My guest today is Doug Antin, the Founder and Author of TSI Global Media, who writes The Sovereign Individual Weekly Newsletter, picking up where The Sovereign Individual left off and exploring the digital transformation in real-time. Doug is the return guest of my podcast. Last time, we discussed how to become a sovereign individual, digital transformation trends, cultivating multiple income streams and writing a newsletter. In today’s episode, we discussed the following: 1. A quick review of the past year from a sovereign individual's perspective. 2. Has the concept of a "Sovereign Individual" evolved in the face of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and blockchain? 3. How can one find the right community as a sovereign individual? 4. A brief review of The Network State, a book by Balaji Srinivasan. 5. How is technology empowering individuals and changing the way we live and work? 6. How can individuals stay updated with the latest technological and digital transformation developments? 7. The process of writing The Sovereign Individual Weekly newsletter and the discussion on free and paid content as a creator. 8. How can we cultivate media literacy in today's abundant information and potential misinformation world? 9. The current global affairs and how the role of government is evolving in a world where individuals have more power and control over their lives through technology? 10. How can governments address the increasing conflict between remote workers and local residents? 11. Two trends to look for in a remote worker who adapts to an asynchronous way of working. Books and links mentioned in this episode: * The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg * The Sovereign Individual Weekly * Plumia * The Network State * What do I think about network states? * beehiiv — The newsletter platform built for growth * How to be a Digital Nomad in Portugal? * 2024 United States presidential election * [Cash Reserves Definition](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/cash-reserves.asp#:~:text=66 license holder.-,What Are Cash Reserves%3F,also be called cash reserves.) * Follow Doug on Twitter

My guest today is Angelo Alessio. He is the co-founder and protocol architect at buildcities.network, which allows anyone in web3 to overlay their digital communities on top of existing cities. We discussed: 1. What is the build_cities? What are the four phases of building this protocol for startup cities? **** 2. How build_cities can facilitate an online community for meetups and crowdfunding IRL? 3. What are the three types of startup cities? 4. In build_cities, why keep the current city maps rather than disrupt the old ones to build something from scratch? 5. How does Angelo meet his co-founders and work remotely building this project？ 6. What is the biggest lesson Angelo learned from his US army time? 7. How do we define an MVC (Minimum Viable City)? Is there a city blueprint IRL build_cities would like to follow? 8. Share some other projects in the Network State dashboard 9. The biggest roadblock that prevents building build_cities. 10. How can people get involved in build_cities? Links mentioned in this episode: * Join build_ * Follow Angelo on Twitter * Interview: Building Web3 Cities * Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City * How is Making Friends Changing? * Startup Cities Map * build_cities State of the Union * CityCoins * The Network State * What do I think about network states? * Tour of the Innovation Den, Coeur d'Alene * It's illegal to hurt a robot in this town * The Network State Dashboard * Build Cities: A Protocol for Network States with Angelo Alessio * Build Cities with CityDAO

My guest today is Chen Qiufan, also known as Stanley Chan. He is an award-winning Chinese science fiction writer, columnist, and scriptwriter. Chen's fiction, described as "science fiction realism", focuses on individuals' internal struggles during times of accelerated change. And recently, he collaborated with Kai-Fu Lee to co-write and publish a novel called AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future. We discussed: 1. How did Qiufan and Kai-fu come up with the idea to co-write a sci-fi book, and what are some AI-related technologies mentioned in the book? 2. How can we prepare for the future facing God-like AI technology such as DeepFake? 3. What moral and ethical code should we consider when we can bring dead people “alive” using AI tools? 4. What are some concerns about using AI arts creations tools like MidJourney? 5. Should artists and writers be worried that AI will replace them in the future? 6. How writers can embrace new technologies and build a new way to communicate with readers? 7. What’s Chen Qiufan’s philosophy regarding creating his sci-fi stories compared with Liu Cixin (Three Body Problems)? 8. A brief introduction to Chinese Chaoshan culture and Chinese New Year rituals. 9. Do Chinese people have religions? What’s the relationship between religion and science? 10. How ancient Chinese books and schools of thought inspired sci-fi creation? 11. Briefly discuss psychedelic and human consciousness. 12. What’s the meaning of life from a sci-fi writer’s perspective? Books and Links mentioned in this episode: * Chen Qiufan website * A sci-fi vision of life in 2041 * AI 2041 by Dr. Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan * Ai Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order * Chinese writer Su Shi * Joe Rogan interviews Steve Jobs * Midjourney * NEARCON BETA 2022 * AI 2041 - TRLab * The Subtle Art NFT Collection * The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin * Chaoshan Culture * Waste Tide * The Large Hadron Collider * I Ching * Opium Wars * Stanley Kubrick * Gaia DAO

This is the special episode featured a guest speaker Eric Jorgenson at 1729writers Cohort 2. 1729writers is a group of writers inside of the 1729 online community. We explore issues related to the Network State, seek truth, wealth and health and share our ideas and thoughts in public. It’s a great pleasure to have Eric attend one of our weekly community calls and discuss his process of writing the Almanack of Naval Ravikant and the Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan, the framework of leverage and productizing oneself, followed by the Q&A sessions with the community members. I hope you enjoy the show. Topic covered: * The behind scene story of writing the Almanack of Naval Ravikant and Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan * How to overcome the different types of writers’ block? * What’s the leverage framework, and why is it so important? * How to gain insane leverage from advanced delegation? * How to achieve peak performance with an ultralworking framework? * How to balance using Twitter to add value to your life and career? * How to stay motivated to be a high-agency person? Books/links mentioned in this episode: * Eric Jorgenson website * 1729writers Articles Collection * Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher - Farnam Street * Naval Ravikant - The Joe Rogan Experience * The Network State * Almanack of Naval Ravikant * Almanack of Balaji Srinivasan * Jorgenson’s Soundbox Episode 38: Robert Hayes and Chris Ho of Athena * The Three-Body Problem * Ultraworking

My guest today is Tom Morgan. Tom is the return guest, and we discussed Joseph Cambell, Carl Jung, Jorden Peterson and Iain McGilchrist in episode #129. Today, we talked about… 1. Commentary on David Fuller's article about Jordan Peterson from two people who are relatively familiar with JP's works. 2. Revisit the Hero Journey coined by Joseph Campbell. 3. Why is it dangerous to apply pattern recognition skills to things we don't fully understand? 4. How shall we deconstruct myth and live between myth and metaphor? 5. How to improve embodiment cognition to make sense of ourselves and the world? 6. Why is the fitness landscape essential, and how can we use that to achieve our human potential? 7. How to get along with the monologue of the voice within your head? 8. How can we leverage the force from the heart to follow our bliss? 9. The importance of setting up family interviews and getting memories on papers or tapes. 10. Anecdotes about Sir John Morgan "I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity." - Oliver W. Holmes Books and links mentioned in today’s episode * What Happened to Jordan Peterson? * Intellectual dark web * Live Not By Lies * Hero Journey * Biblical Series XIII: Jacob’s Ladder * The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn * Mike Hill * John Vervaeke * Channel McGilchrist * Philosophy for life by Jules Evans * Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd * How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil * SCOTT ALEXANDER book review * Sam Harris & Peterson Debate the "Truth" * The Most Interesting Man in Finance * The Voice Telling You It's Time To Move * 21 Useful Ideas. 1 Big One. * Fitness landscape * Focusing by Eugene T. Gendlin * The Secret Life of Plants

Kia Ora, Nihao and hello! Welcome to the Chiwi Journal Podcast. I’m your host Camellia Yang. My guest today is Derek Sivers. Derek has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He’s an author of four books, Anything You Want, Your Music and People, Hell Yeah or No, and How to Live. In today’s episode, we talked about… * The benefit of keep moving across the world and breaking the rules. * How do different cities shape one’s identity and expand one’s worldview? * How to say goodbye to old identities that no longer serve you? * The pros and cons of being a solitary socialite. * Why shouldn’t you wait for inspiration to come? * How to be a considerate content creator? * The good side of daydreaming and building future possibility folders * How to approach our life? * How do physical locations matter to your morale? * Why do people like to use stereotypes to pre-judge others, and why is it so hard to break? * Learning Mandarin and Portuguese. Books/links mentioned in this episode * You don’t have to be local * Moving for good * Solitary socialite * Daydreaming is my favorite pastime * Possible futures * Anything You Want * Derek Sivers TED Talks * Your Music and People * Hell year or no * How to Live * Cities and Ambition - Paul Graham * The Michel Thomas Method to learn language * Practice Portuguese: Learn European Portuguese * Fernando Pessoa * Philosophy: a Complete Introduction - by Sharon Kaye * Mark Manson - Life Advice That Doesn't Suck * The Subtle Art NFT Collection - BookCoin™ Check out Derek Sivers' website and introduce yourself :)

My guest today is Bear Liu. Bear is a product designer and design mentor. He hosts an award-winning podcast show called BearTalk, focused on sharing his learnings and ideas in design and personal experiences in reading and parenting. In this episode, we talked about: 1. How do Chinese people pick up their English names? 2. From working at a ‘tier 18’ city in China as a designer and building a business in web2 to migrant to New Zealand to raise a family —- Bear’s story as an immigrant. 3. How to navigate life while moving to a new country, finding a new job and welcoming a newborn at the same time? 4. Why is it essential to have a role model to learn and mimic, especially in difficult life moments? 5. What does it feel like to start a tech podcast in 2012 and win an award from Apple? 6. What motivates Chinese speakers to create content in English? What emotional journey did we go through? 7. How create content online can change people’s life? 8. Two tips on being a productive content creator that can keep publishing content consistently. 9. What tools do we use as bilingual content creators? How to find our audiences, and how to measure success? 10. How to start a content creator journey while still working full-time and having a family to look after？ 11. What’s the NO.1 lesson to pass on to the next generation? Books/links and creators tools mentioned in this episode: * Bear’s website * New Zealand Silver Fern Visa * Les Mills: Taking Fitness to the Next Level * Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger * Grammarly: Free Online Writing Assistant * Notion * Readwise * Libby App * Drafts | Where Text Starts * Dao De Jing: A Philosophical Translation * I Ching * Conversation with Bear Liu in Chinese

My guest today is Lauren Razavi. Lauren is a writer, speaker and strategist working at the intersection of technology, business, policy, and human behaviour. She is the author of the book Global Natives and writes the Counterflows newsletter about borderless living. Lauren was an early adopter of remote work and has lived as a digital nomad since 2013. Currently, she is Executive Director of Plumia, the mission to build an internet country for digital nomads, at the Y Combinator alumni company SafetyWing. In this episode, we discussed: 1. Lauren’s digital nomad journey as an early adopter since 2013. 2. Who coined the term a digital nomad? How digital nomad lifestyle has evolved from subculture to mainstream? 3. How do individuals design lifestyles based on the remote working trend? 4. Why we should rethink global mobility? How policymakers should adjust their strategy to build up a remote working and digital nomads friendly environment? 5. A brief introduction of Plumia and Nomad Border Pass (Nomad Passport)? 6. The history of Leagues of Nations and our current passport system. 7. What makes a good nomad hub? 8. What are the biggest challenges facing digital nomads? How to make new friends with fellow nomads and locals in a new city? 9. The rise of subscription living and slow travel. 10. Why we should read Global Natives book and advocate for global mobility for our human progression’s sake? Books/links mentioned in this episode: * Global Natives * The Digital Nomad by Tsugio Makimoto * The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss * Nomadlist.com by Pieter Levels * Tony Blair Institute for Global Change * Plumia: building a borderless future through a country on the internet * SafetyWing - Insurance for Nomads, by Nomads * Plumia 10-Year Roadmap * League of Nations * DIGITAL NOMADS Madeira Islands * Gonçalo Hall, a person behind the First Digital Nomad Village in Ponta do Sol, Madeira * Hacker Paradise * So you want to be a Sovereign Individual? * 2022 State of Digital Nomads * Subscription Living: Zoku * Counterflows Newsletter

My guest today is Bianca Caruana. Bianca is a storyteller, podcast host, sustainability & equality advocate and writer at The Altruistic Traveller. Bianca and I had a serendipitous encounter in Aveiro (Thanks to Pieter Levels’ Nomadlist.com), and we immediately clicked because we shared similar backgrounds and spiritual growth journeys. In this episode, we discussed... 1. How to be a sustainable traveller and leverage your skillsets to travel around the world without costing a big fortune? 2. What’s the wake-up call for us to trust and surrender to the universe instead of trying to control our life? 3. How to do our own personal reverse engineering to find out who we are NOT in order to know who we really are on a deeper level? 4. How to overcome the fear of judgment, transform from our old identities and embrace a new life? 5. How does adapting to be a digital nomad lifestyle help us find a sense of belonging and feel seen? 6. Why should you write books and poetries to keep a record of your life and express your feelings? 7. A couple of serendipitous stories on life is only making sense when you look back and connect the dots 8. What’s the Vipassana meditation? What could you get from it? 9. How to find the meditation method that suits you? 10. The benefits of sacred plant medicine and what to pay attention to when experiencing psychedelic trips? 11. How to cultivate empathy? Books/links mentioned in this episode: * Bianca’s blog The Altruistic Traveller * Bianca's Podcast * The Altruistic Traveller instagram * Workaway * Trusted House Sitters (get 25% off) * The Invisible Third Culture Adult: A book about meaning and identity * Chiwi Journal Vol 1&2 * The Rookery Nook and Brontë Parsonage * Vipassana Meditation * National Anthem: Malta - L-Innu Malti * Qigong * Tao Te Ching * I Ching * Transcendental Meditation® Technique * Understand Myself

My guest today is Antoine Dusséaux. Antoine is a legaltech entrepreneur based in London and co-founded Doctrine, the first legal information platform. He’s passionate about law, economics, geopolitics, and languages. In this episode, we discussed: 1. How to describe 1729 and Network State to children to help them understand this progressive technical concept? 2. What are the fundamental values that bonded the 1729 community? What 1729 community members in common? 3. What's so special about El Salvador? Will the World's First Bitcoin City be the protocol that other countries can learn from? 4. Share the first-hand experience of exploring bitcoin's daily user case in El Salvador. 5. How to be a responsible global citizen and make sense of our world? 6. What's the secret of learning foreign languages as an adult (Antoine is a native French speaker who learned to speak Chinese, Russian and Arabic)? 7. What others hold a stereotype about China is wrong based on your first-hand experience working in a Chinese factory? 8. What's the underground church in China? 9. The relationship between languages and ideologies 10. Why should you start to write online and build connections? Books/links mentioned in this episode * 1729.com * The Network State: How To Start a New Country book by Balaji Srinivasan * Real Bitcoin use cases in El Salvador * Antoine’s Newsletter on Product, Law, Economics, Geopolitics, and Languages * Underground church * Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador * How to be fluent in 6 months? * Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang * Handan, City in China * Cultural intelligence: Become a global citizen * Linguistic relativity * Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters * What do Taiwanese think of simplified Chinese? * Transcript: Vladimir Putin’s Televised Address on Ukraine * Learning new languages with Pimsleur * Build a Personal Monopoly * How to Increase Your Luck Surface Area * 1729 Writers Collection

My guest today is Vicci. She is an experienced video producer and digital marketer and hosts a podcast Big Little Screens commenting about British/American TV shows to Chinese audiences. Vicci and I had a girl's chat and recorded this special episode while drinking a bottle of Italian wine and Japanese Umeshu. Cheers, and enjoy 😊 1. Why do many Chinese people born in the 1980s/90s have the American dream? 2. Our first trip to English speaking counties — Australia and New Zealand. 3. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...” what does London mean to us? 4. What’s so special about London’s blue plaques? 5. What biggest TV hits from Britain influenced Chinese people a lot? 6. The comparison of American and British genres on small screens. 7. Let’s talk about class, race, war, dating, stereotypes and diversity in the British context 8. What are the challenges of cross-cultural communications? Why is there always a media bias between east and west? 9. How to learn a second/third language as an adult? 10. Why it’s so hard to be a female fan in male’s dominant area, e.g. sports and entertainment industry 11. What do we learn about turning 30? Shows/movies/links mentioned in this episode: 1. Vicci’s Podcast 2. Tour in England: National Trust 3. The Rookery Nook and Brontë Parsonage - Haworth 4. Chatsworth House 5. Blue Plaques | English Heritage 6. George Orwell’s London Map 7. Sherlock Holmes Museum 8. Paddington 9. Downton Abbey 10. Years and Years 11. Sex Education 12. Fleabag 13. Bridgerton 14. Comedian Daniel Sloss 15. After Life 16. Inside No. 9 17. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging 18. The Surprising Origins of the Fortune Cookie 19. Public dating profile template 20. tick, tick...BOOM! 21. Dark | Netflix Official Site 22. Ted Lasso 23. David Bowie - The Boy From Brixton 24. Gaga: Five Foot Two

My guest today is David Senra. David is the host of podcast shows Founders. Every week, he reads a biography of an entrepreneur so listeners can learn the lessons from those greatest history and modern figures. In this episode, we discussed: 1. What motivated David to start this niche show to share his learnings of biography and autobiography? 2. How many founders were influenced by those who came before (e.g. Jobs influenced by Edwin Land, Bezos influenced by Sam Walton etc.)? And what’s so special about Benjamin Franklin? 3. What’s the most inspiring story among 200+ founders stories David read? And what’s one unbelievable story from listeners that drove David jumped out of bed every morning? 4. What are the top THREE lessons previous founders can teach and impact current founders? 5. Where do founders like Micheal Jordan and Larry Ellison’s drive come from? 6. What are some intriguing individual connections among founders that surprised us? 7. What creators can learn from Ernest Hemingway, George Lucas and Stephen King? 8. What essential mindset should founders have to turn problems into opportunities? 9. Why shouldn’t current founders follow the formula but focus on the lessons provided by the previous founders? 10. What’s the ONE thing that founders regret on their deathbed? 11. What would David’s biography be? What legacy does he want to leave to his children based on his learnings? Books/links mentioned in this episode: * Dan Carlin Hardcore History * Kevin Rose interviewing Elon Musk * Jocko Podcast * The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by ERIC JORGENSON * Founders Podcast Books List * Insisting On the Impossible : The Life of Edwin Land * Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire * Indie Hackers Interviewing Pieter Levels * Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automobile Empire * Born of This Land: My Life Story by Chung Ju-Yung * Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike * Most Recommended Books by Richard Reis * Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony by Akio Morita * Dru Riley 100 Rules — Personal Philosophy * Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life * Driven From Within by Michael Jordan and Mark Vancil Full shownote