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Wrench In The Gears

Wrench In The Gears

By Alison McDowell

Transmuting the emergent digital empire through an examination of social impact finance, behavioral economics, mixed reality, Web 3, and synthetic biology.
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"We" Read Aloud Part 6 - Final Installment

Wrench In The GearsJan 02, 2023

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Moving Beyond Carbon - How About Peace Corps Recovery Centers? Camelot Corner

Moving Beyond Carbon - How About Peace Corps Recovery Centers? Camelot Corner

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRicYbX_CU

May 28, 202303:56:50
Courting "Lover Earth" With Cybernetic Community Currencies - Camelot Corner

Courting "Lover Earth" With Cybernetic Community Currencies - Camelot Corner

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ffWRhmzoi8

May 28, 202303:47:35
Scientology, Snow White, and SSRIs - Camelot Corner

Scientology, Snow White, and SSRIs - Camelot Corner

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FLhv02cyNc

May 28, 202302:17:53
Correcting The Record And The Tokenized Commons

Correcting The Record And The Tokenized Commons

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkIesGovxSo

May 28, 202302:39:25
Green Pilling CHD With Pro-FreeDOM "Environmentalism" - Camelot Corner

Green Pilling CHD With Pro-FreeDOM "Environmentalism" - Camelot Corner

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdt9eP85hJ8

May 28, 202302:27:11
The Once And Future Thing - Camelot Update, Plus More Ants!

The Once And Future Thing - Camelot Update, Plus More Ants!

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06wux_Oy6qw

May 28, 202358:18
Selling RFK Jr. on Next Gen Nuclear - A Critical Analysis of Matthew Ehret and Fox Green's "Cheap Energy" Pitch - Part 2

Selling RFK Jr. on Next Gen Nuclear - A Critical Analysis of Matthew Ehret and Fox Green's "Cheap Energy" Pitch - Part 2

Resource map here: https://embed.kumu.io/3589bbe4947bb9cb288ce89b7bf36200#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1MYThXN0dTeg%3D%3D

May 04, 202302:59:29
Selling RFK Jr. on Next Gen Nuclear - A Critical Analysis of Matthew Ehret and Fox Green's "Cheap Energy" Pitch - Part 1

Selling RFK Jr. on Next Gen Nuclear - A Critical Analysis of Matthew Ehret and Fox Green's "Cheap Energy" Pitch - Part 1

Link to resource map: https://embed.kumu.io/3589bbe4947bb9cb288ce89b7bf36200#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1MYThXN0dTeg%3D%3D

May 04, 202301:05:14
Pharma-Banking Consultant Andrew Pek Landed in the Executive Suite of Children's Health Defense this February - What happened?

Pharma-Banking Consultant Andrew Pek Landed in the Executive Suite of Children's Health Defense this February - What happened?

Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8__r9dWCQs

May 04, 202320:45
Read Aloud on Radio-Eugenics from Oliver Reiser's 1966 Book "Cosmic Humanism"

Read Aloud on Radio-Eugenics from Oliver Reiser's 1966 Book "Cosmic Humanism"

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A32Sq0zIhL4

May 04, 202301:07:10
Discussion on Jason's Presentation About Ukraine and Digital Transformation

Discussion on Jason's Presentation About Ukraine and Digital Transformation

Listen to Jason's analysis here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVlzM-tEvew

Apr 27, 202342:25
Slime Mold and Reflections on Unity in Politics

Slime Mold and Reflections on Unity in Politics

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGQscZ5ERrM

Apr 27, 202356:14
Esoteric Seals, Futures Trading, and Linguistic Ops

Esoteric Seals, Futures Trading, and Linguistic Ops

Blogged here: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/04/24/esoteric-seals-futures-trading-and-linguistic-ops/

Apr 25, 202302:03:52
Texas Open Education Resources Part 2 With Lynn Davenport - Origins of OER and Virtual Apprenticeships

Texas Open Education Resources Part 2 With Lynn Davenport - Origins of OER and Virtual Apprenticeships

Video playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNSjVGWqTO7Ieb_QCLhpyU8tMvMFmsiI

Slides, Part 2 Starts at #30: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1734ywaVc260oLT9nrGonbxUR4-HzZqH1brCopeuIbG4/edit?usp=sharing

Apr 21, 202302:13:02
Texas Open Education Resources Part 3 With Lynn Davenport - Learn Capital Sets Up Shop in Austin

Texas Open Education Resources Part 3 With Lynn Davenport - Learn Capital Sets Up Shop in Austin

Video playlist of series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNSjVGWqTO7Ieb_QCLhpyU8tMvMFmsiI

Slides, Part 3 Startes at #67: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1734ywaVc260oLT9nrGonbxUR4-HzZqH1brCopeuIbG4/edit?usp=sharing

Apr 21, 202302:16:30
Cliff and Alison Chat About Persuasion Techniques, Social Steering, the Ant Computer, and Celia Farber's Pro RFK Jr. Substack "The Truth Barrier"

Cliff and Alison Chat About Persuasion Techniques, Social Steering, the Ant Computer, and Celia Farber's Pro RFK Jr. Substack "The Truth Barrier"

More about the Substack kerfluffle here: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/04/18/digital-sandboxes-cognitive-domain-management-and-rfk-jr-s-presidential-run/

Apr 20, 202302:34:21
One-Hour Critique of RFK Jr.'s Candidacy and the Creation of a Health FreeDOM Leadership Class (This is the last hour of Digital Sandboxes, Cognitive Domain Management.)

One-Hour Critique of RFK Jr.'s Candidacy and the Creation of a Health FreeDOM Leadership Class (This is the last hour of Digital Sandboxes, Cognitive Domain Management.)

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6fba0EEWb8

Apr 19, 202301:04:11
Digital Sandboxes and Cognitive Domain Management around the Camelot Presidential Run (RFK Jr.) Take 2

Digital Sandboxes and Cognitive Domain Management around the Camelot Presidential Run (RFK Jr.) Take 2

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C80xsmfpAuw

Apr 19, 202303:48:38
Ground Hog Day with Celia Farber - Plus Read Aloud from "This Pervasive Day"

Ground Hog Day with Celia Farber - Plus Read Aloud from "This Pervasive Day"

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6PtZ-J4c9E

Apr 18, 202301:26:38
This Pervasive Day - Zero Knowledge Proofs, Ubiquitous Computing and the Philadelphia Mayor's Race

This Pervasive Day - Zero Knowledge Proofs, Ubiquitous Computing and the Philadelphia Mayor's Race

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJSo2cdNKqI

Jeremy Pitts "This Pervasive Day" https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/p790#t=aboutBook

Apr 13, 202301:15:41
How I Think About Things - A Framework for Alison's Investigations and an Invitation

How I Think About Things - A Framework for Alison's Investigations and an Invitation

Blogged here: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/04/07/how-ive-been-thinking-about-things-a-framework-for-alisons-investigations-and-an-invitation/

Apr 08, 202301:21:56
Read Aloud - 2018 Short Story "Overvalued" from Slate

Read Aloud - 2018 Short Story "Overvalued" from Slate

Here's the story: https://archive.ph/ChDkf

Apr 08, 202337:35
Open Education Resources in Texas, Cybernetic Steering for an AI World - With Lynn Davenport

Open Education Resources in Texas, Cybernetic Steering for an AI World - With Lynn Davenport

In this episode I'm speaking with Lynn Davenport of Dallas on OERs, education privatization, digital media and learning, and social impact bonds. This is the first of a multi-part series. Slides available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1734ywaVc260oLT9nrGonbxUR4-HzZqH1brCopeuIbG4/edit?usp=sharing

Apr 05, 202302:55:14
Open Education Resources in Texas, Cybernetic Steering for an AI World

Open Education Resources in Texas, Cybernetic Steering for an AI World

In this episode I'm speaking with Lynn Davenport of Dallas on OERs, education privatization, digital media and learning, and social impact bonds. This is the first of a multi-part series. Slides available here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1734ywaVc260oLT9nrGonbxUR4-HzZqH1brCopeuIbG4/edit?usp=sharing

Apr 05, 202302:55:14
What is love?

What is love?

A short talk (5 minutes) on why love doesn't necessarily demand being "nice."

Mar 19, 202305:49
The Green Button, Central Banks, and Cybernetics

The Green Button, Central Banks, and Cybernetics

This is the article I read from - CAF interview 2012: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/profit-investment-ecosystem-catherine-austin-fitts-2012-02-13

Mar 19, 202342:26
Unburdening - Getting Some Things Off My Chest

Unburdening - Getting Some Things Off My Chest

Link to the map with Drucker: https://embed.kumu.io/d48093bc30060b1acd09df6bd11506a1#untitled-map?s=%23peter-drucker-austrian-management-theorist-prophet-of-stakeholder-capitalism

Mar 19, 202301:09:36
Flow Life Part 5 - Housing, Seniors, Sustainability, and Rehab in Florida with Brandi Hartley

Flow Life Part 5 - Housing, Seniors, Sustainability, and Rehab in Florida with Brandi Hartley

This is part of a series exploring themes related to Adam Neumann and Marc Andreessen's new venture, Flow.

Mar 15, 202302:11:35
Flow Life Part 4 - Property Technology and Web3 Space Colonies with Cliff Gomes

Flow Life Part 4 - Property Technology and Web3 Space Colonies with Cliff Gomes

This is part of a series exploring themes related to Adam Neumann and Marc Andreessen's new venture, Flow.

Mar 15, 202301:54:23
Flow Life Part 3 - Privatized Education, Affordable Housing, and Faith Institutions in Texas with Lynn Davenport

Flow Life Part 3 - Privatized Education, Affordable Housing, and Faith Institutions in Texas with Lynn Davenport

This is part of a series exploring topics related to Adam Neumann and Marc Andreessen's new venture, Flow.

Mar 15, 202302:50:37
Flow Life Part 2 - Smart Housing and Natural Capital with Leo Saraceno

Flow Life Part 2 - Smart Housing and Natural Capital with Leo Saraceno

Second in a series on Adam Neumann and Marc Andreessen's venture "Flow."

Mar 15, 202302:50:29
"Flow Life" Part 1 - Real Estate or Singularity

"Flow Life" Part 1 - Real Estate or Singularity

Part 1 of 6 - Series investigating the new "smart" rental project of Adam Neumann (WeWork) and Marc Andreessen (a16z).

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWx83Zb9oMY

Mar 11, 202303:01:30
Looking Around the Labyrinth - University City Science Center in Philadelphia, PA - Bibliometry, Digital Sensing, Learned Helplessness, and "Character"

Looking Around the Labyrinth - University City Science Center in Philadelphia, PA - Bibliometry, Digital Sensing, Learned Helplessness, and "Character"

This is the map: https://embed.kumu.io/8fc3c36cc7de713eab0e7d2a09bebdfb#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1ZZ2wyaEN2cQ%3D%3D

Mar 02, 202302:57:18
Alison and Cliff Gomes Discuss Naomi Wolf's Recent Substack Post on Evil and the Judeo-Christian Covenant

Alison and Cliff Gomes Discuss Naomi Wolf's Recent Substack Post on Evil and the Judeo-Christian Covenant

This is the post we are discussing. https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/have-the-ancient-gods-returned

Feb 27, 202303:25:32
Natural Assets, Sovereign Nature and Interspecies Games With Jason Bosch and Leo Saraceno

Natural Assets, Sovereign Nature and Interspecies Games With Jason Bosch and Leo Saraceno

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClFIDneMsw
Leo's article here: https://siliconicarus.org/2023/02/11/natural-asset-managers-how-decentralized-ledger-technology-will-drive-the-ecosystem-services-sector/

Feb 23, 202303:23:30
Halftime Super Bowl Analysis - Collective Intelligence, Stigmergy, and Pheromones

Halftime Super Bowl Analysis - Collective Intelligence, Stigmergy, and Pheromones

Blog post here: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2023/02/17/halftime-super-bowl-analysis-collective-intelligence-stigmergy-and-pheromones/

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQGag36nb8

Feb 17, 202302:34:18
Selling Us on "Game B" - Transmedia Storytelling, Neurohacking, and Alternative Futures

Selling Us on "Game B" - Transmedia Storytelling, Neurohacking, and Alternative Futures

Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEHDHuTcCvA

Feb 17, 202301:39:06
World Sensorium Read Aloud - Part 3

World Sensorium Read Aloud - Part 3

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Rqg1roy4Y

Feb 10, 202302:36:03
World Sensorium Read Aloud - Part 2

World Sensorium Read Aloud - Part 2

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5D-MLN7OwY

Feb 10, 202301:33:31
Overview of the "Handbook of Human Computation" 2013 - 1000+ Pages

Overview of the "Handbook of Human Computation" 2013 - 1000+ Pages

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGYE_fm_wmM

Book PDF here: https://wrenchinthegears.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Handbook-of-Human-Computation.pdf

Human Computation Institute - Cornell: https://humancomputation.org/

Feb 09, 202301:10:15
Oliver Reiser's "World Sensorium" (World Brain) Read-Aloud Part 1

Oliver Reiser's "World Sensorium" (World Brain) Read-Aloud Part 1

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmSE7uJhrjQ

This is the book: https://www.amazon.com/World-Sensorium-Social-Embryology-Federation/dp/1162738480/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QQRU2O6AAF2J&keywords=world+sensorium&qid=1675912128&sprefix=world+sensorium%2Caps%2C80&sr=8-1

Feb 09, 202359:20
"We" Read Aloud Part 3 - Site Visits To Mount Lemmon Outside Tucson, AZ

"We" Read Aloud Part 3 - Site Visits To Mount Lemmon Outside Tucson, AZ

Part of a series.

Feb 05, 202301:26:09
Ants in an Age of Artifice: Tucson Labyrinth

Ants in an Age of Artifice: Tucson Labyrinth

This is a presentation I gave in Tucson in Late November. We streamed it in early January with a Q&A following. 

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzUQzija-Z0

Feb 05, 202304:19:35
Dallas ESports and Bucky Ballers - Jason Bosch, Lynn Davenport, and Alison McDowell About Halfway Through

Dallas ESports and Bucky Ballers - Jason Bosch, Lynn Davenport, and Alison McDowell About Halfway Through

Jason and Lynn discuss her new article followed by live Q&A: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dallas-esports-bucky-ballers-lynn-davenport/?trackingId=H724pvZQRKyBi46agfC30Q%3D%3D

Feb 05, 202303:55:05
"We" Read Aloud Part 6 - Final Installment

"We" Read Aloud Part 6 - Final Installment

PDF of book: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61963/61963-h/61963-h.htm

Jan 02, 202348:19
"We" Read Aloud Part 5 - Yevgeny Zamyatin

"We" Read Aloud Part 5 - Yevgeny Zamyatin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZveGkaFuS9Q

Jan 01, 202301:34:05
Boiling Frogs Read Aloud - Plus, Complex Adaptive Systems, Geronimo's Stand, and Gamified Simulations

Boiling Frogs Read Aloud - Plus, Complex Adaptive Systems, Geronimo's Stand, and Gamified Simulations

This is the blog post I read from: https://wrenchinthegears.com/2019/02/21/boiling-frogs-building-brands-pgs-partnership-with-strive/ Here are the map links: Game B - https://embed.kumu.io/f1084564336eccfa12801c6d9400a205#untitled-map?s=%23game-b-decentralized-self-organizing MetaGame, Geronimo, ASU - https://embed.kumu.io/c54643f79d2a4c6887ac5c56f635869b#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1MWlUxMlFlTA%3D%3D Sandy Pentland - Open Mustard Seed - https://embed.kumu.io/6e4896abe1fa7b37c9944b8fd77a44e9#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS02Um9iaGl5Wg%3D%3D FDIC Mission Driven Bank , Microsoft & Calvert - https://embed.kumu.io/a1587cc1ee61b1cc6e2cfa591c15249e#untitled-map?s=bm9kZS1sOHJGY0ZaQQ%3D%3D

Dec 21, 202203:33:09
Collective Intelligence Experiment - "Freedom" and School "Choice" In Texas, Plus Revisiting Blockchain Futures Map for Institute for the Future

Collective Intelligence Experiment - "Freedom" and School "Choice" In Texas, Plus Revisiting Blockchain Futures Map for Institute for the Future

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lQzjWTK2M

Dec 18, 202201:01:17
"We" Read Aloud Part 4

"We" Read Aloud Part 4

Yevgeny Zamyatin 1921

Dec 13, 202201:10:04
"We" Part 2 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Read Aloud at Titan II Missile Silo NHS Green Valley, AZ

"We" Part 2 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Read Aloud at Titan II Missile Silo NHS Green Valley, AZ

PDF of "We" https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61963/61963-h/61963-h.htm

Dec 05, 202201:03:29