Jon and Paul manage to fit some updates on Paul's latest projects in between long philosophical speculations on technology, humanity, and the intersection between the two.

The guys talk about relay monetization, Nodeless, Bitvora, and a whole lot about feed relays.

Jon and Jan discuss how nostr might serve businesses, by breaking down silos, reducing end-user and integrator complexity, and making businesses more easily able to custody their own business data.

In this episode of the Thank God for Nostr podcast, Hodlbod and Jordan discuss Anton Barba Kay's book 'A Web of Our Own Making.' They explore the book's themes, including the pervasive impact of digital distractions on personal engagement and commitment, the role of technology in human interaction, the tension between efficiency and human flourishing, and the pervasive impact of digital distractions on personal engagement and commitment. They explore how and if social media has a place in society and how technologies like Nostr can rewrite the tech narrative,

Hodlbod shares his thought process behind Flotilla, and asks himself the hard questions of how to reform social media for the good of real people.

Will shares his thoughts on the state of nostr, the importance of keeping things friendly for new users, and what he’s planning with nostrscript and nostrdb.

Tim shares his plans for nostr-safebox, a new e-cash wallet developed in python. His vision is to embed e-cash into all kinds of machines, creating a payment-enabled internet of things.

Jon and Nuh discuss the relative merits of pubky and nostr, touching on DHTs, relays, home servers, and a new way to think about DNS.

Artur explains his approach to nostr, his thoughts on building a business, and his effort to make NIP 46 remote signers work for everyone.

Jon and Verbiricha talk about their respective groups clients, their different approaches to building groups on nostr, and the things they've learned along the way.

Franzap and Hodlbod talk about the benefits and downsides of open source grants, and the future of making a living on nostr development.

Niel explains just a few aspects of his vision for how relays already work for communities, and how to build out that use case to do what big tech can’t.

In this episode we get into the weeds on the new “simple groups” proposal and sort out the good, bad, and ugly.

Jordan and Jon talk with Andrew McLuhan, the director of the McLuhan Institute, to explore the legacy of Marshall McLuhan and the nature of technology and its impact on individuals and culture. They discuss the history of the McLuhan Institute, McLuhan's literary approach to understanding media, the importance of the tetrad in analyzing media's effects, and the balance of optimism and pessimism regarding technology's role in society.

In this episode, Jordan and Hodlbod continue their discussion of Marshall McLuhan's book, 'Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man.' They explore the impact of technology and social media on our souls and examine how McLuhan's ideas can challenge programmers as they seek to build constructive forms of media.

Jon and Jordan begin a series discussing Marshall McLuhan's book Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. They explore McLuhan's concept of hot and cold media, the shift from a spoken word society to a written society and now to the electronic age, and how technology has the power to transform language and consciousness.

Jon and Jimmy discuss what Bitcoin and Nostr have to do with virtue, explore the possibility of social media platforms that encourage virtue and true community, and investigate different avenues for improving Nostr.

This week's episode is another panel from the TGFB24 Conference in which Jon participated. The panel was hosted by Paul of Mutiny and also featured Zack Mahoney and Cory Pyke of Indeehub.Studio and Skyler of Finite Supply. The panel was entitled, "Freedom Tech Stack" and addresses why and how Christians should think about and use technology.

Jon discussed the role and purpose of technology in his keynote presentation at the Thank God For Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville.

Neil and Jon talk nyms, badges, web of trust, communities, privacy, and how all those things fit together.