Overthrowing The Network State: Colonize the Memes, the Narratives, and the Land
Primavera and Morshed Mannan from Blockchaingov join me to speak to Raymond Craib, a historian of modern Latin America who recently published the book Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian ...
4 Mar 20231h 20min
Overthrowing The Network State: Untangling Balaji's Helical Theory of History
For this episode, I'm joined by Kelsie Nabben from Blockchaingov to speak to Quinn DuPont (@quinndupont), a historian of technology who recently gave a talk about his criticisms of TNS at the Commons ...
26 Feb 20231h 6min
The Commons Engine: Collective intelligence, non-monetary currencies, and Holochain
For this interview I spoke to Ferananda Ibarra (@fer_ananda), the Director of the Commons Engine, a Holochain Ecosystem service agency aiming to create a community of Regenerative Economy practitioner...
19 Feb 20231h 7min
Overthrowing The Network State: Survival of the Richest with Douglas Rushkoff
For this episode, Primavera and I speak with Douglas Rushkoff (@rushkoff). Named one of the “world’s ten most influential intellectuals” by MIT, Rushkoff is an author and documentarian who studies hum...
12 Feb 20231h 3min
Overthrowing The Network State: Forming New Publics and Pluralism with Glen Weyl
In the second episode of OTNS, Primavera (@yaoeo) and I are speaking to Glen Weyl (@glenweyl), the founder of RadicalxChange and a co-author of Vitalik Buterin's article on Decentralized Society. Dur...
5 Feb 202352min
Overthrowing The Network State: An Initial Critique and Alternatives
NEW SERIES: Overthrowing the Network State in collaboration with Blockchaingov In the first episode of our series 'Overthrowing The Network State' (OTNS), we dive into the world of Balaji Srinivasan'...
29 Jan 20231h 14min
Socialist Tokens: There would be no taxes under socialism
For this interview I spoke to Dr. Phillipp Dapprich, a post doc at the University of Potsdam in political theory who did his doctors thesis on socialist central planning studying under Paul Cockshott....
21 Jan 20231h 5min
Teaser - An Anticapture framework for left organizing
For this bonus episode, I dive into the Anticapture framework by Spencer Graham which professes a taxonomy and structure for creating "capture-resistant governance" for an organization. While the piec...
14 Jan 20232min
