Massive Enormous Gigantic Huge (Issue #181)
Stablecoins are interop, the cyclical galactic magnetic reversal change, free money & britpop, blogging and web2, Schiff BTC smackdown, and the biggest Trump assassination conspiracy eva
Hello and welcome to my newsletter!
Another season 2 instalment…
It’s nearly midweek, I’ve had several days in a row without starvation and that’s been such a relief. Looks like that will be over tomorrow though, so preparing the newsletter to ensure something gets sent out. I’ve been able listen to a handful of pretty great podcasts. The theme seems to be Bigness.
Big coins, big weather, big universe, big money, big concerts, big politics, big photos, big democracy, big gold, big conspiracies.
Everything is massive. And it’s only fucking Tuesday.
So get yourself a coffee, some snacks and get stuck in. You’re gonna love it.
I wrote 2 blog posts:
We have control issues https://markjgsmith.com/blog/2024/09/08/we-have-control-issues
How great, or not, is poker? https://markjgsmith.com/blog/2024/09/10/how-great-or-not-is-poker
The first one is about populism in politics, freedom of speech and control. We need to have some of these ideas more well thought out in my opinion, before we all get onto the 100 ft wave that is the AI revolution.
The second one is about poker, it’s a big ranty.
I’m going to keep the intro short, I’ll add more content, world willing, at the end of the week.
Update 1: Nearing end of week now. I’ve added 2 podcasts, both are about Big AI. Photography is changing beyond all recognition, what even is a photo these days? The other is about how AI is going to affect democracy bigly. In essence both are about the human race and the mind bending future we are heading into.
If you want to donate big, I’m still having major problems with the universe, still trying my best to replace my hosed laptop, so that would be amazing. Small donations accepted too! :)
https://markjgsmith.com/donate
Podcasts
The Rise of Stablecoins with Jeremy Allaire (This Week in Startups Podcast) https://thisweekinstartups.com/episodes/0WxDeeCd7Rp
Ben Davidson and Whose Catastrophe is it Anyway Ep#193 (Gold, Goats ‘n Guns Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/236253?episode=27547399907
Should everyone get free money? (The Rest is Money Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6582865?episode=27564794010
‘Good Enough To Be Pesky’ With Taegan Goddard (The Talk Show Podcast) https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/2024/08/31/ep-408
Why Peter Schiff Hates Bitcoin & The Bull Case For Gold (Bankless Podcast) https://www.bankless.com/the-bull-case-for-gold-why-bitcoin-sucks-peter-schiff
The Truth Behind the Attack On Trump With John Cullen Ep#534 (TFTC Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/226249?episode=27582496857
Why AI image editing isn’t “just like Photoshop” (Decoder Podcast) https://podcastindex.org/podcast/2123?episode=27728950716
Will AI Kill Democracy With Yuval Noah Harari (Bankless Podcast) https://www.bankless.com/will-ai-kill-democracy-yuval-noah-harari
That’s all from me…
Best regards,
Mark
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