I took notes on Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz’s post-election discussion of their Fairshake pro-crypto Pac and the coming Trump presidency about two months ago, but set them aside and other topics took precedence. Given the rising craziness in the crypto space around the inauguration, I thought it was a good time to put them out for consideration. A quick glance at the finances of their pro-crypto / pro-blockchain Pac should be a wake up call to anyone doubting the rising tide of automated, smart contract law and global cyber governance. We need to wrap our heads around the fact that it’s less about money and power and more about information theory, token engineering, and the shift of social systems into a networked super intelligence operating under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for expanded “human potential.” It is a bipartisan effort. It is an international effort. It will be framed as a “populist uprising” to take back “the commons,” engineered of course by the world’s largest asset holders. In my opinion, meme-coins are biosemiotic aides facilitating emergent swarm intelligence. Tread carefully around those digital mind viruses folks. A lot of money, and tokens, are being thrown around trying to get their planned cyberphysical-sociotechnical future to stick.
Ripple is a major donors to the Fairshake Pac. See relation to digital ID and MIT Media Lab / social physics and automated legal systems.
My video recorded today on Trump’s second inauguration:
The Why Files “irradiated wolves” video:
The A16Z discussion comparing the Biden / Trump positions on crypto and emerging tech:
An older presentation on Laura Arrillaga Andreessen (Marc’s wife) and social impact finance at Stanford:
Two older presentations on next-gen nuclear being promoted vigorously by A16z:
Thank you for keeping on top of events.
Hi Alison, I’m currently a Fulbright fellow in the Teachers for Global Education program. I couldn’t understand why the program was pushing the UN Sustainable Development Goals so hard. Now listening to you, it all makes sense why the program would want teachers to incorporate these goals and the accompanying resources in classrooms both domestically and internationally.
This is a bit dated, but you may find it helpful. https://wrenchinthegears.com/2020/09/22/blockchain-education-a-ticket-to-digital-serfdom/
Also this talk and slideshares linked within: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2021/06/23/smart-cities-the-transhumanist-game-and-lifelong-learning-talks-given-in-tucson-june-10-11-2021/
My earliest stuff was focused on the privatization of public education via AI technology and blockchain financialization.
https://wrenchinthegears.com/2018/09/05/blockchain-life-on-the-ledger/
Hey Alison,
Glad to see you’re doing alright and are still plugging along. I gave all that up and went in a different direction creatively. Sometimes I miss the old twitter days but that feeling is usually fleeting. Say hello to Raul and Lynn for me if you’re still in contact with them.
Wishing you the best,
Jesse