Podcast appearances and mentions of David Gerard

This week on the show, BJ is joined by David Gerard of Pivot to AI. Come listen about how the AI bubble, like crypto, is a scam funded by the venture capital bros, and how that scam works. If we're all eating out of soup cans this time next year, you may hear in this episode why. Learn more about our show at Stupid Sexy Privacy.com.

As the summer series continues we're joined once more by David Gerard for a suitably cynical look at what's happening in and around the AI bubble. Bros, do not send hate mail, but we do not believe your claims.David produces the newsletter Pivot to AI, which is now also available as a video essay or podcast.In this episode we discuss the AI economy, what happens when chatbots are left to run a business or even given their own social network, why robots want your body, the addictive nature of chatbots — and of course we simply had to talk about Elon Musk, SpaceX, xAI, and data centres in space.Full podcast details and credits:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00263/Please consider supporting the podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

I know I'm behind, but we'll be catching up. This was a bit rough, but we made it.Set 1:Artist: Exit 245; Title: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town; Duration: 01:54; Album: Xmas - EPArtist: Exit 245; Title: Little Saint Nick; Duration: 01:56; Year: 2014; Album: Xmas - EPArtist: Exit 245; Title: Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays; Duration: 03:56; Album: Xmas - EPArtist: Fiona Joy Hawkins; Title: A Simple Christmas - SINGLE; Duration: 03:20; Year: 2025Artist: Michael Martinez & Sherry Finzer; Title: Christmas Time is Here; Duration: 02:38; Year: 2025Artist: Tracie Morgan; Title: Santa Wants Weed!; Duration: 02:01; Year: 2025Set 2:Artist: Craigology; Title: The First Noel; Duration: 03:22; Year: 2024; Album: Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano MusicArtist: Craigology; Title: Angels We Have Heard on High; Duration: 03:03; Year: 2024; Album: Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano MusicArtist: Craigology; Title: O Holy Night; Duration: 03:46; Year: 2024; Album: Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano MusicArtist: Craigology; Title: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Duration: 03:06; Year: 2024; Album: Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano MusicArtist: Craigology; Title: Auld Lang Syne (Bonus Track); Duration: 03:21; Year: 2025; Album: Peaceful Christmas: Solo Piano MusicSet 3:Artist: Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel; Title: Finding The Way Out; Duration: 04:38; Year: 2024; Album: Heavenly Voices (Album)Artist: Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel; Title: Sugar Plum Ghost; Duration: 03:36; Year: 2024; Album: Heavenly Voices (Album)Artist: Fiona Joy Hawkins & Rebecca Daniel; Title: Heavenly Voices; Duration: 04:14; Year: 2024; Album: Heavenly Voices (Album)Artist: Fiona Joy Hawkins; Title: A Simple Christmas - SINGLE; Duration: 03:20; Year: 2025Set 4:Artist: Hans Christian; Title: Soften Your Heart; Duration: 07:34; Year: 2011; Album: All Is WellArtist: Hans Christian; Title: An Indigenous Call; Duration: 09:11; Year: 2011; Album: All Is WellArtist: Hans Christian; Title: All Is Well; Duration: 06:10; Year: 2011; Album: All Is WellSet 5:Artist: Mosaicist; Title: Shrouded In Dense Fog; Duration: 04:54; Year: 2025; Album: The Fog Is LiftingArtist: Mosaicist; Title: Late Autumn Rains; Duration: 06:09; Year: 2025; Album: The Fog Is LiftingArtist: Mosaicist; Title: Because Spring Has Come; Duration: 04:50; Year: 2025; Album: The Fog Is LiftingArtist: Moon Projection; Title: Morning in the Forest; Duration: 01:57; Year: 2025; Album: OutsideArtist: Moon Projection; Title: The Walk; Duration: 02:07; Year: 2025; Album: OutsideSet 6:Artist: Scott Lawlor & David Gerard; Title: Ring Of New Stars; Duration: 08:25; Year: 2018; Album: The Silence That Surrounds UsArtist: Scott Lawlor & David Gerard; Title: a CVn; Duration: 10:56; Year: 2018; Album: The Silence That Surrounds UsArtist: Scott Lawlor & David Gerard; Title: Upon Returning; Duration: 12:59; Year: 2018; Album: The Silence That Surrounds UsArtist: Scott Lawlor & Ingrid N; Title: There is No Other Pearl to be Found in the Dark Folds of Life; Duration: 20:19; Year: 2024; Album: Pearls in a Velvet BoxArtist: Scott Lawlor & Ingrid N; Title: The Pearl of Darkness is a Gift; Duration: 12:53; Year: 2024; Album: Pearls in a Velvet BoxArtist: Scott Lawlor & Ingrid N; Title: Pearls in a Velvet Box; Duration: 17:35; Year: 2024; Album: Pearls in a Velvet BoxThis will complete this program. I know its a bit rough, but I made it! We'll see how this goes. Thanks so much for listening!

The mind is one extraordinary organ. The power of perception is not only limited to our ability to think and comprehend. At its deepest level, it also shapes our very own reality. Katherine Twells takes a deep dive into this topic with magician and mentalist David Gerard. He discusses how magic and mentalism intersect to unleash the power of the human spirit, which leads to deeper human connection and unlocks personal creativity. David also emphasizes how he keeps his audience focused and engaged in his performances by being fully present and mastering the art of directing attention. This episode reveals how magic, mind, and reality can come together to give birth to a purposeful life and a courageous version of yourself.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join The Coca-Cola CMO Leadership Summit Podcast community today:cokecmosummit.comFacebookTwitter

Interview with David Gerard.  We discuss Crypto/Bitcoin and Ai.I also briefly discuss our recent trip to Italy.

David Gerard is one of Silicon Valley's most sought-after magicians and mentalists, performing over 90 shows annually for Fortune 500 companies and tech industry leaders. Before pursuing magic full-time, David spent 12 years in tech, starting at Google where he worked on flagship products including YouTube, AdWords, and Google Play, before leading growth and marketing initiatives at Discord and Aalto. Now, David combines his expertise in product growth with his mastery of psychological principles from magic, consulting with series A and B startups while maintaining a rigorous performance schedule that includes over 60 shows at Hollywood's prestigious Magic Castle. His unique background bridging tech and magic makes him a distinctive voice on user psychology, attention, and engagement.In our conversation, we unpack: A magician's secret for creating engaging experiences How magic shows achieve retention (and what products can learn from it) The misdirection technique that can transform user experiences What magicians know about building trust that most companies miss The surprising way performers make experiences feel personalized at scaleFrom Google to the stage, David Gerard has mastered both tech product growth and performance magic. In this episode, he reveals the psychological principles behind great magic shows and how product teams can apply them to create experiences users can't look away from. A must-listen for growth, product and design leaders looking to add a touch of magic to their user experience.Enjoy this episode? Rate it and leave a review. It really helps others find the podcast.Learn more about Kristen and Irrational Labs⁠here⁠.

Toamna se numără meciurile de rugby iar Stejarii, ca de obicei, vor întâlni adversari de top în seria meciurilor test. Președintele federației, Alin Petrache, selecționerul David Gerard și jucătorii Cristi Chirică, Alin Conache și Marius Simionescu, vorbesc despre duelul cu Tonga, partidă ce va avea loc mâine, de la ora 18.00, pe stadionul Arcul de Triumf.

The spring series of the Edict kicks off properly with our first special guest and it's David Gerard, co-editor of the newsletter Pivot to AI. So guess what we talk about.Yes, in this episode we talk about artificial intelligence. Specifically, we test out Google's NotebookLM podcast creator, we discuss why the much-promoted AI utopia won't happen, we put the idea of a robot uprising into its cultural context, and much more.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00231/Please consider supporting this podcast:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

Today's guest is absolutely unbelievable.  He's among the greatest magicians and mentalists of our time, he's amazingly talented, and he's truly one of the best.  My guest today is David Gerard. His performances have graced Fortune 500 companies, Silicon Valley elite gatherings, and international stages, including more than 60 shows at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. David performs shows for audiences from 15 to 1,000 people.  His magic appeals to modern audiences, and he specializes in mindreading, influence, and prediction tricks.  Whether he's standing on a stage in front of a large crowd or just walking around small groups, David Gerard will affect and astound you with his unique approach to magic.  In addition to being incredibly skilled, David also has a great ability to connect with the audience.  He knows how to get on your level, and make you feel a part of the show too.  Thousands of event planners have chosen David for their events, and he's trusted by the world's leading companies that include Vanity Fair, Google, eBay, Walgreens, and Facebook, just to name a few. In this conversation, you'll definitely hear how much love and passion he has.  And you'll also hear how important it is for him to really connect with the audience. To learn more about David's show and how you can book him for events, visit his website davidgerard.com. And be sure to tell him LD sent you. Be sure to like and review, and let everyone know about the podcast!

On this week's episode of The Riff, Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg discuss how the 2024 presidential election has changed, why Wikipedia's partisanship problem is difficult to solve, and the strategy behind Amazon's media business.

Paris Marx is joined by David Gerard to discuss Jack Dorsey's decision to leave Bluesky, his obsession with Bitcoin, and his contributions (or lack thereof) to modern technology. David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged. He also makes Pivot to AI with Amy Castor.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.Also mentioned in this episode:David wrote about Jack Dorsey abandoning Bluesky on his blog.Business Insider reported on how Dorsey gave money to the far-right founder of Nostr.Dorsey was interviewed by Mike Solana on Pirate Wires.Dorsey has posted in support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the response to it is why he deleted his Bluesky account.Support the Show.

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by David Gerard to discuss Jack Dorsey's decision to leave Bluesky, his obsession with Bitcoin, and his contributions (or lack thereof) to modern technology.David Gerard is the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged. He also makes Pivot to AI with Amy Castor.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes. Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story for years and has strong opinions about the matter, not a disinterested observer coming across something foreign and new. If you're curious about the backstory, I encourage you to read my companion article after this one. Introduction: Reliable Sources Wikipedia administrator David Gerard cares a great deal about Reliable Sources. For the past half-decade, he has torn [...] ---Outline:(00:55) Introduction: Reliable Sources(06:00) Gerard's Standards for Reliable Sources(13:48) Who Is David Gerard?(16:49) The Early Romantic Years(27:52) Gerard's fling with LessWrong in the twilight of the old internet(37:44) The bitter end(45:19) The Vindictive Ex(49:53) LessWrong(01:04:08) Effective Altruism(01:07:47) Scott Alexander(01:16:14) Conclusion(01:21:49) Companion article: A Young Mormon Discovers Online RationalityThe original text contained 24 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 13 images which were described by AI. --- First published: July 10th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/D8GmTE9jvJg44GTAg/reliable-sources-the-story-of-david-gerard --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.

This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes.Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story for years and has strong opinions about the matter, not a disinterested observer coming across something foreign and new. If you're curious about the backstory, I encourage you to read my companion article after this one. Introduction: Reliable SourcesWikipedia administrator David Gerard cares a great deal about Reliable Sources. For the past half-decade, he has torn [...] ---Outline:(00:55) Introduction: Reliable Sources(06:01) Gerard's Standards for Reliable Sources(13:53) Who Is David Gerard?(16:53) The Early Romantic Years(28:00) Gerard's fling with LessWrong in the twilight of the old internet(37:51) The bitter end(45:26) The Vindictive Ex(50:01) LessWrong(01:04:17) Effective Altruism(01:07:55) Scott Alexander(01:16:22) Conclusion(01:21:58) Companion article: A Young Mormon Discovers Online RationalityThe original text contained 24 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 12 images which were described by AI. --- First published: July 10th, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3XNinGkqrHn93dwhY/reliable-sources-the-story-of-david-gerard --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard, published by TracingWoodgrains on July 10, 2024 on LessWrong. This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes. Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story for years and has strong opinions about the matter, not a disinterested observer coming across something foreign and new. If you're curious about the backstory, I encourage you to read my companion article after this one. Introduction: Reliable Sources Wikipedia administrator David Gerard cares a great deal about Reliable Sources. For the past half-decade, he has torn through the website with dozens of daily edits - upwards of fifty thousand, all told - aimed at slashing and burning lines on the site that reference sources deemed unreliable by Wikipedia. He has stepped into dozens of official discussions determining which sources the site should allow people to use, opining on which are Reliable and which are not. He cares so much about Reliable Sources, in fact, that he goes out of his way to provide interviews to journalists who may write about topics he's passionate about, then returns to the site to ensure someone adds just the right quotes from those sources to Wikipedia articles about those topics and to protect those additions from all who might question them. While by Wikipedia's nature, nobody can precisely claim to speak or act on behalf of the site as a whole, Gerard comes about as close as anyone really could. He's been a volunteer Wikipedia administrator since 2004, has edited the site more than 200,000 times, and even served off and on as the site's UK spokesman. Few people have had more of a hand than him in shaping the site, and few have a more encyclopedic understanding of its rules, written and unwritten. Reliable sources, a ban on original research, and an aspiration towards a neutral point of view have long been at the heart of Wikipedia's approach. Have an argument, editors say? Back it up with a citation. Articles should cover "all majority and significant minority views" from Reliable Sources (WP:RS) on the topic "fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias" (WP:NPOV). The site has a color-coding system for frequently discussed sources: green for reliable, yellow for unclear, red for unreliable, and dark red for "deprecated" sources that can only be used in exceptional situations. The minutiae of Wikipedia administration, as with the inner workings of any bureaucracy, is an inherently dry subject. On the site as a whole, users sometimes edit pages directly with terse comments, other times engage in elaborate arguments on "Talk" pages to settle disputes about what should be added. Each edit is added to a permanent history page. To understand any given decision, onlookers must trawl through page after page of archives and discussions replete with tidily packaged references to one policy or another. Where most see boredom behind the scenes and are simply glad for mostly functional overviews of topics they know nothing about, though, a few see opportunity. Those who master the bureaucracy in behind-the-scenes janitorial battles, after all, define the public's first impressions of whatever they care about. Since 2017, when Wikipedia made the decision to ban citations to the Daily Mail due to "poor fact-checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication," ed...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Reliable Sources: The Story of David Gerard, published by TracingWoodgrains on July 10, 2024 on LessWrong. This is a linkpost for https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/reliable-sources-how-wikipedia-admin, posted in full here given its relevance to this community. Gerard has been one of the longest-standing malicious critics of the rationalist and EA communities and has done remarkable amounts of work to shape their public images behind the scenes. Note: I am closer to this story than to many of my others. As always, I write aiming to provide a thorough and honest picture, but this should be read as the view of a close onlooker who has known about much within this story for years and has strong opinions about the matter, not a disinterested observer coming across something foreign and new. If you're curious about the backstory, I encourage you to read my companion article after this one. Introduction: Reliable Sources Wikipedia administrator David Gerard cares a great deal about Reliable Sources. For the past half-decade, he has torn through the website with dozens of daily edits - upwards of fifty thousand, all told - aimed at slashing and burning lines on the site that reference sources deemed unreliable by Wikipedia. He has stepped into dozens of official discussions determining which sources the site should allow people to use, opining on which are Reliable and which are not. He cares so much about Reliable Sources, in fact, that he goes out of his way to provide interviews to journalists who may write about topics he's passionate about, then returns to the site to ensure someone adds just the right quotes from those sources to Wikipedia articles about those topics and to protect those additions from all who might question them. While by Wikipedia's nature, nobody can precisely claim to speak or act on behalf of the site as a whole, Gerard comes about as close as anyone really could. He's been a volunteer Wikipedia administrator since 2004, has edited the site more than 200,000 times, and even served off and on as the site's UK spokesman. Few people have had more of a hand than him in shaping the site, and few have a more encyclopedic understanding of its rules, written and unwritten. Reliable sources, a ban on original research, and an aspiration towards a neutral point of view have long been at the heart of Wikipedia's approach. Have an argument, editors say? Back it up with a citation. Articles should cover "all majority and significant minority views" from Reliable Sources (WP:RS) on the topic "fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias" (WP:NPOV). The site has a color-coding system for frequently discussed sources: green for reliable, yellow for unclear, red for unreliable, and dark red for "deprecated" sources that can only be used in exceptional situations. The minutiae of Wikipedia administration, as with the inner workings of any bureaucracy, is an inherently dry subject. On the site as a whole, users sometimes edit pages directly with terse comments, other times engage in elaborate arguments on "Talk" pages to settle disputes about what should be added. Each edit is added to a permanent history page. To understand any given decision, onlookers must trawl through page after page of archives and discussions replete with tidily packaged references to one policy or another. Where most see boredom behind the scenes and are simply glad for mostly functional overviews of topics they know nothing about, though, a few see opportunity. Those who master the bureaucracy in behind-the-scenes janitorial battles, after all, define the public's first impressions of whatever they care about. Since 2017, when Wikipedia made the decision to ban citations to the Daily Mail due to "poor fact-checking, sensationalism, and flat-out fabrication," ed...

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The New York Times Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece of negative information they can find. They contact Émile Torres, David Gerard, and Timnit Gebru, collect evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried, the OpenAI board blowup, and Pasek's Doom, start calling Astral Codex Ten (ACX) readers to ask them about rumors they'd heard about affinity between Effective Altruists, neoreactionaries, and something called TESCREAL. They spend hundreds of hours over six months on interviews and evidence collection, paying Émile and Timnit for their time and effort. The phrase "HBD" is muttered, but it's nobody's birthday. A few days before publication, they present key claims to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), who furiously tell them that many of the claims are provably false and ask for a brief delay to demonstrate the falsehood of [...]The original text contained 16 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: December 19th, 2023 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/2vNHiaTb4rcA8PgXQ/effective-aspersions-how-the-nonlinear-investigation-went --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Effective Aspersions: How the Nonlinear Investigation Went Wrong, published by TracingWoodgrains on December 19, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. The New York Times Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece of negative information they can find. They contact Émile Torres, David Gerard, and Timnit Gebru, collect evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried, the OpenAI board blowup, and Pasek's Doom, start calling Astral Codex Ten (ACX) readers to ask them about rumors they'd heard about affinity between Effective Altruists, neoreactionaries, and something called TESCREAL. They spend hundreds of hours over six months on interviews and evidence collection, paying Émile and Timnit for their time and effort. The phrase "HBD" is muttered, but it's nobody's birthday. A few days before publication, they present key claims to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), who furiously tell them that many of the claims are provably false and ask for a brief delay to demonstrate the falsehood of those claims, though their principles compel them to avoid threatening any form of legal action. The Times unconditionally refuses, claiming it must meet a hard deadline. The day before publication, Scott Alexander gets his hands on a copy of the article and informs the Times that it's full of provable falsehoods. They correct one of his claims, but tell him it's too late to fix another. The final article comes out. It states openly that it's not aiming to be a balanced view, but to provide a deep dive into the worst of EA so people can judge for themselves. It contains lurid and alarming claims about Effective Altruists, paired with a section of responses based on its conversation with EA that it says provides a view of the EA perspective that CEA agreed was a good summary. In the end, it warns people that EA is a destructive movement likely to chew up and spit out young people hoping to do good. In the comments, the overwhelming majority of readers thank it for providing such thorough journalism. Readers broadly agree that waiting to review CEA's further claims was clearly unnecessary. David Gerard pops in to provide more harrowing stories. Scott gets a polite but skeptical hearing out as he shares his story of what happened, and one enterprising EA shares hard evidence of one error in the article to a mixed and mostly hostile audience. A few weeks later, the article writer pens a triumphant follow-up about how well the whole process went and offers to do similar work for a high price in the future. This is not an essay about the New York Times. The rationalist and EA communities tend to feel a certain way about the New York Times. Adamantly a certain way. Emphatically a certain way, even. I can't say my sentiment is terribly different - in fact, even when I have positive things to say about the New York Times, Scott has a way of saying them more elegantly, as in The Media Very Rarely Lies. That essay segues neatly into my next statement, one I never imagined I would make: You are very very lucky the New York Times does not cover you the way you cover you. A Word of Introduction Since this is my first post here, I owe you a brief introduction. I am a friendly critic of EA who would join you were it not for my irreconcilable differences in fundamental values and thinks you are, by and large, one of the most pleasant and well-meaning groups of people in the world. I spend much more time in the ACX sphere or around its more esoteric descendants and know more than anyone ought about its history and occasional drama. Some of you know me from my adversarial collaboration in Scott's contest some years ago, others from my misadventures in "speedrunning" college, still others from my exhaustively detailed deep dives in...

The New York Times Picture a scene: the New York Times is releasing an article on Effective Altruism (EA) with an express goal to dig up every piece of negative information they can find. They contact Émile Torres, David Gerard, and Timnit Gebru, collect evidence about Sam Bankman-Fried, the OpenAI board blowup, and Pasek's Doom, start calling Astral Codex Ten (ACX) readers to ask them about rumors they'd heard about affinity between Effective Altruists, neoreactionaries, and something called TESCREAL. They spend hundreds of hours over six months on interviews and evidence collection, paying Émile and Timnit for their time and effort. The phrase "HBD" is muttered, but it's nobody's birthday. A few days before publication, they present key claims to the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA), who furiously tell them that many of the claims are provably false and ask for a brief delay to demonstrate the falsehood of [...] ---Outline:(00:06) The New York Times(03:08) A Word of Introduction(07:35) The Story So Far: A Recap(11:08) Avoidable, Unambiguous Falsehoods in Sharing Information About Nonlinear(21:32) These Issues Were Known and Knowable By Lightcone and the Community. The EA/LW Community Dismissed Them(27:03) Better processes are both possible and necessary(38:44) On Lawsuits(47:15) First Principles, Duty, and Harm(50:43) What of Nonlinear?The original text contained 16 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: December 19th, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/bwtpBFQXKaGxuic6Q/effective-aspersions-how-the-nonlinear-investigation-went --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

Paris Marx is joined by Molly White to discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase and what they might mean for the future of the crypto industry. Molly White is the creator of Web3 Is Going Just Great and a fellow at Harvard Library Innovation Lab. Follow Molly on Twitter at @molly0xFFF.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode:Tech Won't Save Us was in the New York Times!Molly wrote about the Binance and Coinbase cases for Rolling Stone. She also wrote about both cases in her newsletter.Amy Castor and David Gerard broke down the Coinbase lawsuit.Matt Levine has also written about the lawsuits and what it means for crypto being seen as a security.In 2020, Forbes reported on the Tai Chi documents about Binance's efforts to evade regulators.Binance is also being sued by the CFTC and there are reports that criminal charges could also be coming from the Department of Justice.Prometheum Capital registered to deal in crypto securities.Binance recently withdrew from Canada.Robinhood ended support for tokens the SEC listed as securities.Crypto.com is winding down US institutional trading.Nigeria's SEC said Binance's operations are illegal.Elon Musk is being sued over manipulation of the price of Dogecoin.Support the show

David Gerard on how to face the harsh reality of criticism, examining what it feels like to be fooled, and how to grow your magic business The post Magic, Mindfulness, and Marketing with David Gerard appeared first on Discourse in Magic.

Saturday 28th January 2023 10:00am - 5.30pmDealers Open10:30am - 11:30amMark James Lecture You've been amazed by his show; now is your chance to learn his magic. This lecture will focus on professional, doable magic. With a focus on non-card tricks, this is a can't-miss lecture. 1:30pm - 3pmPaul Gertner Show and Lecture This was our most anticipated event at the last Magifest…but needed to be postponed due to Covid. We're pleased that Paul has consented to return this year to deliver what will surely be an unforgettable presentation. A multiple-winner on Penn & Teller's Fool Us, a FISM winner, and one of the industry's leading professionals, Paul will present a show for us and then lecture on some of his best material. 3:30pm - 4:30pmDavid Gerard Marketing Lecture Here David will share hard-earned, seldom-shared insider information on a topic he has dedicated his life to: marketing and branding. Having played an integral role in several Silicon Valley startups (as well as a lengthy tenure at Google), by day David Gerard helps companies put their message across. By night David entertains top brass at these companies, and he will share his marketing and branding insights with us in this rare, candid lecture on an area of performing most of us overlook. 5:30pm - 6:30pmShoot Ogawa Lecture On the heels of his first-place FISM win, Shoot Ogawa will share the magic that has taken around the world and made him a household name in magic. This lecture will feature new, non-card material, as well as a few “Ogawa” classics. 8:30pm - 10:00pmGala Show Hosted by Lucy DarlingMortenn ChristiansenErik TaitRuben VilagrandShoot OgawaPaul GertnerJunWoo Park 10:30pm - 11.30pmBar Magic with Mark Calabrese View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Time stamps for this episode: 00:00:18 - Charles Greene III talks about his restaurant and trade chow career plus Charlie Randall helps us recap some of the shows from Day Two00:12:47 - Matthew Neely talks a bit about what impressed him the most at this convention00:18:13 - Joe Cole from Omaha, Nebraska, stopped to show us a photo of one of his winning trophies00:21:40 - Jep Hostetler, Past President of the I.B.M. was also the chairman of the Magifest before it was turned over to Josh and Andi00:26:12 - One of th highlights of the Mgifest, Mortenn Christiansen, FISM Winner this past year talks about his experience and his journey to Quebec.00:35:00 - Cosmo Solano, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, has his own magic theater and talks about his show00:44:56 - Erik Tait, host of the Penguin Podcast, talks about his FISM experience, this Magifest and what's new and hot at Penguin right now.00:54:28 - Cody Clark works with the Society of Young Magicians for the S.A.M. and he talks about the Magifest and how much they have been doing for the youth at this convention.01:01:23 - Don Burcell with Don's Magic Books talks about how the sales went this year in the dealer's area01:05:29 - Charles Greene III and Scott recap the evening;s show plus the overall convention Download this podcast in an MP3 file by Clicking Here and then right click to save the file. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed by Clicking Here. You can download or listen to the podcast through Stitcher by Clicking Here or through FeedPress by Clicking Here or through Tunein.com by Clicking Here or through iHeart Radio by Clicking Here..If you have a Spotify account, then you can also hear us through that app, too. You can also listen through your Amazon Alexa and Google Home devices. Remember, you can download it through the iTunes store, too. See the preview page by Clicking Here

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Last week, creditors were left in the lurch after FTX exchange, once valued at $32 billion US, filed for bankruptcy. Federal investigators now have the massive task of figuring out what happened. Matt Galloway speaks with David Gerard, author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts; and reporter Claire Brownell, who covers digital currencies for The Logic.

Super Excited is a podcast about blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and technology as a whole. In this episode, Stefan Rust talks with David Gerard. David Gerard is a UK-based writer, blogger, probably best known for being one of crypto's great haters. He documents the foibles and scams and even otherwise legitimate crypto projects as all part of the same grand illusion of easy money and con-men. He's sought out for quotes by the press when anything goes wrong in crypto, and his work has appeared in venerable journals such as Foreign Policy. He's also the author of two books on crypto, Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and Libra Shrugged. In this episode, Stefan and David discuss Bitcoin, Celsius and Voyager, regulation in crypto and CBDCs. David Gerard: Twitter Stefan Rust: Youtube | Twitter | Linkedin

Facebook tried to disrupt the world — and the world says “no.” Facebook launched Libra in June 2019. Libra would be an international currency and payment system. It would flow instantly around the world by phone. It could even “bank the unbanked.” But Libra would also make Facebook too big to control— and lead the way for Facebook's Silicon Valley fellows to swing the power of their money as they pleased. Facebook and their friends could work around any single country's rules. Libra could shake whole economies and Facebook would become the “digital identity” provider to the world. Governments looked at Libra — and saw another 2008 financial crisis in the making. Facebook's plan would have made the company even more entrenched — at the cost of broken economies worldwide; starting with toppling the US dollar. “Libra Shrugged” is the story of a bad idea. Bio: David Gerard writes the cryptocurrency and blockchain news site Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain. He is the author of the 2017 book Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum & Smart Contracts and the 2020 book Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money. Until he reinstalled the laptop they were on, he was the proud owner of six Dogecoins. He remains a frequent, if occasionally annoyed, user of Facebook. As well as being a crypto journalist, David also works as a Unix system administrator, where his job includes keeping track of exciting new technologies, and advising against the bad ones. He has also been an award-winning music journalist, and has blogged about music at Rocknerd.co.uk since 2001. He is a volunteer spokesman for Wikipedia, and for skeptical wiki RationalWiki.org. Originally from Australia, he lives in east London with his spouse Arkady Rose and their daughter. Website - https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/ Artwork by Phillip Thor - https://linktr.ee/Philipthor_art The Way Podcast - www.PodcastTheWay.com - Follow at Twitter / Instagram - @podcasttheway (Subscribe/Follow on streaming platforms and social media!) To watch the visuals with the trailer go to https://www.podcasttheway.com/trailers/ Thank you Don Grant for the Intro/Outro. Check out his podcast - https://threeinterestingthings.captivate.fm Intro guitar copied from Aiden Ayers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UiB9FMOP5s *The views demonstrated in this show are strictly those of The Way Podcast/Radio Show*

What is the real value of cryptocurrencies? Can crypto technology be applied to traditional financial markets? In this episode, we welcome David Gerard, a technologist and author of the books Libra Shrugged and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain.  He uses his skills as a journalist to investigate the uses and hype around cryptocurrencies and is an outspoken skeptic of the technology. Although not originally from the technology sector, he has become an authority on the topic and has briefed the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on the technology. He also runs a blog covering important aspects of the cryptocurrency space. In today's conversation, we learn some harsh realities about the benefits of cryptocurrencies and why they will not last in the long term. We learn what the real value of crypto-markets is, why he considers it to be a Ponzi scheme, what needs to change about cryptocurrencies, whether there are any benefits to the technology and the role of financial journalism in the crypto space. Listen as we unravel the political ideology which underpins crypto and whether it can be separated from the technology. We also discuss the outcome of El Salvador's bitcoin experiment and why it did not work. We also learn the reasons behind the recent crash in some crypto markets and find out which book David thinks everyone should read.   Key Points From This Episode:   We start the show by finding out the real dollar value of crypto markets. [0:03:45] The role financial journalism played in getting crypto to where it is today. [0:06:02] Reasons why he does not trust the value of cryptocurrencies. [0:11:04] Why he thinks cryptocurrency journalism is not credible. [0:12:00] He explains Bitcoin's underlying political ideology and the associated problems. [0:13:25] The classic debate of who should have control over financial markets. [0:16:41] Whether it is possible to remove the political ideology from crypto-technology. [0:17:34] What the most important aspect of cryptocurrency technology is. [0:18:24] The reasoning behind the argument, ‘You just don't understand the technology.' [0:21:52] How to make cryptocurrency work in traditional financial markets. [0:23:50] Why the recent crash in the cryptocurrency markets occurred. [0:28:03] Find out if cryptocurrencies can be beneficial for the ‘bankless'. [0:30:25] We discuss the outcome of El Salvador's bitcoin experiment. [0:32:20] He outlines why Salvadorans did not like the proposed bitcoin market. [0:38:11] Learn what the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee wanted to understand about cryptocurrency. [0:41:23] How his views on cryptocurrency were received by the commission. [0:43:46] An example of a crypto-based business that was operating illegally. [0:45:01] Whether NFTs will allow artists and musicians to keep more financial gains from their work. [0:46:13] We discuss whether crypto-based technologies will improve over time. [0:47:57] Examples of good uses for crypto and blockchain technology. [0:49:22] What would need to happen for David to change his opinion on crypto. [0:52:25]

Intro Wild speculation that @elonmusk killed #terraluna with their #Bitcoin sale at 30k, killed all the degens, What a legend

We are joined by David Gerard – longtime critic of blockchain, even before it was cool – to discuss the experience of staring into the crypto abyss and having it stare back into you. Follow, read, and support David here: ••• Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgerard ••• Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ ••• Libra Shrugged: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/libra/ ••• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab fresh new TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)

Crypto critics David Gerard & Amy Castor join Matt Binder on Scam Economy to talk about the "Jenga stack of interconnected time bombs" that is this week's cryptocurrency crash. David and Amy breakdown how the entire crypto space is like a Jenga tower and all it takes is for one rug pull to knock down the stack, how Terra/Luna set the stage for the plunge, what Celsius is and why it was the next piece to take down what was left, what the role crypto exchanges like Coinbase play, why crypto hedge funds like Three Arrows Capital are now floundering, and how Tether, Bitcoin miners, and even Mt. Gox will continue to play a role in crypto's nosedive. Read David and Amy's piece, The Latecomer's Guide to Crypto Crashing: https://amycastor.com/2022/06/14/the-latecomers-guide-to-crypto-crashing-a-quick-map-of-where-we-are-and-whats-ahead/ - Visit: ScamEconomy.com - Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/mattbinder

The autumn series of The 9pm Edict concludes with the implosion of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Our special guest is David Gerard, author of "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain" and "Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money". This podcast is an expression of glorious schadenfreude. But we also talk about garlic, Julian Assange and the battle with Scientology, and even Elon Musk.Full podcast details and credits at:https://the9pmedict.com/edict/00173/Please consider supporting this podcast at:https://the9pmedict.com/tip/https://skank.com.au/subscribe/

El Salvador bet big on Bitcoin, but was reported to have suffered heavy losses when cryptocurrency markets recently slumped. We talk to Isabella Cota, the Latin America economic correspondent for El Pais; and David Gerard, author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain.

There is little that is uncontroversial when it comes to cryptocurrency, from its wild fluctuations and energy usage to its links to transnational crime and mysterious origins. In this episode, Rhiannon chats to David Gerard, an author and cryptocurrency journalist from London. They talk about: What cryptocurrency is and how it came about back in 2008 The benefits and dangers of digital currencies The failure of Facebook's stable coin Libra and the approach of state regulators El Salvador's fiasco integrating bitcoin as legal tender The future of crypto and what it means for our society You can read more of David's articles on cryptocurrency here and find him on Twitter. David also has several books out – find them here. Are you enjoying Global Questions? Got an idea for an upcoming episode? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Head to our suggestions page. Follow us on Instagram @global.questions for breaking news updates, quizzes, and bonus content. For more info about us, check out our website. CREDITS: This episode is produced by Young Diplomats Society on the lands of the Wurundjeri/Gadigal people. We pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the lands upon which we operate and live.

Between security issues and lack of use crypto does not deliver on its decade long promises argues David Gerard an independent blockchain journalist.

Today Bennett and Cas are joined by pioneering cryptocurrency author and skeptic David Gerard so he can tell us why he was skeptical in the first place and why he continues to be so today. David's books: Attack of the 50 Foot Blockhain https://www.amazon.com/Attack-50-Foot-Blockchain-Contracts-ebook/dp/B073CPP581 Libra Shrugged https://www.amazon.com/Libra-Shrugged-Facebook-Tried-Money-ebook/dp/B08KK9SZP6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Books Recommended: Extraordinary Popular Delusions http://supernovae.in2p3.fr/~llg/Textes/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Mackay.pdf The Politics of Bitcoin https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Bitcoin-Right-Wing-Extremism-Forerunners/dp/1517901804 BitCon https://www.amazon.com/BitCon-Naked-Truth-About-Bitcoin-ebook/dp/B00NUIUQ3A Shameless self-promotion: Cas' article on Caritas Ponzi Scheme https://thecaspiancey.medium.com/caritas-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-hating-and-love-the-ponzi-26bd8e05c066 Cas on Crypto Island by PJ Vogt https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crypto-island/id1614253637?i=1000556292753 This episode was recorded on Friday, April 8th, 2022

Blockchain technology has gone mainstream. It earns huge amounts of column inches and airtime. Stories abound of Bitcoin millionaires and multimillion-dollar ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings). New cryptocurrencies are launched every week. People who don't entirely understand what they're buying are rushing to purchase Bitcoin for fear of missing out, and recently the UK's Royal Mint announced its first ever blockchain-based non-fungible token, an NFT. Back in 2018, Intelligence Squared gathered crypto specialists to debate whether blockchain technology has a legitimate future or not, including Jamie Bartlett, author and analyst on the politics of the internet, blockchain expert Primavera De Filippi, Vit Jedlička, President of the micronation Liberland, and crypto journalist David Gerard. The host for this discussion was journalist, author and former BBC News Editorial Director, Kamal Ahmed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey DOOMED listeners, Matt's new show is here! For a taste of what's in store, episode #1 of Scam Economy. (We won't be crossing the feeds too regularly, so be sure to subscribe to Scam Economy too!) Welcome to the Scam Economy: Episode #1 with our first guest cryptocurrency journalist and author, David Gerard. Cryptocurrency? Bitcoin? Ethereum? NFTs? Proof of work? Proof of stake? What does this all mean? David joins host Matt Binder to breakdown everything you need to know about (most of) the basics in the world of cryptocurrency. For more, check out: scameconomy.com

David talks about his motivations to cover crypto , bitcoin etc , Shortcomings of blockchain, NFT boom and much more.

Welcome to the Scam Economy: Episode #1 with our first guest cryptocurrency journalist and author, David Gerard. Cryptocurrency? Bitcoin? Ethereum? NFTs? Proof of work? Proof of stake? What does this all mean? David joins host Matt Binder to breakdown everything you need to know about (most of) the basics in the world of cryptocurrency. For more, check out: scameconomy.com

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: [moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment, published by Kaj_Sotala on the LessWrong. As previously discussed, on June 6th I received a message from jackk, a Trike Admin. He reported that the user Jiro had asked Trike to carry out an investigation to the retributive downvoting that Jiro had been subjected to. The investigation revealed that the user Eugine_Nier had downvoted over half of Jiro's comments, amounting to hundreds of downvotes. I asked the community's guidance on dealing with the issue, and while the matter was being discussed, I also reviewed previous discussions about mass downvoting and looked for other people who mentioned being the victims of it. I asked Jack to compile reports on several other users who mentioned having been mass-downvoted, and it turned out that Eugine was also overwhelmingly the biggest downvoter of users David_Gerard, daenarys, falenas108, ialdabaoth, shminux, and Tenoke. As this discussion was going on, it turned out that user Ander had also been targeted by Eugine. I sent two messages to Eugine, requesting an explanation. I received a response today. Eugine admitted his guilt, expressing the opinion that LW's karma system was failing to carry out its purpose of keeping out weak material and that he was engaged in a "weeding" of users who he did not think displayed sufficient rationality. Needless to say, it is not the place of individual users to unilaterally decide that someone else should be "weeded" out of the community. The Less Wrong content deletion policy contains this clause: Harrassment of individual users. If we determine that you're e.g. following a particular user around and leaving insulting comments to them, we reserve the right to delete those comments. (This has happened extremely rarely.) Although the wording does not explicitly mention downvoting, harassment by downvoting is still harassment. Several users have indicated that they have experienced considerable emotional anguish from the harassment, and have in some cases been discouraged from using Less Wrong at all. This is not a desirable state of affairs, to say the least. I was originally given my moderator powers on a rather ad-hoc basis, with someone awarding mod privileges to the ten users with the highest karma at the time. The original purpose for that appointment was just to delete spam. Nonetheless, since retributive downvoting has been a clear problem for the community, I asked the community for guidance on dealing with the issue. The rough consensus of the responses seemed to authorize me to deal with the problem as I deemed appropriate. The fact that Eugine remained quiet about his guilt until directly confronted with the evidence, despite several public discussions of the issue, is indicative of him realizing that he was breaking prevailing social norms. Eugine's actions have worsened the atmosphere of this site, and that atmosphere will remain troubled for as long as he is allowed to remain here. Therefore, I now announce that Eugine_Nier is permanently banned from posting on LessWrong. This decision is final and will not be changed in response to possible follow-up objections. Unfortunately, it looks like while a ban prevents posting, it does not actually block a user from casting votes. I have asked jackk to look into the matter and find a way to actually stop the downvoting. Jack indicated earlier on that it would be technically straightforward to apply a negative karma modifier to Eugine's account, and wiping out Eugine's karma balance would prevent him from casting future downvotes. Whatever the easiest solution is, it will be applied as soon as possible. EDIT 24 July 2014: Banned users are now prohibited from voting. Thanks for listening. to help us out with the nonlinear library or to learn more, please vis...

Support the show and get the weekly bonus episode at patreon.com/leftreckoningMatt and David speak with David Gerard (@DavidGerard), writer of Libra Shrugged: How Facebook Tried to Take Over the Money and Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain to discuss crypto, particularly technologies like blockchain and smart contracts that supposedly validate utopian claims of crypto advocates in a way the currencies themselves don't.Also, what Biden's Title 42 sellout means and a Economic Update as unemployment benefits are cut to coerce labor.Day of action:https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/take-action/national-day-of-action-2021

This week's CoinMarketRecap podcast with Connor Sephton is an El Salvador special. As the country became the first in the world to embrace Bitcoin as legal tender, the crypto community was in a celebratory mood. But the rollout was tainted by technical difficulties and protests… and overshadowed by one of the worst market crashes of 2021 so far.We'll explain all of this news in an easy-to-understand way. A crypto enthusiast will join us from El Salvador to explain the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead — and tell us whether the government's newly launched Bitcoin wallet is up to the job.Crypto journalist and author David Gerard, who is critical of President Nayib Bukele's move, explains why he thinks the Bitcoin Law is bad for the country.CoinMarketCap's Molly Jane Zuckerman is here with a roundup of this week's other crypto headlines.Blockchain engineer David Mihal joins us to explain why more than $800 million worth of Ether has been burned.And a year after R&B star Akon laid the first ceremonial stone of his ambitious crypto-powered city, West Africa journalist Emmet Livingstone gives us an update on how the project is going.

NFTs experienced a huge boom earlier this year particularly after artist Beeple sold his artwork for $69 million, but his artwork was just a jpeg available for everyone to see. So what is an NFT? And why are they selling for so much? Tim Dowling talks to billionaire Mark Cuban, journalist David Gerard, Professor Charlie Gere and digital art curator Chloe Diamond to find out.

What exactly happened on Monday morning with #Tether? You know her from her independent journalistic work on financial fraud in cryptocurrencies that has been published nearly everywhere- Artnet News, Business Insider, The Block, Bitcoin Magazine, Coindesk, Forbes, Modern Consensus, Decrypt and elsewhere! You know him from his hilarious best-selling book- Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain and his poorly timed dissection of Facebook's attempt to takeover money- Libra Shrugged. Amy Castor and David Gerard join me in a deep dig past the completely organic (organic like what comes out the end of a cow) behavior following the leaking of the Tether Target Letter. The original leak was published via Bloomberg and is paywalled here: https://www.bloomberg.co m/news/articles/2021-07-26/tether-executives-said-to-face-criminal-probe-into-bank-fraud Castor, with the help of Gerard, published an excellent piece later that day, that both covers the history of the Tether banking issues as well as the meaning of the news that many of us struggled to understand. This discussion surrounds that article: https://amycastor.com/2021/07/26/the-dojs-criminal-probe-into-tether-what-we-know/ If you enjoyed hearing from the dynamic duo, follow them! Amy Castor https://amycastor.com/ https://twitter.com/ahcastor https://www.reddit.com/user/amycastor/ Support Amy on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/amycastor David Gerard https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/ https://twitter.com/davidgerard https://www.reddit.com/user/dgerard/ Find both his books on his website! https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/libra/ A huge thank you to my audio editor Gordon! Lucky to have him help me on short notice. Check him out on twitter: https://twitter.com/gordolven Follow me on twitter to stay up to date on the latest! https://twitter.com/milner_aviv --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/when-the-music-stops/message

Bestselling author, David Gerard, goes in-depth into a seemingly harmless idea that has wreaked havoc on the hard drive market. The creator of the highly successful file-sharing software, Bram Cohen, gains new notoriety with his latest invention in the blockchain space. Chia is a mining-based distributed system, much like Bitcoin, but with a seemingly positive new contribution. Rather than wasting the electric capacity of Iceland, Chia purports to be the eco-friendly solution. With a reward system enticing to any consumer with a computer or a phone, it seems too good to be true.  David Gerard talks proof of work vs proof waste, Tether, NFTs, crypto-investors' psychology and the blockchain industry as a whole. Much of this interview talks about his 2017 book, "Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain", a bestseller that brought much needed skepticism towards crypto. His latest book. "Libra Shrugged", details the attempt of Facebook to try to take over money. Both are available on Amazon. Find more from David Gerard: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/ https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/book/   Follow him on Twitter: @davidgerard https://twitter.com/davidgerard   His recent blog on Chia: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/05/23/foreign-policy-chia-is-a-new-way-to-waste-resources-for-cryptocurrency/ Want to come on the podcast? Reach out to me at aviv@blacktieconsultants.com Special thanks to the r/buttcoin community for encouraging skeptical inquiry. And special thanks to @Bitfinexed, my good friends Robin and Gavin, @CasPiancey and another big thanks to David for a great read and a great interview! Upcoming podcasts: Amy Castor talks NFTs! Buttcoin Redditor discusses Microstrategy & Will Bitcoin Save us from Inflation?   As well as a very special secret guest who may be a moderator on our favorite subreddit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/when-the-music-stops/message

Facebook's ‘Libra' digital currency project combined incompetence and arrogance and was bound to fail, says David Gerard, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Gerard, a technology expert and journalist, is the author of a new book, called ‘Libra Shrugged', on what he sees as Facebook's attempts to take over the world's money. In June last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his firm's ambitions to provide the first global medium of exchange, for use across the firm's social media channels, which include Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram and reach over 2bn global users. According to Gerard, Facebook's bid to launch a private currency was motivated by its desire to collect even more of our personal data. And if regulators hadn't prevented the launch of Libra, says Gerard, the US technology firm would have obtained an almost impregnable competitive advantage, he argues. “If you think Facebook is hard to regulate now — just think how hard Facebook would be to regulate if it controlled not just the money, but your access to financial services outside Facebook,” he writes in his new book. According to Gerard, Facebook seriously misjudged the complexity of the regulations governing the world's financial system. The firm apparently thought it could just launch a new global digital currency on the basis of a good idea, he says during the podcast. While the tech giant is likely to continue in its payments push, says Gerard, it will have to do so with vastly reduced ambitions. Facebook has already been forced to abandon its plans for a single global currency unit. In the podcast, Gerard also explains his long-standing dislike of cryptocurrency, calling bitcoin an ‘apocalyptic death cult'. While the cryptography supporting bitcoin is sound, he says, the 12-year-old digital currency—and its many spin-offs—have attracted serial scammers, who keep preying on gullible members of the public. During the interview, Gerard goes on to express scepticism about the current race to introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). As payments become increasingly digital, CBDCs could replace national banknotes and coins. But most of these new digital moneys are a solution in search of a problem, argues Gerard, and are unlikely to take off.

It was once hailed as the technology that would change everything. From banking to shipping, retail and, of course, energy. But has the hype surrounding Blockchain now peaked? If so, what is left? Could Blockchain change the energy industry? And, before we even get there, what on earth is it? Presented by Kunal Dutta. Featuring JoJo Hubbard, Electron; Scott Kessler, LO3 Energy; David Gerard, author Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain & Judith Durkin, Shell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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*** this is not financial or legal advice*** It is rare that we have someone that is not crazy for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency on the show. But, it is sure refreshing to chat with someone that is not a member of the choir. Please welcome David Gerard, the author of Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain. In this episode we go through chapter by chapter his criticisms of bitcoin, the space, and blockchain startups. Show Links: CRYPTO101podcast.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=8429526 Twitter: twitter.com/Crypto101Pod twitter.com/BrycePaul101 twitter.com/PizzaMind www.instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto/ https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast/ **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2019 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgBHB6aAaNk ♫Music By♫ ●Meluran - With You [Bass Rebels Release] ●Song/Free Download - https://youtu.be/zgBHB6aAaNk ●iTunes, Spotify +more - http://smarturl.it/WithYou-br ●Follow Meluran - http://smarturl.it/Meluran ⬇️️ DOWNLOAD SONG HERE - http://www.bassrebels.co.uk/dubstep/m...