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Episode 23: The Internet’s Crypto-Grift
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The group wraps up our journey through the internet with a long, long discussion about the gold standard, grifts, crypto, and AI. Shark and Rachel align themselves with the Machines, while Aaron yells at clouds.
Music by Daniel Griggs
Reading list:
- On Mt. Gox: https://www.wired.com/2014/03/bitcoin-exchange/
- “Could gold be the next Libor scandal?”
- What Drives Gold Prices?, Federal Reserve
- The Bank War, history.com
- Is Gold an Inflation Hedge?, Forbes
- Wizard of Oz and the Gold Standard, Marianne Hayes
- Ron Paul and Steve Forbes Jack Each Other Off About Gold
- A year on, El Salvador's bitcoin experiment is stumbling
- The New York Couple Behind El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment
- The Electricity Costs of Bitcoin, CNET
- Proof of Stake, Proof of Work
- No, Bitcoin isn't pumping because it's a "safe haven" from banks
- Dunning-Kruger Effect
- Dunning-Kruger Isn't Real, Psychology Today
- A Crypto Game Promised to Lift Filipinos Out of Poverty. Here's What Happened Instead, Time
- Exclusive: Large bitcoin payments to right-wing activists a month before Capitol riot linked to foreign account, Yahoo News
- The Enshittification of TikTok
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