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The Future of Energy: AI, Solar, Bitcoin, & the New Grid with Ali Chehrehsaz (TerraVerde Energy)
This insightful, wide-ranging conversation with Ali Chehrehsaz (TerraVerde Energy) explores how solar, storage, and new forms of flexible load (AI, data centers, Bitcoin) are reshaping the grid. Ali…
Bitcoin, AI, and The Evolution of Digital Life with Dhruv Bansal
Dhruv is one of my all time favorite thinkers so this was a real treat to record! We begin by revisiting a number of provocative ideas from Dhruv’s 2018 talk: Down the Rabbit Hole or Blockchain Mind…
Open Source AI and Confidential Compute with Anthony & Marks (Co-founders, OpenSecret)
Anthony & Marks were in town for LlamaCon so we got a chance to jam! We discussed a variety of topics including: * The state of Llama, DeepSeek, and Open Source AI* Dario’s take “On DeepSeek and…
Building a Decentralized App Store and Web of Trust with Franzap
I’ve been sitting on this for a month, but the conversation is more relevant now than ever! As vibe coding enables the creation of orders of magnitude more apps and media, the question becomes: how…
Money & Markets in a Post AGI World with Jordi Montes, Founder - Fewsats
Jordi is one of the few people in the world with a deep understanding of the concurrent singularities of AI and Bitcoin. He has particularly novel thoughts on the nature of money and markets post…
Kagi: Hacker News’ favorite search engine is coming to Nostr! with Vlad (Founder, Kagi)
I got the opportunity to speak with Vlad, the founder of my favorite search engine, Kagi! Kagi is a Hacker News darling with a popular paid search engine (and an interesting philosophy on how to…
The State of Nostr with Bob Scully, David King, Oscar Merry, and Moritz Kaminski
We recently hosted a Hivemind Ventures LP/Portfolio day, where we showcased a variety of presentations. The Nostr panel was particularly good so I’ve decided to release it publicly. The panel…
Complexity Rules Everything Around Me with Lyn Alden
This was a fun and fascinating conversation with Lyn Alden! We discuss a number of topics about which she’s not typically asked. One common thread throughout the conversation is how best to…
Designing Jack's favorite shirt, Creating an open music library, and Growing an indie music empire with Sam Means (Founder, lightning.store and Wavlake)
* The genesis of lightning.store* Parallels between Bitcoin and the punk/DIY scenes * Max’s dad - indie artist who made some cool trippy nostr shirts (which Max is wearing during interview)* Sam’s…
High Strangeness, Memetics, and the Open Source Insurgency
This was a fun one! In most recent episodes, I’ve had conversations with builders from the Nostr/Bitcoin community about other rabbit holes they’re interested in. In today’s episode, I sat down with…
Anarchism, The Origins of Nostr, & The Future of FOSS with Ben Arc (Founder, LNbits)
I sit down with LNbits founder Ben Arc for a wide ranging and fascinating conversation about political philosophy, Nostr, and the future of FOSS/AI. Check out the notes below for more details on our…
Power Markets, Pirates, and Energy Backed Money with Andrew Myers (Co-founder, Satoshi Energy)
Andrew and I sit down for a fun conversation while overlooking the San Francisco Bay. There are a few sound/wind issues with my mic (mostly towards the end), but hopefully nothing too disruptive. We…
Music, Discovery, eCash, and Identity with Tony Giorgio (Co-Founder, Mutiny Wallet)
Max and Tony cover a lot of ground, including: - Music and its role in society: “He who controls the music controls the mind” - Why the ad model for monetizing the Internet is not only a panopticon,…
Swarmwise, Ron Paul, and Open Source AI
Christopher and Max explore:* The influence of Swarmwise and the Pirate Party on Chris’ approach to building* Lessons learned from the Ron Paul Campaign in ’08 and ’12 * The state of open source AI*…
AI, Simulations, and Startups with Keyan Kousha (Founder, Stacker News)
Keyan and Max jam on several topics including:* What is the singularity?* The future of AI and the coming intelligence explosion* Does the brain create or receive consciousness? * Can machines have…
Evolution and Nostr with Stu Bowman (Founder, Satellite.earth)
Stu and Max jam on a wide range of topics including: Terence McKenna, the world of language, evolution, Web of Trust, and the future of Nostr. At least two big ideas really clicked for me: 1) Nostr…
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Hivemind: Ideas from the Edge has published 16 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Philosophy, Society & Culture.
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