of rewa...
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Technology and Choice #05, Scam Tech 101
May 3rd, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Finally, Robert and John get to really start exploring scams. What is a scam? Why is it so important to understand the mechanics that make something a scam, or not? What does this all have to do with technology and choice?
We dig in on a scam that Robert himself got snared by, and what he did about it. The image of throwing a ragdoll to a puppy is invoked. Listen to see how it came out.
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Technology and Choice #04, A Talk with Paul Rosenburg
April 26th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
John and Robert have a great time with Paul Rosenburg, a true renaissance man and scholar, about technology and choice--past, present and future. Should we be optimistic, pessimistic, or simply mystic? You get to choose.
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Technology and Choice #03, The Resounding Duh!
April 18th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Be sure to read and/or listen to the article "Technology and Choice (What's in a Name?) on the LTB front page. The title of this episode will make more sense once you've read the article or listened to this episode.
We discuss the substance of that article from some different angles. We have some fun, and even start bleeding into next episode's topic.
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Technology and Choice article (What's in a Name?)
April 18th, 2016 by John Ferguson [Note: link to author's reading of the article appears at the bottom of the article]
Technology and Choice is a great name for a podcast, don’t you think? A lot of people seem to find the title compelling, all by itself. I know I do. There’s so much implied, yet so formlessly. Even I only have a vague idea of where we’re going with this--just a thread to start pulling, really. So, why is the name so engaging?
Choice
Choice is one of those weird strings the universe leaves han...
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Technology and Choice #02, Revenge of the Social Media Zombies
April 5th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
What's up with social media and what does it have to do with zombies? You'll just have to listen.
Music
Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey of Two Faced Heroes
Links
[Revenge of the Social Media Zombies](http://livesensical.com/podcast/selling-books-online...
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Technology and Choice #01, Virtual Reality
March 29th, 2016 by John Ferguson In this Episode
Welcome to the first episode of Technology and Choice, the podcast where we're likely to talk about almost anything, as long as it centers around these two concepts.
In this episode, we introduce ourselves (John and Robert) and lay the groundwork for the ongoing podcast. Then we take up the subject of Virtual Reality technology, how it's starting to take its place in the world, as well as what choices it makes possible, and necessary.
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