ENCORE: Power To The People: Decentralizing Technology
Politicology15 Feb 2025

ENCORE: Power To The People: Decentralizing Technology

Host Ron Steslow welcomes Mike Brock, CEO of TBD, a subsidiary of Block Inc. (formerly Square), the financial technology firm led by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. The Internet is dominated by massive, corporate walled gardens like Google, Facebook, and Twitter (now X), where centralized control makes their users (us!) vulnerable to censorship and manipulation. In this episode, we explore how the movement to decentralize technology empowers individuals, protects against corporate and government abuse, and addresses real problems in finance and social media. We’ll also discuss how decentralized technology can enhance financial access and freedom, bypassing intermediaries and censorship, and shifting power from financial corporations to individuals. Finally, we turn to the political landscape, focusing on the Democratic party’s approach to decentralized technology and early signs it may be changing. Segments to look forward to: (04:45) Mike’s background (10:50) Empowering individuals through decentralized finance and identity (15:45) Building infrastructure for a decentralized future (19:10) The potential of decentralized identity (29:49) The importance of Bitcoin’s decentralization (31:31) Financial Access and Freedom (34:27) Preserving agency (44:44) Changing the balance of power (50:54) The varied stance of the Democratic party Follow Ron and Mike on X (formerly Twitter): https://twitter.com/RonSteslow https://x.com/brockm Email your questions to podcast@politicology.com or leave us a voicemail at ‪(202) 455-4558‬ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episoder(657)

What Is the Real Goal of the War in Iran?—The Weekly

What Is the Real Goal of the War in Iran?—The Weekly

Ron Steslow is joined by Hagar Chemali (Fmr. spokesperson for the U.S. Mission to the UN) for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Iran, the confusion surrounding the Trump administration’s goals...

13 Mar 1h 23min

[+] The Havana Syndrome Coverup [Members Only]

[+] The Havana Syndrome Coverup [Members Only]

Hagar Chemali and Marc Polymeropoulos join Ron Steslow to discuss the explosive new reporting about the CIA’s coverup of Anomalous Health Incidents—also known as Havana Syndrome—and the dangerous clas...

13 Mar 35min

ENCORE: The Identity Trap—Part 2

ENCORE: The Identity Trap—Part 2

Even after historic civil rights progress over the last sixty years, there’s no denying that certain groups of people still face real, serious, and even systemic discrimination. In pursuit of justice...

11 Mar 56min

ENCORE: The Identity Trap—Part 1

ENCORE: The Identity Trap—Part 1

Even after historic civil rights progress over the last sixty years, there’s no denying that certain groups of people still face real, serious, and even systemic discrimination. In pursuit of justice...

4 Mar 47min

ENCORE: Briefly, Perfectly Human

ENCORE: Briefly, Perfectly Human

Alua Arthur (Death Doula) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss the importance of embracing mortality, talking about death, and her new book, Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life and Getting ...

25 Feb 1h 1min

The Epstein Files and the Collapse of Trust—The Weekly

The Epstein Files and the Collapse of Trust—The Weekly

The Epstein files were supposed to bring clarity—what happened, who knew, and who was protected. Instead, the slow drip of disclosures, redactions, and missing records has deepened a broader crisis: c...

21 Feb 1h 6min

The Devil’s Advocates—Part 2

The Devil’s Advocates—Part 2

For the ad-free version of this episode, subscribe to Politicology+ at https://politicology.com/plus In part two of this series, Ron talks to Rebecca Roiphe (Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor of...

18 Feb 53min

The Nerd Reich—The Weekly

The Nerd Reich—The Weekly

What if the “next big thing” out of Silicon Valley isn’t an app—it’s a political project engineered to bypass democracy? In this episode, Guest Host Mike Madrid sits down with Gil Durán (journalist a...

13 Feb 58min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
aftenpodden-usa
popradet
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
nokon-ma-ga
rss-gukild-johaug
dine-penger-pengeradet
fotballpodden-2
aftenbla-bla
hanna-de-heldige
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
rss-ness
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
rss-dannet-uten-piano
frokostshowet-pa-p5
bt-dokumentar-2