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A Conversation with Stewart Brand (Devcon4)

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History and cultureDistributed systemsHistory of computingPeople who shaped computingThe tech industry

Stewart Brand discusses his history of hacking civilization, the evolution of personal computing, and his thoughts on decentralization.

Visit the archive.devcon.org/ to gain access to the entire library of Devcon talks with the ease of filtering, playlists, personalized suggestions, decentralized access on IPFS and more. archive.devcon.org/archive/watch/4/a-conversation-with-stewa… A Panel discussion with Stewart Brand, a pioneer in creating the Personal Computer, featuring Wendell Davis and Althea Allen. Stewart gives a brief history of his life and work spent "hacking civilization," and discusses a variety of topics including: The progress in the "hacking" ecosystem; The role of institutions in decentralization; The overlap of blockchain & climate change; Aging within a movement. A Q&A session follows the Panel. Speaker(s): Stewart Brand Skill level: Intermediate Track: Developer Infrastructure Keywords: society Follow us: twitter.com/efdevcon, twitter.com/ethereum Learn more about devcon: devcon.org/ Learn more about ethereum: ethereum.org/ Devcon is the Ethereum conference for developers, researchers, thinkers, and makers. Devcon 4 was held in Prague, Czech Republic on Oct 30 - Nov 2, 2018. Devcon is organized and presented by the Ethereum Foundation, with the support of our sponsors. To find out more, please visit ethereum.foundation/

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What people say. Recommended for its insights into the historical connections between early hacker culture and modern decentralized technologies.

casi18on Hacker News • Recommends

On “We Are as Gods–A Film on Stewart Brand”

This looks great, certainly an influential mind. soundtrack by brain eno and a fun distribution model too! First time i have used mirror and it is very nicely made. For those interested in why this is connected to ethereum here is the keynote Stewart gave at devcon a few years ago on the connections between his thinking for the past 50 years and what eth does: link to this video

initializedon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Web3 Is Bullshit”

…gs of talks from their hackathons, their playlists split into different topics link is full of interesting discussions, organises meetups, more big picture discussions of the stuff web3/crypto is playing with I enjoyed this conversation with Stuart Brand (of Whole Earth Catalogue) from a few years ago, it lays the ground of what then became NFTs link to this video link is a more technical forum to discuss eips link is a good podcast from some musicians interviewing people in the space. link Dom (creator of Vine) is constantly pushing novel toys on chain, i enjoy his playful approach to making stuff less serious. really though its a "get involved to understand" scene/subculture. if you can ignor…

spky333on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Notes on Web3”

we fail and fail and fail again. then we succeed. feels crazy i have to say this on HN. this place has really changed over the years. what happened to the whole earth quotes. "fail fast fail often" at least Stuart Brand is still daring to explore link to this video

casi18on Hacker News • Mentions

On “The Tinkerbell Griftopia”

…are footing the bill for you to have that free information. Sure thats a social/cultural status game with a side of speculation, but in turn we have art that is permeating culture rapidly. As he is quoting a distortion of Stuart Brand, maybe we should see what he would think? well here he is at the ethereum devcon in 2018 talking about this stuff. link to this video Open minded, interested, exploring, doing what he has done for decades and has been admired by people for, being a hacker!…