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From Feudalism to Capitalism to (Hopefully) Beyond feat. Dr. Joel Garrod (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Joel Z Garrod, a sociologist based in Canada and author of a recently published article, “On the property of blockchains: comments on an emerging literature.” The paper focuses on blockchain and property relations in connection to global property relations and the evolution of capitalism. For this…
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Property Relations on the Blockchain feat. Dr. Joel Garrod (Part 1)
This week I sat with Dr. Joel Z Garrod, a sociologist based in Canada and author of a recently published article, “On the property of blockchains: comments on an emerging literature.” The paper focuses on blockchain and property relations in connection to global property relations and the evolution of capitalism. I really enjoyed the article…
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Own the Value of your Labor with DAOs feat. Daniel Kronovet from Colony
This week I interviewed Daniel Kronovet (@kronosapiens) at Colony, “An Operating System for Organizations”. The Colony Network is a suite of smart contracts, running on Ethereum. It provides a general purpose framework for the essential functions organizations require, such as ownership, structure, authority, and financial management. Along the way, we talk about organizations and society…
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Why the Left Should Care About Blockchain Identity and Quadratic Voting feat. Paula Berman from Democracy Earth
This week I spoke with Paula Berman (@_paulaberman), researcher at the Democracy Earth Foundation (@DemocracyEarth) which is a tech non-profit that aims to create platforms for decentralized and incorruptible online governance. Their projects have largely been based on Ethereum. In the interview we discuss the identity problem for decentralized platforms like blockchain, the advantages of…
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Fighting Uber with blockchain cooperatives feat. Dardan Isufi from Eva Coop
This week I spoke with Dardan Isufi (@DardanIsufi), COO of the Eva Coop (@Eva_coop) which is a cooperative ride-sharing application based on blockchain started in Montreal and expanding to other cities. We discuss taking on Uber while trying to build a democratic and non-exploitative alternative like Eva. You can also find the podcast and future episodes on…
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Crypto Commie Circlejerk: Interview with Ben Arc (@BTCSocialist)
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak with Ben Arc (@BTCSocialist), one of the first openly leftist guy in bitcoin and significant contributor to the bitcoin FOSS space. In this episode we discuss what it was like for him to be one of the only people loudly represent the Left, and,…
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The Blockchain Socialist Podcast Introduction
That’s right. It’s the first episode and introduction of the TBS podcast. To be honest I’ve never done a podcast before so if you have tips or tricks to help make it better, let me know! The plan is to use this podcast for interviews or discussions with others in the blockchain space instead of…
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Interview with Jeff Emmett from The Commons Stack
This week I had the opportunity to sit down with Jeff Emmet, a Token Engineering Researcher for Giveth and The Commons Stack. In the interview we discuss how The Commons Stack is trying to create blockchain tools for handling the commons, political biases in crypto, and crypto-economic systems. Note this interview took part over email…
