Thoughts of a TechnoWizard

GO WATCH THE VIDEO!! https://youtu.be/UvYcunuF3Eo CJ the X talks about everything from memes to transhumanism to politics to capitalism to artificial intelligence and so much more. He breaks down much of the contemporary seemingly insurmountable issues we face today and shows how the internet, as designed by profit minded corporations, greatly exacerbates these issues. He shows how memes are used...

I share some space opera ideas that I created with my partner yesterday. I then explore the concept of property and laws and why they may not be as advanced as we think them vs simple but complex social interactions and case-by-case dialectics.

I quickly recap my weekend, then I go into how weird it is that you need money to live today. I also point out the difference between monotheistic and polytheistic religions. Then I share some alternative ways to structure society.

This long ass episode is me trying to work through the complex mechanisms behind race, gender, and hierarchical/binary thought patterns. I break down the idea of social constructs and the difference culture and race. I then discuss the problem with Dave Chappelle. Then I argue why we should abolish gender too.

I am officially employed! I'll be working at Futurus as an XR Design Strategist starting Oct 18th!! I also talk about what I learned from Hegel and then go into the absolutely amazing anthropological and ethnographic data unearthed by David Wengrow and David Graeber (RIP) about the myth of the stupid savage. https://youtu.be/EvUzdJSK4x8 in this video they talk about how the native Americans were a...

I reflect over my journey so far and talk about the role of acceptance in managing with our emotions and frustrations in order to more fully live our limitless potential.

I discuss my experience with interviewing new applicants and why trial runs should be standard for a hiring process. I then go into No Cap Gaming's arguments about Skyrim and gaming and make connections with the problem of our real life civilization https://youtu.be/H6q49XC5AaE I also talk a bit about longtermism https://youtu.be/vvehj0KvzK8

Facebook went down yesterday. I hope this will be even more proof of why we need to decentralize the internet, but I fear nothing will change. Nonetheless, I ideate a little about my ideal tech ecosystem.

I talk about my trip to Cairo for the funeral and talk about the various problems, thoughts, and observations I had while there. I then share what I learned about narcissism from the clinical psychologist Dr. Ramani. Low grade narcissism - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjUAzw5reZA Being raised by a narcissist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRMhS6oeehY

Some more chatting about a few ideas, thoughts, and concepts I've been exploring of late. I get into the history of Debt as outlined in this tweet thread https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1443269178132086785?s=19 as well as corrections about my game/virtual world idea, expanding a positive futures concept, and the nature of human nature

Today I try to self assess this feeling I have of wanting to fast forward through life. Then I share my dreams/ideas about the future of games. What if we could build games (and virtual worlds in general) that are as immersive, complex, and interactive as the real world.. or even more so? Could it spark a new age of creativity, imagination, and actionable optimism?

I chat about various things on my mind: vaccines, malatasta, FD Signifiers video on Kanye and Kayfabe, Khadija Mbowe's video on race, Zoe Baker's video on the anarchist Malatasta, and so much more....

I talk about feeling demotivated last week, as well as go on tangents about vaccines and growing up with anti vaxers. I also get into the need for a better way to surface good information online. Then I spend an hour talking about my favorite story thus far: The Wandering Inn!!

Today I connect Hegel's arguments against the monochromatic lense of people who wish to describe the world through a singular lense (such as economics or politics or dystopia) with the aims of Solarpunk, in which seeks to supply an alternative view for more positive futures.

Inspired by this morning's Polymath Networking Cafe, I liken being a polymath to being a magic user. In this episode, I show how being able to think from different perspectives is like being able to see the world as a magician. Stage Performers, Wizards, Clerics, Druids, Warlocks, Chronomancers, Necromancers and so on are all different ways of studying the world to invent new, magical understandin...

Today, I share insights from watching Echo Gecko's videos about the Suburban Wasteland and what we can do to fix it. Car dependency has destroyed and actively harms nearly every aspect of our society, from children autonomy to safety to tax revenue to local businesses to health to ecological impact and more. But we can solve this by clawing back from single-family zoning and allowing for more mult...

I got into an accident yesterday, no one was injured. But I'm very much frustrated about it. You may want to skip this one as it's pretty bleh. Just figured I'd document for the future.

Montero is out! Go listen to it!!! This entire episode is about Lil Nas X. His album roll out, his story, his talent, his genius... If you skip this you're homophobic and you're not my friend 😜😂. No but seriously, please go and listen to this album. Truly incredible work of art that I think everyone can take something from.

I woke up this morning thinking about how humans are actually creating more entropy with our current use of technology and civilization. I then discuss how we might be able to build better virtual communities for healthier online behavior. Why bias is good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ArVh3Cj9rw My episode on entropy - https://anchor.fm/trillionaire/episodes/What-is-entropy--What-it-means-to...

Yesterday I talked about working through my traumas, a weird tapping exercise that got me talking about chakras, and stuff about the open metaverse interoperability group. Unfortunately, I was not able to publish this yesterday for some reason so here it is! Double upload!

Today, I talk about the importance of making XR interfaces intuitive. This involves the use of affordances, feedback, and accessibility. I go into a tweet that inspired this: https://twitter.com/playfulbacon/status/1437472482961739778?s=19 and the dynamic Interactions experimented by Leap Motion https://blog.leapmotion.com/design-playground-3d-user-interfaces/ and then share my own ideas.

Today I struggle through the growing realization that I may be in a narcissistic relationship with a parent... It was harder than I thought it would be to talk about it.. but I hope something in here will help someone else...

How can you be there for others who are going through a tough time? Emotional support through digital channels can only help so much... How can we build better communities to provide more consistent and tactile support?

In this episode I go on a bit of a diatribe about Intellectual Property again. I revisit my case against it and offer up a new system based on blockchain technology that could free us from the shackles of IP and unlock a whole new world of innovation, progress, and positive change. Here's the older episode I did on this: https://anchor.fm/trillionaire/episodes/A-case-for-banning-Intellectual-Prope...

The first rule of Systems Thinking, is that systems don't exist. Luckily we can talk about them though 😜. Systems are how we perceive the world. But they are not the world itself. By understanding this, we can solve really complicated problems by dissolving them into its complex but simple components. Today, I share some of the principles that I could recall from learning about it yesterday.