Summary Juan Benet is the inventor of the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a new protocol to make the web faster, safer, and more open, and Filecoin, a cryptocurrency incentivized storage network. The IPFS Project has grown into a large open-source movement to re-decentralize the web, safeguard our data, and improve our applications. Juan is the… Continue reading Juan Benet: Crypto Tools for Pareto(r)opia | Gaming the Future Book Club Chapter 3 (Pt. 3/3)
Summary Anders Sandberg has a background in computational neuroscience and mathematical modelling. He works in the philosophy faculty of University of Oxford doing research on topics such as the ethics and social impact of human enhancement, emerging technology, global catastrophic and existential risks, applied epistemology, and analysing the far future. His research is extremely interdisciplinary,… Continue reading A. Sandberg & D. Manheim: The Upper Limit to Value | Gaming the Future Book Club Chapter 3 (Pt. 2/3)
Summary Jason Alexander is a Professor in Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method in the London School of Economics. From 2012 to 2018, he served as one of the Academic Governors on the Council of the LSE, as well as a member of the Court of Governors. From 2018–2021, he served… Continue reading Jason Alexander: The Evolution of Morality | Gaming the Future Book Club Chapter 3 (Pt. 1/3)
Summary Mark S. Miller is the chief scientist of Agoric, a pioneer of agoric (market-based secure distributed) computing and smart contracts, the main designer of the E and Dr. SES distributed persistent object-capability programming languages, inventor of Miller Columns, an architect of the Xanadu hypertext publishing system, a representative to the EcmaScript committee, a former… Continue reading M. Miller, C. Peterson, A, Duettman: What’s at Stake in the Game? | Gaming the Future Ch. 1,2
Presenters Chris Berg, RMIT University Chris Berg is a Principal Research Fellow at RMIT University and co-director and co-founder of the RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub. He is the author of eleven books including Understanding the Blockchain Economy: An Introduction to Institutional Cryptoeconomics. Associate Professor Berg is a nationally… Read More Oliver Sauter, WorldBrain.io Oliver is… Continue reading Chris Berg, Oliver Sauter | Cryptopaleoinstutionality, Memex, Regen
Presenters Jamie Joyce, Society Library Jamie is the founder and Executive Director of the Society Library – a non-profit that creates structured knowledge databases of media concerning debates and discussions around complex social issues. Her goal is to improve humanity’s relationship with information online: in educational, epistemological, and political contexts… Read More Darren Zhu, Atoms.org… Continue reading P. Koepellinger, D. Zhu, J.Joyce | DeSci: Progress, Challenges, Integration with Legacy Institutions
