Mere Mortals Conversations

This convo was sparked due to Juan reading Josh Waitzkin's 'The Art Of Learning'. In Episode #256 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the tai chi championship Josh Waitzkin competed in, examples of how we chose to learn different depending on the context, the difference between acquiring fast knowledge vs mastering a skill, why we can learn more quickly than younger versions...

Apparently my family's McDonald's Christmas tradition is a bit strange. In Episode #255 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why we won't be making NFT's anytime soon, the difference between Christmas traditions across cultures, how Juan won a cookie through fooling someone solving a Rubik's cube, my recent experience being part of a livestream, some thoughts on...

How did Adam come up with the Value for Value model and why does this work perfectly with the advances of Podcasting 2.0? In Conversation #66 Adam and I discuss: buying a Belgian castle with a helipad, the core principles of V4V, the different stages of No Agenda and refining the model, how he crashed a motorbike whilst dressed as Elvis, favourite books/languages/travel, the importance of Bitcoin...

Do you view the world as transactional and think that everyone has a motive behind every action? In Episode #254 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why I came up with this topic, how 'free isn't free' aligns with the value for value philosophy, how altruism disappears if everyone has a selfish motive, the wisdom behind 'one man's trash is another man's treasur...

Value for value has jumped forward with the ability to stream micropayments of Bitcoin whilst listening to your favourite podcaster (hopefully it's us)! In Conversation #65 Oscar and I discuss: unique names and finding twitter handles, the fountain podcasting app and how it started, why Oscar was quick to combine his crypto and podcasting passions, awesome design and choosing which features t...

This episode was supported by the generosity of Vegas Pool & Petar The Slav. Let their names be immortalised!!!! In Episode #253 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: how we would hypothetically steal a crypto seed phrase, my poor social skills yet strangely tantalising bubble butt, the latest HOSKY news, Vegas Pool's generosity and how we hope to replicate it, our shitty marketi...

Do you want to know more about the Cardano Blockchain and the process of staking with a stakepool operator (SPO)? In Conversation #64 Pete and I discuss: the purpose of the Cardano cryptocurrency, the idea behind staking/delegation, how to run a stakepool, Australia's position with regard to crypto, his old Joomla Beat and new Learn Cardano podcasts, how you can create a vibrant community and...

You taste that ....... it tastes like it's goal time. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that co...

Do bad things happen to you or do you make the choices that cause them? In Episode #252 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: a TED video from Fred Kofman, why you might need to act weak for the sake of brevity or to avoid black truths, athletes & action makers & PUA's, our personal tendencies that result in a suboptimal mindset, the book by Marshall Rosenberg, Adam Curry's...

One of my main goals with this channel is that if you reach out to the Mere Mortals you will never feel like you are talking into a void. YouTube is starting to make this harder. In Episode #251 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: some theories as to why YT is deleting comments, our methodology of responding to our listeners, times where we have fallen or almost fallen for scams, why Wa...

Diogo's censorship from podcasting is ridiculous but I was super impressed with his reaction to his setback. In Conversation #63 Diogo and I discuss: why Diogo got banned from podcasting and almost from all social media, the Sydney protests and personal censorship he experienced, how stoicism plays a big part in his philosophy, his learnings from reading many of the core spiritual texts, depr...

If you don't own at least 1 billion $HOSKY can you even call yourself a serious investor? In Episode #250 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why I became obsessed with the Cardano memecoin called HOSKY this last week, why it is a brilliant source of memes and fun, how the degenerates waste their money in the age of crypto, some actual reasons why memecoins have value, why Saitama Inu...

Watch out Brisbane, Juan is getting mad ....... you don't want to see Juan mad. In Episode #249 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: the rainy weather that is coming to Brissie, the last La Niña that caused flooding, Juan's frustrating traffic story followed by his aggravating car fine, how the wet weather will effect our workouts, age catching up and why you need to help suppo...

Kieran Nolan is the cofounder of Rocketshoes, educational technologist, host of the IPFS podcast and a lover of all things blockchain. In Conversation #62 we chat about: teaching blockchain tech to primary school children, the difficulties of educating parents, real life use cases of IPFS with rocketshoes, an overview of the InterPlanetary File System, the limitations of blockchain technology and...

Should I ditch Juan, is he giving me a bad reputation? In Episode #248 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: responsibility for the type of people and groups you run in, whether we would care if a new acquaintance had a bad reputation, how much this topic plays out in our day to day life, the differences between your online keyboard warrior and IRL notoriety, why everybody absolutely loves us...

What are the mental traps that you fall into and how do you try to combat them? In Episode #247 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: my recent TikTok superstardom with my brothers random friends, essential survival tools, essential entertainment devices (to throw at noisy crows), the mind reading capabilities shown in 'The Portrait Of A Lady' by Henry James, areas where we stuf...

In Conversation #61 I took some time to talk with Jeremy, aka OrigamicPenguin on twitter to talk all things Veefriends, taking risks, establishing his own northern star and creating his own NFT! As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out! Timeline: (0:00) - Intro (1:30) - meeting other VeeFriends (2:45) - 60 seconds who is Jeremy (4:45) - What is happening in California? (7:30) - Moving away f...

Get prepared for some numbers people, we're diving deep into the analytical, engineering minds of the Mere Mortals. In Episode #246 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: the reasoning behind talking about metrics & my general philosophy, realisations that it's possible to go overboard, sleep/financial/fitness/random data that we collect and analyse, qualitative metrics that are...

As I write this a week on I'm still coughing up mysterious traveller germs, the fun of Airlie Beach comes with a price! In Episode #245 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: our recent holiday to a vacation getaway in beautiful Queensland, similarities between my brother and I, Juan's recent experiments with photoshops and deep faking faces, getting lost inside a gaming world, s...

We're talking about money, and then hopefully taking a break from it for a while. I feel gross when I talk about it for too long. In Episode #244 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: why you don't want to see your net worth decrease, our personal monthly expenses, how much extra it would cost for our dream lifestyle, why chasing the next promotion solely for money is very very sill...

Prerecording FTW, where would we be without you! In Episode #243 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: why we had to film earlier due to our upcoming/already completed Airlie Beach trip, why dubbing over anime and foreign language is unacceptable, bringing back the good times by revisiting old and fond memories, ways in which we succeeded without meaning to, some thoughtful input from our...

You smell that ....... it smells like it's goal time. Do you set yourself monthly goals and if so, how many do you set? Juan and I on the first week of every month go over our progress from the previous month and where we are heading for the next. Emphasis as always is on the shortcomings; what we didn't achieve in the previous monthly goals and how we will fix that for the month that co...

So ... what's your motivation for doing anything? In Episode #242 of 'Musings' Juan and I discuss: our demotivating and quite frankly lazy Halloween outfits, the book Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman, personal motivation for why we both workout so much, overcoming apathy and sleeping better, making sure you are not becoming a bad person, a shitty argument about action...

I'm onto you Duolingo, I see through all your sneaky tactics. Watch your back! In Episode #241 of 'Meanderings' Juan and I discuss: our gratitude for Southbank allowing us back in our normal spot, Juan's interaction with a homeless man outside a gas station, why Duolingo has it in for podcasting, why one might be hypocrite and work at cross purposes within oneself, the hilariou...

Welcome back all - today's conversation is a little different than most and was a section of conversation that occured during an AMA with the creators of Everyday Sloths - an upcoming Australian NFT project with a MASSIVE game changer in the way you interact with your NFT. As always, we hope you enjoy. Mere Mortals out! Timeline: (0:00) - Intro (1:00) - Marketplace with NFTs (4:40) - Rarity t...