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- Real Name: John Ferguson
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Long-time LTB listener and fan. Now hosts the SAFE Crossroads Podcast on the LTB Network, and maintains the Crossroads of Project SAFE site at safecrossroads.net, promoting and spreading broader understanding of the MaidSafe technology and the SAFE Network, soon to cause a revolution in internet technology.
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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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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #32, David Irvine Speaks
May 31st, 2016 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
David Irvine, Founder and lead developer of MaidSafe has faced a huge workload over the last couple of years, moving the SAFE Network towards launch. So much so that he hasn't recorded an in-depth interview in over two years. That changed today.
In this episode he finally speaks--quite a lot, actually. Our two hour interview covers much of what has been going forward with the SAFE Network, the technical barriers, some of the huge breakthroughs, the community, and a lot ...
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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 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 #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.
Music
Music for this episode: SafeProject, an original piece composed and performed by Nicholas Koteskey o...
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SAFE Crossroads Podcast #31, Harmen Klink
April 12th, 2016 by
John Ferguson In this Episode
We're back again with Harmen Klink, talking about further innovations on the Decorum decentralized forum and social connection protocol. We talk about a web of trust function which will make the protocol very handy at evaluating one's connections and resisting unwanted connections. Also we talk about the Project Decorum crowdsale, and the value proposition behind it. And much more.
The design of the SAFE Network presents challenges due to its security model, but i...
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