DAVE JONES | Peak Social Media, Coding Creativity & Philosophy Without A Degree

Dave Jones is a driver behind the Podcasting 2.0 movement & a repeat guest on the Mere Mortals (1st appearance in Conversation #54).

In Conversation #88, Dave and I discuss: why fragmented social media might be losing steam, some of his favourite philosophy books, combining the value for value model with music, what a lot of people get wrong about V4V and how I saved him from being nicknamed the Podbro.

Hope you're having a fantastic day wherever you are in the world, Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro to Dave
(0:38) - Bitcoin bible study
(5:01) - Link between coding & creativity
(10:14) - What is Freedom Controller?
(15:16) - Social network in a box
(17:33) - Peak social media & how I use it
(24:13) - Technology dulls the memory of a moment
(27:42) - The modern technological pace is relentless
(30:29) - Introverts lose energy from social interactions
(35:20) - Dave's obscure reading list
(38:21) - The Technological Society
(42:21) - The Question Concerning Technology
(44:29) - Why is some philosophy so incomprehensible?
(49:47) - The scientific method & tyranny of averages
(56:18) - Rockets & music
(1:00:15) - The Nintendo jump
(1:02:50) - Why Podcasting 2.0 is pumped for music
(1:09:56) - Not everything needs to scale
(1:15:56) - Can V4V be replicated?
(1:19:34) - Key components to the V4V model
(1:27:06) - Value For Value Podcast Season 3
(1:31:54) - Value tag in the feed vs with a shim
(1:40:23) - Gaming the charts
(1:44:15) - Coding is not for everyone
(1:52:42) - Dave & I Will Meet In Europe!
(1:55:42) - The Origin Story Of The Podsage
(1:59:36) - Moments that can't be captured
(2:02:58) - Last goodbyes & gratitude


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