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Marc Cantavella es asesor fiscal. Empezó su carrera como asalariado pero a raíz de una conversación con amigos identificó un side project que merecía la pena explorar. Ahora desde su firma Relocate&Save trabaja para proteger el capital de sus clientes. Israel Kirzner definió al empresario como aquel que está alerta a las oportunidades que ofrece el mercado. Un empresario, desde la perspectiva austríaca de la economía, mantiene los ojos abiertos en un mundo en constante cambio. Eso es lo que hizo Marc.Kapital es posible gracias a sus colaboradores:UTAMED. La universidad online del siglo XXI.UTAMED, la universidad oficial y online de la Fundación Unicaja, nace para romper las barreras que durante décadas han limitado el acceso a la educación y la cultura. Con exámenes 100 % online y financiación sin intereses, ofrecemos una formación accesible, flexible y comprometida con el presente. Porque hoy ya no basta con obtener un título: en UTAMED te preparamos para trabajar desde el primer año. Lo hacemos junto a la empresa, adaptando los contenidos académicos a sus demandas reales, para que nuestros estudiantes adquieran las competencias más valoradas en el mercado laboral. Por ser oyente de este podcast, tienes un descuento del 30% en todo el catálogo de grados y másteres, oficiales y propios.La casa ESE. ¿Cómo quieres vivir?Aquí de vuelta los pesaos queridos amigos de La casa ESE. Buscando la forma de seguir inventando cosas ya inventadas hemos creado mapadecasas.com, allí tendréis la oportunidad de encontrar, más que vuestra futura casa, vuestra futura vida. Sí, es muy ambicioso. En Madrid, por ejemplo, vamos a crear un conjunto residencial donde además de habitar, podamos llevar un poquito del Mediterráneo moral. No sólo una casa, sino un lugar que tenga zonas verdes, espacios comunitarios y hasta un edificio que pueda hacer las veces de coworking entre otras cosas. A 30 minutos de Madrid y buscando gente afín al mundo tecnológico, al emprendimiento, al marketing y a la cultura. Visita la propuesta de Distrito ESE.Patrocina Kapital. Toda la información en este link.Índice:2:30 Networking en Andorra.4:55 Emprender es de pijos.11:44 A taste of freedom can make you unemployable.19:49 Spanish pickpockets operating in this area.30:03 La curva de Laffer.44:13 ¿Qué hay detrás del capital?51:17 Anticipando el futuro exit tax.1:00:16 Aranceles de Trump.1:08:21 ¿Soy suficiente rico para marcharme?1:11:53 Andorra para los andorranos.1:19:13 Llamémosle competencia, no dumping fiscal.1:26:54 Mil historias de mil clientes.1:36:13 La paradoja del inmigrante clarividente.1:50:17 Millonarios por herencia.Apuntes:El individuo soberano. William Rees-Mogg & James Dale Davison.El capital en siglo XXI. Thomas Piketty.Incerto. Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Á dögunum var David Sacks útnefndur gervigreindar og rafmynta-keisara hvíta hússins, semsagt helsti ráðgjafi Trump í þessum málefnum. Sacks er gamall skólafélagi Peter Thiel og JD Vance hefur sagt hann sinn nánasta félaga í Kísildalnum. Sacks eignaðist umtalsverða peninga eftir að hann tók þátt í að koma Paypal á kopp, og hefur æ síðan verið áhugasamur um rafmyntir. Í þessum þætti sökkvum við okkur ofan í heim rafmynta og þá hugmyndafræði sem liggur honum til grundvallar - trúna á að tími ríkisvalds og skattheimtu sé að líða undir lok. Þessar hugmyndir koma meðal annars fram í forvitnilegri bók frá 1997 Sovereign Individual eftir þá William Rees-Mogg og James Dale Davidson. Við fáum stutt innlegg frá Eiríki Inga Magnússyni áhugamanni um Bitcoin og Gylfa Magnússyni hagfræðiprófessor.
«La democracia se convertiría en la estrategia para transferir recursos militares al estado. La democracia de masas se convirtió en la nueva soberanía. Todos los que alcanzaron la mayoría de edad en el siglo XX fueron inculcados en los deberes y obligaciones del ciudadano. Los imperativos morales residuales de la era industrial estimularán ataques neoluditas a las tecnologías de la información». El individuo soberano no es un libro, es una profecía. CitizenX es un proyecto de autodefensa. Me gustaría anunciar un proyecto personal: El proyecto K. Diseña tu propia cartera Pablo González Vidal fue el invitado número 148 al podcast de Kapital. Me llamó la atención su tono tranquilo y pausado describiendo las trampas del sector bancario. Pensé que podríamos trabajar juntos así que le escribí y ahora lanzamos El Proyecto K, una formación online en diseño de carteras. Nuestro objetivo es que, contándote de forma práctica todo lo que necesitas saber, te construyas tú mismo una cartera de bajo coste y diversificada, ahorrándote la comisión de esos lobos disfrazados de cordero que son los family bankers. Una comisión de gestión del 2% sobre un capital de 50.000 representa una injustificable losa anual de 1.000 euros. Creemos que saldrás ganando si te cocinas la cartera tú mismo y te explicaremos en el taller cómo hacerlo. El aforo está completo para la primera edición pero si te estás interesado escríbeme por correo o Twitter que en febrero abriremos nuevas plazas. Patrocina Kapital. Toda la información en este link. Índice: 1:46 Un mercado de ciudadanías, no pasaportes. 13:03 El poder de los estados. 20:01 El muro de la vergüenza. 24:45 Principio de precaución. 30:14 La doble nacionalidad como una opción abierta. 36:51 No es dumping fiscal, es competencia perfecta. 43:02 La privatización de los países. 48:01 Refugios, no paraísos. 55:31 Las externalidades, positivas y negativas, del capital extranjero. 1:08:22 ¿Puedo vender mi nacionalidad? 1:12:29 La privacidad que solo ofrece el bitcoin. 1:26:01 La futura confiscación de activos en Europa. 1:33:34 Desde John McAfee hasta Pavel Durov. 1:43:16 La vida es demasiado difícil en Londres. 1:48:04 La responsabilidad individual de protegerte. Apuntes: The ultimate guide to citinzenship. Alex Recouso. El individuo soberano. William Rees-Mogg & James Dale Davison. The network state. Balaji Srinivasan. Incerto. Nassim Nicholas Taleb. La increíble historia de la Isla de las Rosas. Sydney Sibilia. Securitize citizenship! Naval Ravikant.
Andrew L. Wilson is an Author and Professor of History of Christianity as well as host of The Disentanglement Podcast, exploring privacy tech and the surveillance state. We discuss in detail severals books about the origin of the state and money, including James C Scott's, “Seeing Like A State”, Rees-Mogg and Davidson's “The Sovereign Individual”, and David Graeber's “Debt: The First 5,000 Years”. We discover some interesting parallels between the unconfiscatable nature of Bitcoin and the origins of state power with its ability to tax easily countable grain crops versus something like a potato which grows underground. We also talk about the history of the printing press as it relates to inflation within the church, and Andrew's personal proof of work undertaking a 1000-mile pilgrimage in the footsteps of Martin Luther from Germany to Rome. Connect with The Transformation of Value Follow me on twitter at https://x.com/TTOVpodcast Nostr at: npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmu Or send an email to hello@thetransformationofvalue.com and I will get back to you! Support this show: Bitcoin donation address: bc1qlfcr2v73tntt6wvyp2yu064egvyeery6xtwy8t Lightning donation address: codyellingham@getalby.com PayNym: +steepvoice938 PayNym Code: PM8TJhcUCtSvHe69sod9pzLCBKg6GaogsMDwfGNCnL4HXyduiY9pbLpbn3oEUvuM75EeALxRVV3Mfi6kgWEBsseMki3QphE8aC5QDMNp9pUugqfz1yVc Geyser Fund If you send a donation please email or DM me so I can thank you! Links: Here I Walk: A Thousand Miles on Foot to Rome with Martin Luther Andrew L. Wilson - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28280211-here-i-walk The Disentanglement Podcast - https://podcastindex.org/podcast/5245113 libgen.is - The Pirate Bay for literature The Classical Tradition: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature by Gilbert Highet - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1731808.The_Classical_Tradition Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20186.Seeing_Like_a_State Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34324534-against-the-grain A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. , - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/164154.A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson & William Rees-Mogg - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82256.The_Sovereign_Individual The Network State - https://thenetworkstate.com/ e-Residency of Estonia - https://www.e-resident.gov.ee/ Mother Earth Mother Board by Neal Stephenson - https://archive.is/19Msi
El éxito de una startup es una cuestión de pulgadas. Tomas la decisión correcta en el momento preciso, y explota. Fallas en esa encrucijada, y fracasa. Que no funcione, no significa que lo hayas hecho mal, simplemente tomaste la mejor decisión con la información que tenías disponible. Hay mil factores que escapan de tu control. Albert lo intentó con la fintech Elma. Los mercados bajaron, la ronda no llegó y tuvieron que cerrar. Se marchó a Menorca y leyó El individuo soberano. Preparando un nuevo asalto. Kapital es posible gracias a sus colaboradores: Idealista/data acaba de lanzar una plataforma para encontrar las mejores oportunidades de inversión residencial, informándote de la rentabilidad del inmueble o su alquiler estimado. Accede al análisis económico de todos los anuncios publicados en Idealista, con datos como la estimación del coste de reforma, los gastos asociados o el flujo de caja. En el buscador encontrarás además información de la zona, como la demanda de alquiler y el perfil de sus habitantes. Puedes ver cómo funciona la plataforma con la muestra en abierto de La Rioja. Idealista/data pone a tu disposición toda la información ordenada y en tiempo real del sector inmobiliario para que tomes la mejor decisión con los mejores datos. Utiliza el código Kapital_invest en el registro para recibir un descuento del 40%. Índice: 1.30. Los casos prácticos de Gaël Le Mens en las clases de la UPF. 5.30. Riesgo no es incertidumbre. 13.02. Nadie quiere el trabajo del CEO. 24.09. La disciplina cuando te crees el proyecto. 37.23. Arbitraje en activos corrientes. 42.30. Berlín underground. 51.56. Cuándo y cómo levantar pasta. 1.10.14. Nunca es fácil cerrar una empresa. 1.21.01. La lección estoica en el fracaso. 1.34.06. Nuevas oportunidades en el mercado. Apuntes: The psychological price of entrepreneurship. Jessica Bruder. The hard thing about hard things. Ben Horowitz. What you do is who you are. Ben Horowitz. El individuo soberano. William Rees-Mogg & James Dale Davison. Broken money. Lyn Alden. Power. Jeffrey Pfeffer. Acquired Podcast. Jensen Huang.
On 2 November 2023, Rishi Sunak closed his global AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park by interviewing the richest man on Earth, Elon Musk. The mood was deferential (the PM towards the tech billionaire). Was Sunak eyeing up a post-politics job in San Francisco, some wondered, or calculating that Musk's Twitter might be an effective campaigning tool come 2024?In this week's audio long read, the New Statesman contributing writer Quinn Slobodian examines the origins of Sunak's “fanboy-ish enthusiasm” for the billionaire tech disruptors. These lie in the publication of a 1997 business book, he writes: The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State, by the American venture capitalist James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, father of Jacob. The book has become cult reading among tech leaders, and influential on the alt-right: its world view of a libertarian internet and the rise of economic freeports and tax havens chimed with a wealthy elite who saw a chance to get much, much richer. In Sunak, Slobodian argues, we see the arrival of the sovereign individual in Downing Street: “a ‘two-fer', as they say in America: both its first Silicon Valley prime minister and its first hedge fund prime minister”.Written by Quinn Slobodian and read by Will Lloyd.This article originally appeared in the 2 November 2022 issue of the New Statesman; you can read the text version here.If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion by Sophie McBain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On 2 November 2023, Rishi Sunak closed his global AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park by interviewing the richest man on Earth, Elon Musk. The mood was deferential (the PM towards the tech billionaire). Was Sunak eyeing up a post-politics job in San Francisco, some wondered, or calculating that Musk's Twitter might be an effective campaigning tool come 2024? In this week's audio long read, the New Statesman contributing writer Quinn Slobodian examines the origins of Sunak's “fanboy-ish enthusiasm” for the billionaire tech disruptors. These lie in the publication of a 1997 business book, he writes: The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State, by the American venture capitalist James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, father of Jacob. The book has become cult reading among tech leaders, and influential on the alt-right: its world view of a libertarian internet and the rise of economic freeports and tax havens chimed with a wealthy elite who saw a chance to get much, much richer. In Sunak, Slobodian argues, we see the arrival of the sovereign individual in Downing Street: “a ‘two-fer', as they say in America: both its first Silicon Valley prime minister and its first hedge fund prime minister”. Written by Quinn Slobodian and read by Will Lloyd. This article originally appeared in the 2 November 2022 issue of the New Statesman; you can read the text version here. If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion by Sophie McBain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Beloved by Bitcoin maxis, The Sovereign Individual (1997) is a book which details the collapse of nation states and rise of a self-sovereign, extranational class of optimised individuals. The cause of all this? Microprocessors. Patreon: www.patreon.com/TheBookClubfromHellJoin our Discord (the best place to interact with us): discord.gg/ZMtDJ9HscrWatch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0n7r1ZTpsUw5exoYxb4aKA/featuredTwitter: @bookclubhell666
On cracked-up capitalism. Historian of ideas Quinn Slobodian joins us again, this time to discuss his latest book, Crack-up Capitalism – the vision of a global capitalism with its constituent nation-states perforated by ‘zones' shorn of any national oversight or democratic accountability. We talk through these archetypal zones encompassing deregulation, investment and sweatshop labour, ranging from the glittering city scapes of Hong Kong, Singapore and Canary Wharf to forgotten zones such as Ciskei in apartheid South Africa as well as the gated communities of California and bit-coin paradise Honduras. We also talk about archetypal crack-up capitalists such as Peter Thiel, William Rees-Mogg and Milton Friedman's offspring. How did crack-up capitalism feature in the Tory vision of Brexit? Plus, why is Dominic Cummings the one true Singaporean, and why do crack-up capitalists love medieval LARPing? For part two, sign up at patreon.com/bungacast Readings: Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy, Quinn Slobodian The Ciskei experiment: a libertarian fantasy in apartheid South Africa, Quinn Slobodian, The Guardian /115/ Singapore Shangri-La ft. Lee Jones As special enclaves proliferate, what are the consequences for democracy?, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, The Spectator Dominic Cummings understands Singapore. The Tories still don't, Quinn Slobodian, The Spectator Crack-up Capitalism video trailer, Twitter
This week's free episode is all about William Rees Mogg and James Dale Davidson's book “the sovereign individual,” which describes a wonderful world in which fifty rich men live in armoured citadels and everyone else scrapes a living off the land. Do not become addicted to water, my friends! If you want to learn more about Quinn Slobodian's work, check out his site here: https://www.quinnslobodian.com If you want access to our Patreon bonus episodes, early releases of free episodes, and powerful Discord server, sign up here: https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture *MILO ALERT* Here are links to see Milo's upcoming standup shows: https://www.miloedwards.co.uk/live-shows *WEB DESIGN ALERT* Tom Allen is a friend of the show (and the designer behind our website). If you need web design help, reach out to him here: https://www.tomallen.media/ Trashfuture are: Riley (@raaleh), Milo (@Milo_Edwards), Hussein (@HKesvani), Nate (@inthesedeserts), and Alice (@AliceAvizandum)
FASTER THAN ALL BUT A FEW NOW IMAGINE, MICROPROCESSING WILL SUBVERT AND DESTROY THE NATION-STATE. Join Erin and Casey as they dive into first chapter of the prophetic book, The Sovereign Individual, or at least the first chapter. Written in 1997 by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, much has come true and much has not come true (Y2K, cough, cough), but the book remains an enduring bellwether of the times we live in today, seemingly predicting Bitcoin's rise to prominence. This is the first in an ongoing series, so grab a copy of the book and read along with us! FOLLOW HELL MONEY POD ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/hellmoneypod SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflejnUswWof6yEMk9dRzOA LISTEN TO US ON FOUNTAIN: https://fountain.fm/show/W8pjfavWchv8diXjikgC FIND US WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS: hellpodcast.money
The idea of leaving society to start up a new one isn't exactly new... history is full of people leaving to go start new countries. But the idea became especially fashionable in 20th century America and was jump-started as a reaction to the counterculture in the 1960's, and given new life by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs in the 2000's. Dave talks with Raymond Craib, professor of history at Cornell University, about his new book "Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age" which covers the upsurge in these ideas in the 60's to today, and their connection to everything from Brexit to Seasteading. Learn more about Ray Craib's work on Twitter (@raycraib) and at his Cornell faculty page: https://history.cornell.edu/raymond-b-craib Adventure Capitalism (Book): https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/57700808 Keywords: Libertarian exit, libertarianism, Murray Rothbard, Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, Michael Oliver, Werner Stiefel, New Atlantis, Tonga, Minerva Reefs, Abaco, Bahamas, Mitchell WerBell, Andrew St. George, Phoenix Foundation, Azores, New Hebrides, Vanuatu, Stefan Mandel, Mondragon, David Duke, Bayou of Pigs, Peter Thiel, Seasteading, Joe Quirk, Patri Friedman, Balaji Srinivasan, Nick Land, Curtis Yarvin, Mencius Moldbug, Urbit, Hans-Herman Hoppe, James Dale Davidson, William Rees Mogg, Jacob Rees Mogg, Brexit, Sovereign Individual, Longtermism, Effective Altruism, Honduras, ZEDEs, Charter Cities, Liz Truss, Shankar Singham, Barbara Kolm, Mises Institute.
0:00 -- Intro.1:30 -- Start of interview.3:32 -- Santi's "origin story". He was born and grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "The year 1983 was a symbolic year in Argentina because it's the year that democracy came back to the country." "My generation was tainted by two events: the hyperinflation of 1989 and the collapse of 2001 (peso devaluation and bank deposit freezes)."5:11 -- Argentina's strange political case. 7:24 -- Santi's professional background going from gaming, to founding "Partido de la Red" (the "Net Party") in 2012 - a political party in Argentina (inspired by Giorgio Jackson), and his pivot to crypto.14:04 -- His endeavors with Democracy Earth Foundation and UBI (Universal Basic Income through the Ethereum blockchain). The impact of Bitcoin and the new generation of builders in Argentina, with global leaders such as Decentraland. The strong adoption of crypto in countries like Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba: "There is a real need for crypto in countries that need an alternative."16:12 -- The connection of crypto with corporate governance. His interest on voting "we realized that whoever controls the registry of voters can decide the outcome of elections." The concept of Proof of Humanity ("the protocol got activated in March 2021 and it has had 50 proposals since then." How voting works in this DAO. "You see how contested the positions are to the extent of how people are willing to cheat in order to win." 23:19 -- Explaining DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations). Different DAO applications. Token voting. On The DAO hack (2016).25:59 -- On the evolution of DAOs. On Vitalik Buterin (co-founder of Ethereum): "I think he's today's most inspiring leader in technology, by far. In the same rank as Elon Musk, and many other great ones." "A lot of the [crypto] community looks up to him as a role model who really understands what it means to lead through the process of creation of a decentralized network." "It's a very counter-intuitive exercise in leadership because you actually need to reject being in control, in order to gain legitimacy." "The role that founders play in these networks I think is a determinant factor in the outcome of how projects evolve over time." "Nothing ever begins decentralized, it needs to be progressively decentralized throughout time." "Building institutionality in cyberspace I think has tremendous power for coordination of humans and capital in a global, more legitimate way."28:46 -- On the role of founders, contrast between 'traditional' founder-controlled startups and new decentralized crypto projects. On Vitalik's founder's take in a reply to Balaji Sirinivasan's book the Network State. Santi has personally dealt with some of these founder debates, he's currently a Mission Board Member at Proof of Humanity, elected by the community.32:32 -- On the contrast of "corporate governance" and "crypto or DAO governance". "One of the most interesting projects in the space right now, I think is a project called Kleros, a decentralized arbitration service for disputes of the new economy." "They work as oracles that bring into the blockchain human judgment, based on a drafted policy or guideline." This is very important for enforcement, and to audit the decision process. On-chain governance vs Off-chain governance. The cases of Aragon and Moloch DAO (founded by Ameen Soleimani). "In Proof of Humanity, we don't want voting to be on-chain, because it makes it expensive to vote. The purpose of voting is to be an alternative to economic incentives. So voting needs to happen off-chain for voting to remain free [and] a right." Snapshot as the off-chain voting mechanism. Kleros' Governor solution.42:18 -- On Proof of Humanity (~16,630 profiles), its DAO, and UBI. "Argentina and Brazil are two of the leading adopters of UBI right now." Proof of Integrity DAO (promoting technological inclusion).47:44 -- On the current "crypto crash", the cases of Terra/Luna, Celsius. "You can see the ripples of Terra going down throughout the industry, it led to the Celsius and 3AC collapse... you can see the dominoes falling in a very clear way."55:12 -- On the advantage of understanding how to code. [reference to Vitalik's visit to Buenos Aires in his podcast "Por Qué No Te Habré Hecho Caso" (a leading crypto podcast in Spanish] 57:10 - Some of the books that have greatly influenced his life: The Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon (1937) *prologue written by Jorge Luis Borges.Gödel, Escher, Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter (1979) "the bible of Artificial Intelligence"The Sovereign Individual, by William Rees-Mogg and James Dale Davidson. (1997)59:44 - Who were your mentors, and what did you learn from them? Emiliano Kargieman, now CEO and founder of Satellogic.*story of Vitalik Buterin's visit to Buenos Aires in Dec of 2021.*on El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption by President Nayib Bukele.01:08:22 - Are there any quotes you think of often or live your life by? "Sic transit gloria [Mundi]" (Latin for "Glory Fades" or "thus passes the glory of the world") *he first heard about it in Wes Anderson's movie Rushmore (1998). 01:09:23 - An unusual habit or an absurd thing that he loves: Iglesia Maradoniana!01:10:31 - The living person he most admires: his brother Liniers, a famous Argentinean cartoonist. "It was like growing up with Walt Disney."Santi Siri is the Founder of Democracy Earth Foundation, a non-profit organization backed by Y Combinator that built Universal Basic Income (UBI) on Ethereum and launched Proof of Humanity, where he serves as a Mission Board Member. He was the founder of "Partido de la Red" (the "Net Party") in Argentina, and is the currently the host of the podcast "Por Qué No Te Habré Hecho Caso", focusing on crypto (in Spanish). He has been featured on Wired, Time and many other media outlets.__ You can follow Santi on social media at:Twitter: @santisiriUBI token: @ubidotethProof of Humanity DAO: @PoHDAODemocracy Earth: @DemocracyEarth__ You can follow Evan on social media at:Twitter: @evanepsteinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/ Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/__Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
Lisa Gill is an organisational self-management coach and trainer with Tuff Leadership Training. She was included in the Thinkers50 Radar 2020 for her work with self-managing teams. Lisa is also the host of the Leadermorphosis podcast, for which she has interviewed thought leaders and practitioners from all over the world about the future of work, and the author of 'Moose Heads on the Table: Stories About Self-Managing Organisations from Sweden' (2020). Tune in to this episode as we discuss why the way we are working is not working. We reflect over new ways of working, the post-agile era of interrogating the ‘what', the power of peer-led movements, some great new technologies that are emerging, and why we can't ust solve things by systems or processes. A full transcript of the episode can be found on our website: Key highlights > Emerging trends in the world of organising and teams > What are the emerging technologies that are informing the way we organise > The need to identify your guiding principles when adopting new technologies > What Lisa has learnt from working with new types of organisations > The need to shift behaviours – not just systems To find out more about Lisa's work: > Twitter: https://twitter.com/disruptandlearn > Website: https://www.reimaginaire.com/ > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-gill-23815a4/ > Leadermorphosis Podcast: https://leadermorphosis.co/ > Lisa Gill, Moose Heads on the Table: Stories About Self-Managing Organisations from Sweden, 2020: https://www.amazon.com/Moose-Heads-Table-Karin-Tenelius/dp/9151954508/ Other references and mentions: > Sensemaking Webinar #1 – Organizational Adaptation to the Changing Landscape: https://boundaryless.io/video/sensemaking-webinar-1-organizational-adaptation-to-the-changing-landscape/ > Enspiral: https://www.enspiral.com/ > Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/ > Cobudget: https://cobudget.com/ > Murmur: https://www.murmur.com/ > Maptio: https://www.maptio.com/ > Huddle Craft: https://www.huddlecraft.com/ > Money Movers: https://www.wearemoneymovers.com/ > Amy C. Edmondson, Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy, 2012: https://www.amazon.com/Teaming-Organizations-Innovate-Compete-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B007MF3BRA > Matt Black Systems: https://www.mattblacksystems.com/ > James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age, 1999: https://www.amazon.com/Sovereign-Individual-Mastering-Transition-Information/dp/0684832720 > Saifedean Ammous, The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking, 2018: https://www.amazon.com/Bitcoin-Standard-Decentralized-Alternative-Central/dp/1119473861/ > Saifedean Ammous, The Fiat Standard: The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization, 2021: https://www.amazon.com/Fiat-Standard-Slavery-Alternative-Civilization/dp/1544526474 Find out more about the show and the research at Boundaryless at https://boundaryless.io/resources/podcast/ Thanks for the ad-hoc music to Liosound / Walter Mobilio. Find his portfolio here: https://boundaryless.io/podcast-music Recorded on 8 June 2022.
What if January 6th was... all about gold? Sure, it sounds improbable at first, but since last year, Dave has been digging into the improbable backstory that got us here. From goldbugs to the "I AM" cult to libertarianism, crypto, and QAnon, this story has it all. In this episode, Dave continues his conversation with Hamilton Fish, editor of The Washington Spectator, which published his piece, "Paranoia on Parade: How Goldbugs, Libertarians and Religious Extremists Brought America to the Brink." Dave and Hamilton discuss the process for developing this story and some of the things they learned in reporting it. Keywords: New Deal, Libertarianism, gold, goldbugs, Roosevelt, John Birch Society, Jack Singlaub, Philippines, Michael Flynn, QAnon, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reagan, anticommunist, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Koch, Council for National Policy, CNP, Newsmax, Sovereign Individual, Agora Publishing, James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Technocracy, Occupy, Federal Reserve, National Association of Manufacturers, American Legion, American Liberty League, Silver Legion, "I AM", fascism, Moonies, VFW, QAnon, Brock Pierce, Steve Bannon, Ron Paul, Oathkeepers, January 6, Freedom School, Robert LeFevre, Hunt Brothers. Read "Paranoia on Parade" at Washington Spectator: https://washingtonspectator.org/paranoia-on-parade/
What if January 6th was... all about gold? Sure, it sounds improbable at first, but since last year, Dave has been digging into the improbable backstory that got us here. From goldbugs to the "I AM" cult to libertarianism, crypto, and QAnon, this story has it all. In Part 1, Dave and Jack covered the origins of goldbuggery, from the New Deal to the Reagan era. In this episode, they cover the 1990's to today, and make some startling connections along the way. Dave reads the second half of "Paranoia on Parade: How Goldbugs, Libertarians and Religious Extremists Brought America to the Brink" and discusses it in real-time with film director Jack Bryan, (Active Measures, 2018). They cover topics that couldn't fit into the article, and help explain the wild story behind the obsessions that helped lead us to January 6th and Putin's war in Ukraine. And the wild conclusions have to be heard to be believed! Keywords: New Deal, Libertarianism, gold, goldbugs, Roosevelt, John Birch Society, Jack Singlaub, Philippines, Michael Flynn, QAnon, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reagan, anticommunist, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Koch, Council for National Policy, CNP, Newsmax, Sovereign Individual, Agora Publishing, James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Technocracy, Occupy, Federal Reserve, National Association of Manufacturers, American Legion, American Liberty League, Silver Legion, "I AM", fascism, Moonies, VFW, QAnon, Brock Pierce, Steve Bannon, Ron Paul, Oathkeepers, January 6, Freedom School, Robert LeFevre, Hunt Brothers. Read "Paranoia on Parade" at Washington Spectator: https://washingtonspectator.org/paranoia-on-parade/
What if January 6th was... all about gold? Sure, it sounds improbable at first, but since last year, Dave has been digging into the improbable backstory that got us here. From goldbugs to the "I AM" cult to libertarianism, crypto, and QAnon, this story has it all. In this episode, Dave talks with Hamilton Fish, editor of The Washington Spectator to introduce the show, and then reads the first half of his recently published piece, "Paranoia on Parade: How Goldbugs, Libertarians and Religious Extremists Brought America to the Brink" and discusses it in real-time with film director Jack Bryan, (Active Measures, 2018). They cover topics that couldn't fit into the article, and help explain the wild story behind the obsessions that helped lead us to January 6th and Putin's war in Ukraine. You won't want to miss this! Keywords: New Deal, Libertarianism, gold, goldbugs, Roosevelt, John Birch Society, Jack Singlaub, Philippines, Michael Flynn, QAnon, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reagan, anticommunist, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Koch, Council for National Policy, CNP, Newsmax, Sovereign Individual, Agora Publishing, James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Technocracy, Occupy, Federal Reserve, National Association of Manufacturers, American Legion, American Liberty League, Silver Legion, "I AM", fascism, Moonies, VFW, QAnon, Brock Pierce, Steve Bannon, Ron Paul, Oathkeepers, January 6, Freedom School, Robert LeFevre, Hunt Brothers. Read "Paranoia on Parade" at Washington Spectator: https://washingtonspectator.org/paranoia-on-parade/
Centrism has become an all-purpose term of abuse but what does it actually mean? And what does Centrism want? Dorian and Ian journey to the centre of the middle, dropping in on Tony Benn, William Rees-Mogg, the crises of the 70s, Trotsky, fascism, communism, Clinton, Blair, and the guillotine.… Help Ian and Dorian move NOT LEFT, NOT RIGHT, BUT FORWARD by supporting their Origin Story research on Patreon: www.Patreon.com/originstorypod –––––––– Centrism: A Reading List From Ian: The Oxford History of the French Revolution by William Doyle. The single best all-in-one history of the French revolution. And one of my favourite history books of all time – a rare instance in which the author combines pace, thoroughness and impeccable research. John Stuart Mill, Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves. Decent, if slightly pedestrian biography of the great liberal philosopher. John Maynard Keynes trilogy by Robert Skidelsky. The best work on Keynes. The Third Way by Anthony Giddens. Nowhere near as good as it should be, nor as I expected it to be. Surprisingly vacuous. From Dorian: The Vital Centre by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Fascinating post-war argument for the importance of the radical centre Trotsky on centrism Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics by John Avlon. Solid history of those who sought to occupy the centre of American politics. Toward a Radical Middle by Renata Adler. New Yorker writer's 1969 manifesto for radical centrism in a fractious time. Life in the Centre by Roy Jenkins. The arch-centrist's juicy memoir. Safety First: The Making of New Labour by Paul Anderson and Nyta Mann. A first-draft history of New Labour from 1997. Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution. Satisfying BBC documentary series on iPlayer, with contributions from all the key players. –––––––– “When centrism is so hard to define, like nailing jelly to the wall, you have to ask does it even deserve to be called an ism at all?” – Ian “Trotsky says Centrism is parasitic, opportunistic, vain, uninterested in theory, and harder on the left than the right… and those criticisms are still levelled at centrists today.” – Dorian “The thing is, Centrism is often popular with voters but unpopular with people who are very interested in politics. Because it's not passionate.” – Ian “I myself am an ideologue, an ideologue for liberalism, so it's possible I feel threatened by something which essentially isn't ideological.” – Ian –––––––– Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt. Audio production by Alex Rees. Music by Jade Bailey. Logo art by Mischa Welsh. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Origin Story is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Paul speaks to Scott Choppin about workforce housing. They go in-depth about Scott's background, his urban townhouse model, multi-earner households, and how housing costs and household structures have evolved in recent times.About our guest:Scott is CEO and founder of the Urban Pacific group of Companies, a Real Estate Development Company focused on the innovative UTH (Urban Town House) rental housing model, which was created by them. UTH is a construction housing model that pairs private capital with multi-generational workforce rental housing.Scott's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottchoppin/ Scott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottChoppin More about Urban Pacific here: https://www.urbanpacific.com/ Book recommendations:"Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder" by Nassim Talebhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/0812979680/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_YJY0Y6Q2E06DQ8G0CDPV“The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking” by Saifedean Ammoushttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1119473861/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_S5SDZDP1ZBXF8EY5DR3Q“The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age” by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg https://www.amazon.com/dp/0684832720/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_KGQP7ECQRMDTKQ78C0HG “The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future” by Jeff Boothhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/1999257405/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_6SFR2TG82JA8VBQZ9BSY Disclaimer: This real estate podcast is for informational and educational purposes only, and does not imply suitability. The views and opinions expressed by the presenters are their own. The information is not intended as investment advice.For any inquiries or comments, you can reach us as info@indepthrealestate.com.
Bonjour à toutes et à tous. Début août, la Nouvelle-Zélande a confirmé l'arrivée sur son territoire de Larry Page, cofondateur de Google. Un choix de vie qui peut paraître surprenant étant donné que la majorité des milliardaires de la Tech vivent près de la Silicon Valley. Ceci dit, Larry Page n'est pas le premier à opter pour la Terre des Hobbits… oui, car le pays est célèbre pour avoir abrité les décors du Seigneur des Anneaux entre autres… En fait il s'agit d'une certaine tendance assez étonnante, et qui gagne petit à petit la sphère des milliardaires.Dans le détail, Larry Page a fait sa demande de visa en novembre 2020… Un visa dit « Investor Plus » délivré contre un engagement à investir 10 millions de dollars néo-zélandais, soit près de 6 millions d'euros, dans le pays. Ce n'est que 4 mois plus tard que Page ne reçoit son précieux sésame, même s'il était déjà installé dans le pays depuis un moment, son fils ayant eu besoin de soin quand la famille Page était sur les îles voisines des Fidji. D'habitude, un tel exil s'explique grâce aux conditions fiscales des pays d'accueil. Or, la Nouvelle-Zélande est loin d'être un paradis fiscal. Pour comprendre, il faut davantage chercher la réponse du côté des superstitions. En clair, si Page comme tant d'autres avant lui foncent sur la Nouvelle-Zélande, c'est tout simplement pour y trouver refuge en cas d'apocalypse !Je suis tout à fait sérieux. D'après une étude du Global Sustainability Institute de l'Université anglaise Anglia Ruskin, le pays idéal en cas de fin du monde serait bel et bien la Nouvelle-Zélande. Et il faut bien avouer que ce bout de terre au sud-est de l'Australie a pas mal d'atouts dans sa manche… Tout d'abord une population faible de 5 millions d'habitants, mais aussi sa stabilité politique, son climat tempéré et son autosuffisance en énergie, eau potable et nourriture.En réalité, Page ne fait que suivre la mouvance initiée par Peter Thiel en 2011. Le cofondateur de PayPal et investisseur important de Facebook se serait passionné pour ce pays suite à la lecture d'un manifeste libertaire publié en 1997. Dans ce livre intitulé The Sovereign Individual, l'auteur William Rees-Mogg personnifie la société dans laquelle nous vivions à la fin des années 90 comme étant un véritable cartel criminel qui vole l'argent des particuliers. En gros, une fois l'apocalypse provoquée par notre modèle de société imparfait, les ultra-riches s'étant réfugiés en Nouvelle-Zélande, terre idéale pour survivre à la fin du monde, serait suffisamment puissant pour façonner le futur de l'humanité dans une société post-démocratique. C'est très grossièrement résumé, et j'en profite pour adresser toutes mes excuses aux experts du sujet si j'ai été un peu trop vague, mais vous avez saisi l'idée. Quoiqu'il en soit, apocalypse ou pas, le phénomène prend de l'ampleur chez les milliardaires qui réfléchissent de plus en plus à un plan de survie en Nouvelle-Zélande dans la perspective d'une éventuelle fin du monde. En 2018, le fondateur de Linkedin avait publiquement avoué faire partie de cette mouvance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Location: RemotelyDate: Sunday 7th MarchCompany: IndependentRole: Bitcoin WriterThe Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age is a prophetic book released in 1997 by William Rees Mogg and James Dale Davidson. The book was written before the widespread adoption of the internet, social media, and Bitcoin, yet predicted a future that is remarkably close to the one we live in today, opening with the quote, 'œThe future is disorder.'In the book, Mogg and Davidson describe their vision of the future and how the rise of digital technology would make the world much more competitive, unequal and unstable. The pair also predicted a '˜cyber money' that would empower the individual to splinter from the nation-state. 'œAs cybercommerce begins, it will lead inevitably to cybermoney. This new form of money will reset the odds, reducing the capacity of the world's nation-states to determine who becomes a Sovereign Individual'. In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin writer Robert Breedlove. We discuss why The Sovereign Individual is such an essential book for Bitcoiners, violence in a libertarian world, why bitcoin is a threat to the state and the ascending and descending world.
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This week's episode is another installment of "The Re-Readables", a series in which we revisit some of our favorite business books to find out if they stand the test of time. Greg Gerber has become something of a regular contributor here on the Podcast. Greg is the founder of BitLift, and he is our go-to guy for all things blockchain and cryptocurrency. Greg joins us this week to talk about a book that has become eerily prescient, particularly among the cryptocurrency crowd. The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg was published back in 1997, but the insights and topics in the book were not only far ahead of their time, but they remain eerily relevant today. In today's podcast, you'll hear our thoughts on why this book is still so important, why it's important for entrepreneurs to be able to see into the future, and how we can consider the ideas within The Sovereign Individual when attempting to look to the future ourselves.
Location: Remotely Date: Sunday 7th March Company: Independent Role: Bitcoin Writer The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age is a prophetic book released in 1997 by William Rees Mogg and James Dale Davidson. The book was written before the widespread adoption of the internet, social media, and Bitcoin, yet predicted a future that is remarkably close to the one we live in today, opening with the quote, “The future is disorder.” In the book, Mogg and Davidson describe their vision of the future and how the rise of digital technology would make the world much more competitive, unequal and unstable. The pair also predicted a ‘cyber money' that would empower the individual to splinter from the nation-state. “As cybercommerce begins, it will lead inevitably to cybermoney. This new form of money will reset the odds, reducing the capacity of the world's nation-states to determine who becomes a Sovereign Individual”. In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin writer Robert Breedlove. We discuss why The Sovereign Individual is such an essential book for Bitcoiners, violence in a libertarian world, why bitcoin is a threat to the state and the ascending and descending world.
“Bitcoin is fuck you money, it’s fuck you to every policy, every police state, and every politician in the world. That’s the power of it.”— Robert BreedloveLocation: RemotelyDate: Sunday 7th MarchCompany: IndependentRole: Bitcoin WriterThe Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age is a prophetic book released in 1997 by William Rees Mogg and James Dale Davidson. The book was written before the widespread adoption of the internet, social media, and Bitcoin, yet predicted a future that is remarkably close to the one we live in today, opening with the quote, “The future is disorder.”In the book, Mogg and Davidson describe their vision of the future and how the rise of digital technology would make the world much more competitive, unequal and unstable. The pair also predicted a ‘cyber money’ that would empower the individual to splinter from the nation-state. “As cybercommerce begins, it will lead inevitably to cybermoney. This new form of money will reset the odds, reducing the capacity of the world’s nation-states to determine who becomes a Sovereign Individual”. In this interview, I talk to Bitcoin writer Robert Breedlove. We discuss why The Sovereign Individual is such an essential book for Bitcoiners, violence in a libertarian world, why bitcoin is a threat to the state and the ascending and descending world.This episode’s sponsors:Kraken - The best place to buy, sell & trade BitcoinBlockFi - The future of Bitcoin financial services Sportsbet.io - Online sportsbook & casino that accepts BitcoinCasa - The leading provider of Bitcoin multisig key security.Exodus - The world's leading Desktop, Mobile and Hardware crypto wallets.Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet-----WBD320 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
In this video I will talk about The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age book by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg. We are transitioning from the Industrial Age to the Information Age. This book talks about how this transition will look like and how it will change our lives. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AttilaonthWorld YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADpTO2CJBS7HNudJu9-nvg Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/124834970-attila
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"To fully understand any organism, we must not only look at the organism itself, but examine the organism-environment holistically." - Gigi If Bitcoin is a new organism, then where exactly does it live? Is it in cyberspace, the human realm, in financial markets and value… or all 3? Find out in Gigi's excellent new piece on the Habitats of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Habitats by @Dergigi: https://medium.com/@dergigi/bitcoins-habitats-9ce3064bd3a7 Recommended Further Reading: Proof of Life - Why Bitcoin is a Living Organism by Gigi
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Luis Cuende speaks about the inspiration for his startup Aragon, raising over $100 million in his ICO, how he plans to create a digital jurisdiction that isn't bound to the borders of a single country, how governments manipulate citizens, how he explains the need for digital worlds, which narratives inspire people to reclaim their freedom, societal challenges in the Western world, why jobs are a thing of the past, why he thinks governments should try universal basic income, how blockchains could restrict the power of governments, why he thinks borders create racism, how decentralization on blockchains could create value, the evils of social media, how decentralized systems can avoid the path of social media, why George Orwell's 1984 is real and what helped this happen, why many people have lost hope, why few digital natives understand the vision of decentralization, and many other things. Luis is the co-founder of Aragon, a project for disintermediating the creation and maintenance of companies and other organizational structures. He is also the co-founder of Stampery, an advisor to many other blockchain projects, including Decentraland, and a former advisor to the European Commission. Luis won the coding competition Hack Forward at the age of 15, and Forbes selected him as one of the 30 people under 30 in technology in Europe. Luis Cuende: https://luisivan.net, https://twitter.com/licuende Aragon: https://aragon.one, https://twitter.com/aragonproject Decentraland: https://www.decentraland.org, https://twitter.com/decentraland Book "The Sovereign Individual" by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82256.The_Sovereign_Individual Kevin A. Carson's post "Moloch": https://c4ss.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Moloch.pdf George Orwell's book "1984": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5470.1984 George Orwell's book "Animal Farm": https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7613.Animal_Farm The Blockchain and Us newsletter To stay up to date about what blockchain pioneers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all around the world think about the future of this space, just go to www.theblockchainandus.com and sign up for the newsletter.
Jesse Elder is a present day successful entrepreneur and business man who started his career in the underground bar fight scene and learned some startling self-mastery lessons along the way. He joins The Be Real Show to share his lessons, his keen insights and authentic views on life, love and business. Connect Twitter – https://twitter.com/mrelder Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jesseelderlive Linkedin – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesseelderlive/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jesseelderlive/ Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPvb16WC6acotgF3oeo2Whw Website – https://www.jesseelder.com/ People Mentioned Warren Buffett – https://twitter.com/WarrenBuffett Charlie Munger Elon Musk – https://twitter.com/elonmusk Resources Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/ Books The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg: https://goo.gl/yV1mV9 Ask and It Is Given by Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks: https://goo.gl/S4fPN1
“Time after time I’ve done an analysis of a company, and I’ve figured out a leverage point — in inventory policy, maybe, or in the relationship between salesforce and productive force, or in personnel policy. Then I’ve gone to the company and discovered that there’s already a lot of attention to that point. Everyone is trying very hard to push it in the wrong direction!” In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I discuss Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows. In this article, Meadows goes through her twelve “leverage points” in which you can affect change in your company or any complex system, from least to most effective. “Magical leverage points are not easily accessible, even if we know where they are and which direction to push on them. There are no cheap tickets to mastery. You have to work hard at it, whether that means rigorously analyzing a system or rigorously casting off your own paradigms and throwing yourself into the humility of Not Knowing. In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly letting go.” We cover a wide range of topics, including: All of Meadow’s 12 Leverage Points Positive and negative feedback loops The NRA and gun control How individuals can change the system in small and big ways Brexit and the Eurozone The paradigms that shape our thinking And much more. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt for its meta-theory of business, and our episode on Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse, about how employers and employees can create, change, and play in systems. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show: The Titanic [10:43] Paleolithic diet [12:40] Ketogenic diet [12:40] The Bike-Shed Effect [14:17] Evernote [23:20] Rule of 3 and 10 [23:19] American Eagle [25:15] Zara [25:35] Cryptocurrency [30:15] Apple Inc. [35:00] The Big Mike – Banana Species [39:00] Slippery Slope Argument [41:47] Veil of Ignorance [42:00] The Selfish Gene Hypothesis [47:25] Intuit [54:00] 9-9-9 Plan [54:20] TurboTax [55:40] QuickBooks [55:40] The Florida Shooting [01:05:15] National Rifle Association — NRA [01:05:20] Net Neutrality [01:05:30] The Riddle of the Gun by Sam Harris [01:09:15] Game Theory [01:09:55] The Daily Wire [01:14:13] The Ben Shapiro Show – Podcast [1:14:13] Justworks [01:24:00] MomTrusted.com [01:24:47] AirBnB [01:35:50] Uber [01:35:50] Scott Galloway Says Amazon, Apple, Facebook, And Google should be broken up [1:39:22] Socialists of New York [1:53:59] Flatgeologists [02:01:50] Books mentioned: The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox [2:57] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Way of Zen by Alan Watts [3:00] (Nat’s notes) (Neil’s notes) (book episode) Finite and Infinite Games by James C. Carse [04:31] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter [07:36] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life by Eric D. Schneider and Dorion Sagan [07:23] The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Taleb [16:49] Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder by Nassim Taleb [16:49] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson [23:59] (Nat’s notes) (Neil’s notes) (book episode) Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World by Dan Koeppel [39:25] Merchants of Doubt: by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway [40:29] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician by Michihiko Hachiya [01:04:30] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg [01:47:50] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari [01 :49:24] (Nat’s notes) The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn [02:01:07] Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett [02:02:00] (Nat’s notes) (book episode) People mentioned: Donella Meadows Elon Musk [3:10] (on this podcast) Bill Clinton [11:23] George H.W. Bush [11:23] Jordan B. Peterson [47:26] (on this podcast) Herman Cain [54:20] Emperor Hirohito [01:04:50] Ben Shapiro [01:14:04] Donald Trump [01:23:05] Adolf Hitler [01:43:23] Margaret Thatcher [01:44:40] Joe Rogan [01:48:23] Thomas Kuhn [02:00:35] Show Topics 02:01 — Meadows is a corporate consultant, who helps companies increase productivity through what she calls “leverage points”. Her focus is on companies, but it really could be applied to any system. Even the podcast itself! 3:17 — How people try to change complex systems by focusing on the wrong parts, or intervening in the right parts, but in the wrong ways. Meadows’ list of ways in which you can intervene from least to most effective. 6:53 — Each intervention point makes sense in connection to the others. Looking at them in simpler system helps understand their role in complex systems. The bathtub analogy. 10:30 — The 12th point: Constants, parameters, numbers. A person occupying a role doesn’t have as much leverage as the role itself. It’s easier to change small parameters than it is to change a broader picture. Eg.: changing the soda you drink instead of changing your whole diet. The Bike-Shed effect. 16:00 — The 11th point: The sizes of buffers and other stabilizing stocks, relative to their flows. The check account metaphor; the amount of money that’s usually left in your account, doesn’t come in or out. That’s your buffer, and can be changed. The size of your buffer can really affect your system. It can increase your security, but also liability. Tradeoff between creativity and redundancy. 20:41 — The 10th point: The structure of material stocks and flows (such as transport networks, population age structures). This rule is harder to immediately apply to the business case. The pipes metaphor; it’s sometimes necessary to set up a system entirely from scratch, or rebuild it, because it’s almost impossible to reach your goals with what’s already present. The rule of 3 and 10. 24:05 — The 9th point: The lengths of delays, relative to the rate of system change. The importance of consumer feedback. Systems with long loops of feedback, such as politics, have trouble self-regulating. At the same time, when there’s lots of immediate feedback, you risk overshooting. 35:08 — The 8th point: The strength of negative feedback loops (...). A negative feedback loop means a system that can turn itself off, such as a thermostat, which’ll stop working once the room reaches the desired temperature. It’s important to have a failsafe that’ll intervene on the event of a worst-case scenario, even if it’s rarely necessary. You can very easily miss the long-term effect of actions that don’t affect the short-term, such like monocultures (the or overworking yourself. 41:00 — Fake news. Ways you could keep fake news from spreading, and how that could slide into censorship. Social media and censorship. The ultimate goal of any company is always to make money. 48:21 — The 7th point: The gain around driving positive feedback loops. Positive feedback loops feed and grow on themselves (the more people have the flu, the faster it’ll spread), but a system with an unchecked positive feedback loop will destroy itself. At some point, a negative feedback loop must kick in, such as what’s happened with the birth rate in western countries. 51:07 — Poverty and wealth as functions of positive and negative feedback loops. Ways you could effectively lessen poverty. Taxing laws and lobbying. 56:00 — Tangent about payment methods. 58:00 — Adjusting positive feedback loops depends on the ultimate goal of the system. How to use commissions as incentives. 01:01:29 — The 6th point: The structure of information flows (who does and does not have access to information). Access to information, and how it affects people’s and company’s behaviors, and creates accountability. 01:05:01 — Accountability in the age of the internet. The NRA and gun control. The NRA as a symptom of America’s pro-gun mentality, not the source of the issue. 01:10:28 — Arguments for both sides of the gun control debate. Initiatives to lessen the instant fame acquired by mass shooters. Comparing different country’s policies without thought to the countries’ different situations. 01:17:12 — Misinformation on the topic of guns in the public and in media: what guns are actually available to the public, which models were used in mass shootings. 01:21:00 — Clickbait. McDonalds’ fries and baldness. 01:22:43 — The 5th point: The rules of the system. The rules of a system are more influential than the people who must play by the rules. Being both an employee and a boss. Benefits and health plans for employees, and how to attract and retain talent. 01:29:18 — The rules of a system can work as incentives and disincentives. 01:30:19 — The 4th point: The power to add, change, evolve, or self-organize system structure. The level to which people can change the system. Utilizing platforms in ways the creators had not originally intended. Unexpected behaviors from children and puppies. 01:33:33 — Religion and superstition. Bottom-up and top-down systems of power. 01:35:15 — Uber, AirBnB, free market and diversity in the market. 01:37:23 — The 3rd point: The goals of the system. The highest level related to the system itself: its ultimate goal. The goal of keeping the market competitive must trump the goal of each company to accumulate profit. Companies that have little to no competition at this point. 01:41:51 — Changing one player in the system doesn’t affect much, except when one individual player can drastically change the goals of the system. Trump, the Conservative Party and Russia. 01:44:20 — Brexit, the UK’s economy, and the Eurozone. City-states and how do you decide the borders of a country. 01:48:36 — The 2nd point: The mindset or paradigm out of which the system — its goals, structure, rules, delays, parameters — arises. The mindset from which the system’s goals come from. Shared mythology and cultural paradigms in today’s society. Digital goods vs physical goods. Shared paradigms as a basis for cooperation and shared goals. 01:58:41 — The 1st point: The power to transcend paradigms. Ever-changing paradigms; your paradigms, as well as scientific paradigms, will keep changing. Not one holds all the truth. 02:05:30 — Wrap-up and sponsor time!. Perfecto Keto is perfect if you’d like to pursue a ketogenic diet! Their matcha MCT oil powder is highly recommended. Kettle & Fire will give you 20% OFF on their delicious bone broths — beef recommended for cooking, and chicken for a good, hot wintery drink! Four Sigmatic: get your mushroom coffee or your hot chocolate, all 15% OFF through our sponsored link. And you can always support us by going through our Amazon sponsored link and checking out our Support page. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com
The core of the self-sovereignty journey is a shift in how you see the world. Becoming self-sovereign doesn’t mean you have to buy an island and set up your own republic. You are the republic and its authority. Claiming your authority means becoming sovereign in your consciousness, and not going along with things - including your own thoughts -that are harmful to you. The process of reclaiming your personal power and becoming self-determined is for the strong of heart. It requires stripping everything away, right down to your core. In this podcast, we explore: the relationship between self control, locus of control and happiness how to reclaim your personal power by taking responsibility the good, the bad and the ugly of personal responsibility discernment as the key to self-sovereignty causes of disconnection from your inner wisdom how to reconnect with your inner guru I know you’re probably listening to this podcast on the go, so what I’ve done is create the Free Your Inner Guru Guidebook, a free downloadable which will help you apply everything I’m sharing with you in a practical way. The guidebook includes a • A 9 step process to Define Your Why • 2 ways to identify where you're giving your energy away • 2 tools to reclaim your power • 5 ways you can connect to your inner guru • An action plan so you can apply your wisdom Before you forget, go ahead and get your downloadable at lauratucker.com/guidebook Mentioned in this episode: Download your Free Your Inner Guru Guidebook - Click here Study “The relationship between happiness, self-control and locus of control” Ramezani and Gholtash (2015) - Click here Book The Sovereign Individual by William Rees-Mogg and James Dale Davidson on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca Articles on rising levels of depression and suicide in teens Business Insider - The Number of Depressed Teens is Soaring and all Signs Point to the Smartphone - click here New York Times - How Evil is Technology? click here Support the #FYIGpodcast and join the Free Your Inner Guru™ Tribe at support.freeyourinnerguru.com ------------- The post Self Sovereignty: A Journey for the Strong of Heart first appeared on Free Your Inner Guru.
This episode discusses ideas from the book "The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age"by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg. "In The Sovereign Individual, Davidson and Rees-Mogg explore the greatest economic and political transition in centuries -- the shift from an industrial to an information-based society. This transition, which they have termed "the fourth stage of human society," will liberate individuals as never before, irrevocably altering the power of government."
This week Libby Purves is joined by Rev. Nicholas Holtam, Rye Barcott, William Rees-Mogg and Sue Tilley. Rev. Nicholas Holtam has been vicar of St Martin in the Fields for the last sixteen years. He will be ordained as Bishop of Salisbury on 22nd July. In a new book, 'The Art of Worship', he reflects on the pictures in the National Gallery that have inspired him during his time at St Martins. 'The Art of Worship' is published by Yale University Press. As an American college student on his way into the US Marines, Rye Barcott spent the summer in the Nairobi slums to better understand the ethnic violence he would face in uniform. There, he forged a friendship with a community organiser and a widowed nurse and subsequently set up the organisation, Carolina for Kibera (CFK). He tells his story in the book 'It Happened on the Way to War', published by Bloomsbury. William Rees-Mogg is the journalist and former Editor of The Times. During his long career he has also been Chairman of the Arts Council, Head of the Broadcasting Standards Council, and Vice-Chairman of the BBC. In his memoirs he looks back over his life and reflects on some of the people and events of his times, including Rupert Murdoch and the war with the print unions, Margaret Thatcher, and Mick Jagger. 'Memoirs' is published by Harper Collins. Sue Tilley is an author and model as well as manager at a Jobcentre in London's West End. During the 1990s she was the artist Lucian Freud's muse and his nude portrait of her - 'Benefits Supervisor Sleeping' - became the most expensive painting ever sold by a living artist back in 2008. She is taking part in Wayne Hemingway's Vintage festival at the Southbank. In the "Soundtrack of Their Lives" catwalk show, she presents her personal take on the fashion and music of the eighties.