Mtambo Desk Podcast

Mtambo Desk Podcast

A podcast covering deep conversations on technology, cryptocurrency, philosophy, complex science, power, culture and love. Mtambo is a Kenyan entrepreneur and a podcast host. mtambo.me

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June 25, 2023 65 mins

Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ had a great conversation with David Ogiga (Founder of Sote Hub) on various topics revolve around his passion for social impact, Climate change, Agriculture, Kenyan Startup Ecosystem, Blue Economy Innovation and his intriguing journey of Sote Hub Project as a co-founder.


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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ had a great conversation with Juraj Bednar (Founder of Parallel Polis) on his ideas on Post-Covid Economic Recovery, Parallel Societies, Lunar Punk and why states need to be pro-tech and pro-crypto to attract global talent in the post-Covid world of remote work and Starlink.


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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Blue Checks are the New Blue Collars". The AI summer has flipped our assumptions about its impact, and Balaji discussed with Amjad Massad of Replit how traditional journalism and downstream media are more prone to AI takeover than blue-collar jobs. Balaji envisions a better information supply chain and new media business models using Web3 and crypto-instrum...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Anarcho-tyranny". In this article, Balaji Srinivasan discusses the concept of anarcho-tyranny and its impact on San Francisco, where regular people are excessively punished while criminals walk free. He also talks about the decline of liberal democracies and the rise of crypto-anarchy and crypto-civilization, with Bitcoin being seen as a lifeboat in times of...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Venture Journalist and Angel Influencer". Balaji Srinivasan introduces a new media business model he calls "venture journalism" or "angel influencer," where a person writes for an audience of one and can inspire or discover the next Mark Zuckerberg or Palmer Luckey and invest in them, creating a new type of public intellectual called an &q...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Computable Communities". Crypto can make communities computable and composable, according to Balaji Srinivasan, who believes this is the next frontier after DeFi and DeSci. This new space aims to make communities computable using cryptography, with network states and their prior stages focusing on building solutions for startup societies and positioning thems...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "America is the new Argentina". In this article, Balaji Srinivasan warns that the US is facing a central bank and fiat crisis, and could become like Argentina or Venezuela. He suggests that crypto is the new frontier and possibility to exit, and urges people to buy bitcoin, move it off exchanges, and move to a crypto-friendly jurisdiction.


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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "TradFi Winter". Balaji Srinivasan, entrepreneur and investor, argues that after artificial intelligence has eaten everything digital, only three things remain scarce: community, cryptography, and commodity. Technology can make previously unviable solutions or ideologies viable, shrinking populations needed for viable civilizations, and making sovereign collecti...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Orange coin is the new blue jeans". Balaji Srinivasan believes that amidst the Fiat Crisis and TradFi Winter, everyone is becoming a Bitcoin maximalist. With the current central bank crisis, people sense crypto as an exit towards financial freedom and prosperity, and Bitcoin serves as a Schelling point for the whole freedom-loving crypto movement.


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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Community, Cryptography & Commodity". Balaji Srinivasan believes that AI has "eaten" software, leaving only community, cryptography, and commodity as scarce resources. He suggests that decentralized AI, social networks, and crypto must be promoted to preserve liberty in the face of digital authoritarianism. Balaji also argues that technology can mak...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Uncle Sam Bankman-Fried". The US banking system is in crisis due to accounting tricks, mismanagement, and outright fraud, exposed when deposits began leaving banks and the value of long-term US treasuries fell. Balaji Srinivasan warns that this consumer-facing crisis cannot be easily solved, and advises people to buy bitcoin and move to a crypto-friendly jurisd...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Crypto is for Power Users and the Powerless". Balaji Srinivasan proposes using crypto and decentralized tech to create an off-ramp for the powerless and counter-elites to exit the old world and accelerate both technological and moral progress. By introducing concepts like moral innovations and network states, he aims to make actual exit possible and provide a new ...

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Duke Mtambo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ talks with Jakub Simek about his article on "Digital Death". The internet has transformed the banking industry and legacy banks must adapt to keep up with the innovations in fintech and crypto, or face a "digital death" as even venerable institutions like Silicon Valley Bank can be subject to a digital bank run and perish within a day. Regulators must also be proactive and embrace competition to...

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