Wolfgang Amadeus Vitale joins Alex Buxeda to discuss why Bitcoin was discovered rather than invented, whether identity is just recognized pattern-persistence, and what forks and cryptoeconomics show about consensus, trust, and free will.
Ein immer seltenerer Anblick: Neugeborene Zwillinge im Universitätsspital Zürich. Bild: Keystone/Christian Beutler.
Die Gegner des Transhumanismus ziehen eine scharfe Grenze zwischen Natur und Technologie. Doch diese Grenze existiert nicht. Es gab keinen Urknallmoment, in dem der Mensch auf Technologie stiess – nur einen fortlaufenden Prozess der Koevolution.
Robert Plomin talks with Alex Buxeda about 50 years of behavioral genetics research showing that your parents didn’t make who you are, and your school didn’t either. Who you become is strongly influenced by something set at conception: your DNA.
Louis Rossmann joins Alex Buxeda to discuss why you don’t own your devices, how DMCA Section 1201 makes repair illegal, and what right to repair means for consumers, libertarians, progressives and everyone in between.
Curtis Yarvin sits down with Alex Buxeda for a first-principles conversation about power, sovereignty, and a problem of every political system: who watches the watchdog?
