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“Life After Capitalism” by George Gilder

Over 40 years, George Gilder has published deep and insightful writing on many topics: technological futurism, supply side economics, the nation and culture of Israel, the philosophy of money. What’s more, these works have staying power: one of his earliest books, “Men and Marriage,” which explores the cultural impact of the sexual dynamics between the…

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The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney

Agent of Chaos could be ripped from contemporary headlines as it explores the very real potential consequences of AI integrated into weapons technology. Due to my own philosophical assumptions, most of the concerns in our current moment over AGI/Skynet seem goofy and unrealistic to me, and so certain plot elements in this book didn’t connect…

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“Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry” by Helaine Olen – #LockdownReadingList

Summary: This book does a great job of fulfilling the promise of its subtitle. Until recently, most American’s investment activity involved saving cash and paying into their permanent life insurance policies that promised a guaranteed death benefit passed to their heirs. The concept of retirement is rooted in a social engineering experiment from Europe that…

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Turn your data into an asset you can monetize – Dana Budzyn of UBDI

My guest today is Dana Budzyn, CEO of UBDI, a tech startup looking to transform the market research industry. If you’ve been following the 2020 presidential campaign, you’ve probably heard of Andrew Yang and his platform of UBI–Universal Basic Income. But what you may not have heard of is Universal Basic Data Income; this is…

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Episode 8 – George Gilder on the Cryptocosm and Life After Google

Today’s guest is George Gilder, a prolific author, economist, investor, and techno-futurist. In the 1970s Gilder wrote a controversial book about gender roles in society, originally titled Sexual Suicide, but later revised and reissued under the title Men and Marriage. In the 1980s, as an articulator and defender of Supply-Side Economics, he became known as…

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Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy by George Gilder

[Subtitle] The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy George Gilder is one of my favorite thinkers. He writes coherently and thoughtfully about a rich variety of topics, and a common theme running through much of his thought over the last 30 years is an optimistic “futurism.” He sees important developments…

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Peace Like A River by Leif Enger

Reuben Land grew up believing in miracles. He is eleven, living in rural Minnesota in the 1960s with his father and two siblings, when his older brother Davey shoots and kills two neighborhood bullies breaking into the house at night. The day before his trial verdict, Davey escapes, and his family drives out in search…

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The Undercover Revolution: How Fiction Changed Britain by Iain H. Murray

Iain H. Murray’s book, The Undercover Revolution: How Fiction Changed Britain, has a fascinating premise–that the sharp uptick in the popularity of novels in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly novels written by secularists both ambivalent and hostile toward Christianity and her moral and social norms, was the catalyst for the massive cultural shifts that…

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Episode 2 – Tom Nelson and The Economics of Neighborly Love

Dr. Tom Nelson is president of Made to Flourish, a non-profit organization focused on helping pastors connect orthodox faith, work, and economics. Tom is also the senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Kansas City. He has served on the Board of Regents of Trinity International University and is on the leadership team of the Oikonomia…

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