TechnoAgorist

Sep 04 2021 53 ep. 75

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TechnoAgorist is a daily program which focuses on the intersection of technology and agorism in our everyday lives.

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Episode 53 - When a Feature Isn't a Feature

Both government and so-called private companies love playing with words, like when Apple recently announced new "features" which significantly harm user privacy and security.

Episode 52 - The One-Size-Fits-All Blockchain

Everyone seemingly has their favorite crypto project and blockchain. But, is there such a thing as a one-size-fits-all blockchain? Should there be?

Episode 51 - Mixed Signals

Many people are moving to Signal, the messaging application. But, how secure is it? Can we trust that messages sent on it will remain private?

Episode 50 - The Memory Hole

After decades of the almost completely free spread of information, the web has now become the center of history's greatest censorship battle. Don't let yourself be memory-holed.

Episode 49 - Crypto Is Money

People who think of cryptocurrencies as something to hold, something to invest in miss the point. Crypto is designed to do things that only crypto can do and its value is in its utility, in its use as money.

Episode 48 - Live Simply

My goal for 2021 is to live simply. This means focusing on the things which I value most and setting aside the things I don't.

Episode 47 - The What About Bobification of America

What About Bob was funnier when it was just a movie.

Episode 46 - Agorism as a Means, Not an End

When Samuel Konkin III described Agorism, he described it as a means toward an end. Agorist purists miss the point when they describe it as an end in and of itself.

Episode 45 - President Gilligan

Gilligan and the other castaways had a straightforward problem. They needed to dig a well. The funny thing is that their solution and the consequences of that solution are surprisingly relevant to our lives today.

Episode 44 - Do NPCs Dream of Electric Sheep?

I have always enjoyed Philip K. Dick's work and the movies based off of it. Recently, I found myself contrasting the real-life NPCs in the world today with the replicants portrayed in the movie Blade Runner.