Reality 2.0

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman discuss the Cluetrain Manifesto on its 25th anniversary, how the world has and hasn't changed since, and about SCaLE 21x (Southern California Linux Expo) coming up March 14. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

In this episode of 'Reality 2.0', hosts Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Ezequiel Lanza, an AI expert. The discussion centered on the potential of AI and its relationship to personal empowerment. Exploring the current state of AI, the hosts express concerns about data security and appropriately leveraging AI's capabilities for individual benefit. The conversation dives into the infiltration of AI into various sectors like fashion and art, and its capability to significantly alter the consumer experience. The hosts also emphasize the importance of cautiously handling the growing influence and application of AI, pointing out its susceptibility to misuse in fields like advertising. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome Back 00:08 The AI Discussion: A Different Perspective 00:35 Introducing the Guest: Ezequiel Lanza 01:00 AI and Personal Empowerment: A Blog Post Discussion 01:30 AI: A Tool for Individual Empowerment or a Category Error? 02:35 The Desire for Personal AI: Use Cases 05:08 The Feasibility of Personal AI: A Discussion 09:22 AI and Data Privacy: A Concern 13:57 The Future of AI: Personal Devices and Local Computation 18:51 AI: An Extension of Us or a Reflection of Our Flaws? 20:51 AI and Art: An Experiment 22:59 Exploring AI's Creative Capabilities 23:20 AI's Limitations and Ethical Boundaries 23:44 AI's Interpretation of Beauty 25:04 AI's Influence on Art and Fashion 26:05 AI's Role in Content Generation 26:36 AI's Impact on Individuality and Creativity 27:59 AI's Backward-Looking Approach 28:24 AI's Integration in Everyday Life 30:28 AI's Influence on the Internet and Content Consumption 35:28 AI's Role in Advertising and User Experience 37:26 Final Thoughts on AI's Potential and Challenges Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Ezequiel Lanza.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls learn all about Project Bluefin, a new cloud native friendly Linux distribution, from its creator, Jorge Castro, and Kyle Rankin, its newest enthusiast. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Jorge Castro and Kyle Rankin.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about his journey into Kubernetes and the cloud native landscape. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Kyle Rankin discuss the personal AI tools they'd like to have, what's available, and how they might come together. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Michael Stolarczyk about the complex ways in which physical goods go around the world, and behind-the-scenes strategies at play. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Michael Stolarczyk.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman chat with Joe Brockmeier about WordPress turning 25 and our increasing desires to carve out our own homes on the web. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Joe Brockmeier.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin about his new book for aspiring authors, discuss the publishing process, self-discipline, marketing, and share their expertise from their decades as authors. Notes: [00:01:04] Intro to Kyle's new book, "How To Write A Tech Book." [00:04:52] Vetting your idea and pitching to a publisher [00:09:24] On self-publishing vs. traditional publishers [00:12:27] Print on-demand [00:15:05] Market research and publishers [00:18:03] Co-authoring vs solo authoring [00:20:43] The Cluetrain Manifesto and The Intention Economy [00:24:05] Return from social media to blogging and longer-form writing [00:27:30] Marketing and promotion [00:31:19] Find us at Defcon! [00:44:13] Formatting code and technical content [00:48:14] LaTeX and layout Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Petros Koutoupis about rescuing personal archives, personal AI, and preserving our identities. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to David Kirichenko about Ukraine, journalism, troll farms and disinformation in times of war. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: David Kirichenko.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk with Josh Hester about his new project exploring personal AI. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Josh Hester.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Golda Velez about the state of AI, how it relates to identity, ethics, and where this all goes from here. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Golda Velez.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about a proposal for authenticating content with cryptographic signing, and saving the internet. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to prolific tech author, Kyle Rankin, about how he recently self-published his latest book, and how that differs from his many experiences with traditional publishers. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman discuss an open letter to pause AI development. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin and Shawn Powers about Shawn's head's appearance at the recent SCaLE conference and 3D printing, all while having a little too much fun. Hit play if you always wondered about our Myers-Briggs types. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Shawn Powers.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls hear Dave Huseby's new ideas about identity verification and data authenticity in commerce. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Dave Huseby.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Ezequiel Lanza about AI-based search. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Ezequiel Lanza.

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Petros Koutoupis talk to Don Marti about Permission Slip, the new data privacy app from Consumer Reports. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Don Marti and Petros Koutoupis.

Katherine Druckman talks to Shawn Powers about teaching tech skills with online video and building communities. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Dan Miller of Opus Research about the future of Speech and AI. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Dan Miller.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk about Facebook's recent Irish problems, Google's Performance Max ad product, and digress into discussing the Houston food scene as we welcome back Reality 2.0 for 2023. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Ezequiel Lanza and Tony Mongkolsmai about ChatGPT, generative AI, and open source software. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Ezequiel Lanza and Tony Mongkolsmai.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Shawn have fun with ChatGPT, rant about email disasters, and chat about Apple's new encrypted backups. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Kyle Rankin about hardware supply chains, building the only USA-made mobile phone, trust, open standards, and much more. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, Shawn Powers, and Kyle Rankin discuss the ups, downs, and how-tos of using Mastodon amid Twitter's recent instability. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Shawn Powers.

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Petros Koutoupis talk digital wallets and current events. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls speculate about Twitter's future and discuss the evolution of audience engagement. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Doc Searls, Katherine Druckman, and Shawn Powers talk communication breakdown in social media, its impact on our culture, and what technical solutions may exist. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

When Doc is away, Katherine and Shawn Powers play! (With Static HTML generators) Katherine and Shawn talk about Hugo, a static site generator, WordPress, and the content creator life. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Shawn Powers about religion, politics, tribalism, sexism, and viral blog posts. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk about Hachette v. Internet Archive, a lawsuit targeting the Internet Archive that aims to prevent them from lending ebooks. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman discuss Apple's latest updates, the end of an era, neighborhoods, and more. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Katherine Druckman talks to Doc Searls about his Decentralized Web Camp experience. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Katherine Druckman talks to Shawn Powers about home automation using a combination of open source software and proprietary devices using Home Assistant. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Adrian Gropper, CTO of Patient Privacy Rights, about health data and human rights, delegating patient agency, and health data standards. Special Guest: Adrian Gropper.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin of Purism about the data cars collect, where it goes, and how we're really just driving around in a smart phone that we don't even own. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls celebrate Doc's birthday and chat about Amazon acquisitions and privacy legislation. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Katherine Druckman talks to Petros Koutoupis about maintaining RapidDisk, his open source RAM disk software. Special Guest: Petros Koutoupis.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Zach Kaplan, CEO of Inventables, about design and fabrication with 3D carving, maker culture, and the history of Inventables. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Zach Kaplan.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Gordon Jones and Erica Barnette about Thrivacy, their new digital wallet for private, verifiable credentials. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast)

Tune in to our new episode! Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Adam Bergstein about the evolution of CMSes, the current landscape, and how they fit in with today's siloed web. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Adam Bergstein.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Paul Bailey of Cognitive Space about open source code, aerospace engineering, managing satellites, and the space shuttle! Listen to the end for your next weekend project. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Paul Bailey .

Tune in to our new episode! Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin of Purism about how to advertise without being creepy. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Kyle Rankin.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Dave Huseby of Cryptid.tech about pseudonymous authentication and verifiable data. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Dave Huseby.

Katherine Druckman and Kyle Rankin talk to Dave Huseby about his new approach to pseudonymous user authentication. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Dave Huseby and Kyle Rankin.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Kyle Rankin and Holmes Wilson about Quiet, a Tor-based peer-to-peer messaging project. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Holmes Wilson and Kyle Rankin.

Katherine Druckman, Doc Searls, and Shawn Powers have far too much fun continuing the conversation about Mastodon and the fediverse, with a dose of photography. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Shawn Powers.

Katherine Druckman talks to Shawn Powers and Kyle Rankin about moving from Twitter to the Fediverse using Mastodon, including how to choose a server and find your niche. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guests: Kyle Rankin and Shawn Powers.

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk to Don Marti about ad tech and its many consequences, as well as recent efforts to reform it. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: Don Marti.

Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to James Walker of Fission about building the decentralized web, decentralized identity, IPFS, and empowering users. Site/Blog/Newsletter (https://www.reality2cast.com) FaceBook (https://www.facebook.com/reality2cast) Twitter (https://twitter.com/reality2cast) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdvdT3quikpi9sd5SxTGk3Q) Mastodon (https://linuxrocks.online/@reality2cast) Special Guest: James Walker.