Interspecies Money & Rituals of the Profane
In this episode, Alison McDowell and Leo Saraceno discuss the implications of “interspecies currency” and bio-informational engineering in the context of efforts to gamify our interaction with nature in the emerging data economy. Alison and Leo break down the systems, symbols and organizations involved in this must-watch, maiden episode of the 53˚ Degree.
Episode No.1 Chapters:
00.00.00 – Intro
00.01.16 – Decentralization
00.02.30 – Giraffes on the Blockchain
00.05.15 – Sensors in the Grass
00.13.10 – The Queen’s DNA
00.18.00 – Deutsche Telekom Pink
00.24.58 – Track & Trace & Stake
00.31.10 – Oracles and Sigils
00.36.10 – Pseudo Religion
00.41.45 – Colonial Garden Tools
00.54.41 – Data Ownership vs Data Privacy
01.00.29 – Lord of the (Data) Flies
01.11.40 – Re-Minting Eugenics
Show Notes:
Third-party works and articles referenced in this episode
- Introducing: Interspecies Games
- Curve Labs
- Sovereign Nature Initiative Manifesto
- Breakthrough, Chapter Five (Source: https://www.brookings.edu/book/breakthrough/)
- Sensing the future of bio-informational engineering
- Data Garden Plant Sonification Workshop
- Leveraging Technology for the Planet
- Blockchain Futures
Works and articles by Podcast guests referenced in this episode:
Alison McDowell
Leo Saraceno
