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“BIP361 gets activated for three years. You can spend from legacy scripts, that's what we have now, or a new post-quantum script that gets created. Then that phase is sunset. So after three years, or after two years, then the nodes reject legacy scripts. And so that effectively freezes vulnerable coins or old, old coins.”

“Freeze the coins. They're out of circulation, but just put them back into the money. They can be mined over the next 100 years. I think just freeze those coins, put them back in. I'm surprised at how controversial this is. I guess we'll get into maybe just skip to one of these news stories.”

“No major Wall Street institution was involved with Bitcoin in 2015 to 2017 at all, except for the CME. So now they need to get involved. They have clients, they have legal exposure. What are they gonna do? It's just a much bigger market now and the corporates are so much more important today.”

“If I'm a big asset manager, I'm just rejecting a fork out of hand that doesn't freeze the coins. It's too risky. So I think if there's a fork situation, there will be a market that emerges and the ETFs will pick one chain. They can't just have two; that's crazy.”

“There's actually no good outcome because either you let some random entity claim 1.7 million bitcoins, and we don't know who that is. It could be disastrous, it could be the end of Bitcoin. Or you change the core principle of Bitcoin, which is the monetary policy. That's also kind of unacceptable.”

“Trump tweeted that he was planning on destroying civilian infrastructure in Iran. It was going to be bridge and power plant day, basically promising war crimes, crimes against civilians, against the population of the country. And then in that same tweet or truth, he used the f word on Easter Sunday, and then he seemed to make fun of Islam. Praise Allah, he said. So in one short statement of about a 110 words, he seemed to give the finger to the world's two largest religions.”

“The one on the right is the one the president sent out. White House communications officer, whoever does this, sent out, and you'll notice that it's been changed. And the American soldier over the president's head, the president as Jesus' head, has been changed and is now, if you look very carefully, a demon, some kind of winged creature of hell. So it goes from an image that suggests, you know, healing and light to an image that suggests, I don't know, a scene from Revelation, John's vision on the Isle Of Patmos, the end times, the apocalypse, who knows?”

“Among them will be the rise of a figure he describes as the man of lawlessness, sometimes describes as the Antichrist. And he says this, there will be a great rebellion against God led by that man of lawlessness. This man, quote, will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God's temple proclaiming himself to be God. He will pose as God. He will mock other gods and put himself in their place.”

“In fact, many Republican leaders shrugged it off. Self professed Christians shrugged off, no big deal. You know, he's just just true socialing. Don't pay attention. It's just a joke. It's just a joke. What? You have no sense of humor? Mocking Jesus? Giving the finger to God? You're so uptight. And as for his attacks on the pope, republican leader after republican leader, including just hours ago, the speaker of the house, the self described Christian, fervent Christian, bible scholar, joined in attacking the pope.”

“It's a nation or it's a government anyway that has for a long time really acted in opposition, explicit opposition to the interest of Christians, not just in The United States, but around the world, or foreign policy, for example, seems to target Christians. And this has happened consistently enough that it's probably not an accidental byproduct of the policy. It may be the point of the policy.”

“I remember, when we walked in, to the stadium for the first time, Kipse reminded me of that she was playing, there twenty years ago and, you guys beat the Americas. And she was saying, in this weekend, it's gonna happen again. So, yeah. Her words, were true.”

“As Kim mentioned, Belgium upset The US finalists last year. They have won the Legion King Cup more than any other team 18 times, so it was a big upset. And, Hana got her first top 20 win. She's 21 years old. She's had an incredible season so far. Just broke into the top 100 for the first time.”

“I'm working already a long time with the same team, which I feel really good with. But we always said that if I would get to a point where I would be close to a 100, it would be very good for me to have a ex player in my team, because it's always it's always different to have the opinion of someone who has felt the emotions on court, who who knows how it is to play there, to play for the first time.”

“It's not only, yeah. The the experience. It's also a bit tactical. She or I play a bit like she did. Also using the slice and having to make my opponent play bad, not just winning it by having big strokes because, yeah, a lot of, players have good strokes, nowadays on tour.”

“I went twenty minutes before the match match with Kirsten to the to the court already. There were a lot of people in the crowd and we just stood there for a few minutes. So we talked a bit and she just told me to to enjoy the moment that this is what we all been working hard for.”

“Every generation has these existential threats, climate change, COVID. There's always and and now it's AI. Then there was this invention called the Haber Bosch process where they figured out how to take nitrogen from the atmosphere, compress it, and make fertilizer. Boom. Suddenly, population skyrocketed.”

“We've already seen in just the last couple of weeks this insane shift in AI where people don't have to run models in the cloud anymore. They can run models on their desktop at home. So there's no longer, like, a dependency on Google or dependency on, you know, pick your favorite hosted model provider. I can download an open source model, and there's plenty of great models. I can run it on a Mac computer in my house.”

“In the West, we have so much more to lose than there is to gain. In China, GDP per capita skyrocketed from 3,000 to 30,000 in just a couple of years. I mean, imagine seeing the average person's income in a country go up by 10x, and everyone's moving from farms to villages to cities. And the cities are like the future. Like, it's been an extraordinary trajectory.”

“All technology shifts go through a phase of diffusion. Meaning, they have to start somewhere. It's not like we turn on a switch, and suddenly everyone can build an Etsy store or a Shopify store. But, like, eventually, every technology commoditizes. That's what's so amazing about technology is it, like, it's always diffusing. Like, this new innovation finds its way out.”

“And now, CAR T therapy is making its way into more and more cancer treatments. And it is like almost a hundred percent, like, success rate in blood cancers when it works. And so it's becoming this thing that goes from millions of dollars to 1,000,000 to 500 and pretty soon to 50k, 20k, and eventually 5k. And that ends that disease.”

“He stands on a bridge in Kyoto, the story goes, and every samurai he tries to cross it, Benkei fights him. And he is so invincible that he ends up with 999 swords. So he's got one sword to go to make the thousand. And his opponent is a very slight, elegant youth, wearing a woman's cloak, who'd been playing the flute as he approached the bridge. Well, maybe, because he turns out to be so formidable an opponent that Benkei ends up defeated.”

“The Tyra have control over Kyoto, the great imperial capital. They have the imperial family under their thumb, and they had expelled the Minamoto pretty much from the kind of civilised centre of Japan. And they have all been disbursed to the barbarous northeastern stretches of Japan. They also control the inland sea, which kind of lies between western Honshu and the two islands south of it. So the the Taira basically rule the waves, right?”

“Yoshitsune had been brought up in complete ignorance of his father's identity. He did not know that he was the son of this great Minamoto lord. And then at the age of six, he gets packed off by Kiyomori to a monastery north of Kyoto on the slopes of Mount Karama. Kiyomori's plan is that Yoshitsune will grow up in harmless and ignorant seclusion as a monk. He doesn't know who his father is, doesn't know that he's a Minamoto, and he's a monk, so therefore, hopefully he's not going to grow up to become a samurai.”

“It tells how he's this young boy in his monastery, and then a servant who is loyal to his father's memory reveals to him his true identity. And Yoshitsune then goes up onto the side of the mountain of Mount Kurama, and he meets the great Tengu, who is the spirit lord of the mountain. And very fortunately for Yoshitsune, the greatest teacher of martial arts anywhere in the cosmos, and the great Tengu instructs Yoshitsune in swordsmanship. So, in a sense, he is Yoda to Yoshitsune's Luke.”

“It's only when Yoshitsune is 20, so this is in the year 1180, that at last we get real historical certainty. Because this is the year when he emerges from this kind of obscurity that he's been veiled throughout his youth, to join his half-brother, Yoritomo, who is now the head of the Minamoto clan. And this is a very dramatic moment because the two half-brothers have never met before. And it happens in the most iconic place, possibly in the whole of Japan in the shadow of Mount Fuji.”

“Diplomats indicate that the latest round of talks has ended without a clear path forward.”

“A new bipartisan bill seeks to create a regulatory framework for large-scale AI models.”

“Brent crude prices jumped three percent following news of the refinery shutdown.”

“Residents across three states are being told to seek shelter as the storm front moves east.”

“The findings suggest a direct correlation between plastic particles and heart disease markers.”

“They're recovering from the trauma that they experienced living in captivity. And for them to open up and trust you while you are there with them, helping them work through it, it's indescribable.”

“Elephants are intelligent and social. They especially respond to reunions, the birth of a new calf, or the death of a loved one. They're capable of complex emotions, and Buckley says they're sensitive to what's happening around them.”

“The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day-long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber. The battle between the rebellious Freedom Caucus and McCarthy has been at the heart of an averted debt ceiling crisis.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country.”

“2023 also saw the roots of a global banking crisis arise out of four American regional banks, the two largest being Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank. 2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year.”

“They're recovering from the trauma that they experienced living in captivity. And for them to open up and trust you while you are there with them, helping them work through it, it's indescribable.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country, in which such large diverse groups, such as Teamsters and Auto Workers won new contracts.”

“Additionally, the latter half of the year saw many large mergers and acquisitions, some of the largest announcements being in oil and gas with ExxonMobil's purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources for nearly $60 billion and Chevron's acquisition of Hess Corporation for $50 billion, both in October and pending regulatory approval prior to closure.”

“2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year. The Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25% from 4.5% to 4.75%.”

“The 118th United States Congress convenes following the 2022 midterm elections for the next four days, 15 sessions transpire to determine the Speaker of the House of Representatives. This is the first time that a House Speaker was not determined by an initial vote in over 99 years.”

“When Mundy first arrived in Georgia, she was kept apart from the other elephants by a fence. Carol Buckley, who cares for the animals here, says she wasn't sure how the others would react. But one of them, called Tara, took an interest right away. I'm kind of in shock. I wanted to feed Mundy and Tara close together. And so I fed Tara over here. She picked up her food and brought it right over to the fence line here so she could be eating with Mundy.”

“Additionally, the latter half of the year saw many large mergers and acquisitions, some of the largest announcements being in oil and gas with ExxonMobil's purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources for nearly $60 billion and Chevron's acquisition of Hess Corporation for $50 billion, both in October and pending regulatory approval prior to closure.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country, in which such large diverse groups, such as Teamsters and Auto Workers won new contracts.”

“2023 also saw the roots of a global banking crisis arise out of four American regional banks, the two largest being Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank. 2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year.”

“The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day-long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber. The battle between the rebellious Freedom Caucus and McCarthy has been at the heart of an averted debt ceiling crisis and the annual budget debate nearly devolving into a government shutdown.”

“I'm kind of in shock. I wanted to feed Mundy and Tara close together. And so I fed Tara over here. She picked up her food and brought it right over to the fence line here so she could be eating with Mundy. So you tell me what that means. I think that is really good.”

“The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day-long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber. The battle between the rebellious Freedom Caucus and McCarthy has been at the heart of an averted debt ceiling crisis and the annual budget debate nearly devolving into a government shutdown.”

“2023 also saw the roots of a global banking crisis arise out of four American regional banks, the two largest being Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank. 2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country, in which such large diverse groups, such as Teamsters and Auto Workers won new contracts.”

“Additionally, the latter half of the year saw many large mergers and acquisitions, some of the largest announcements being in oil and gas with ExxonMobil's purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources for nearly $60 billion and Chevron's acquisition of Hess Corporation for $50 billion, both in October and pending regulatory approval prior to closure.”

“AI makes papers richer and broader, but not deeper.”

“AI makes papers richer and broader, but not deeper.”

“They're recovering from the trauma that they experienced living in captivity. And for them to open up and trust you while you are there with them, helping them work through it, it's indescribable. They feel all the vibration and energy that comes into their area, which is one of the reasons we're not open to the public.”

“The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day-long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber. The battle between the rebellious Freedom Caucus and McCarthy has been at the heart of an averted debt ceiling crisis.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country.”

“Additionally, the latter half of the year saw many large mergers and acquisitions, some of the largest announcements being in oil and gas with ExxonMobil's purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources for nearly $60 billion and Chevron's acquisition of Hess Corporation for $50 billion, both in October and pending regulatory approval.”

“2023 also saw the roots of a global banking crisis arise out of four American regional banks, the two largest being Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank. 2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year.”

“In LA, a jury found that Meta and YouTube had been negligent in the way that they designed features, that they said were harmful to this plaintiff. They have to pay $6 million combined to this plaintiff. And then in New Mexico, the jury said, we believe that Meta has violated the state's Unfair Practices Act and has misled consumers about the safety of its products and has endangered children.”

“The second big reason that these cases are really important is that they appear to have opened up a crack in Section 230 of our Communications Decency Act here, which for 30 years has been essentially the foundation that the entire internet rests on. Section 230 is the law that says that in most cases, these platforms cannot be held liable for what their users post.”

“These are what are called bellwether cases. These are the cases that if successful are going to open the floodgates for lots of other people to sue under the same theory. It seems like juries are just going to be really, really sympathetic to these claims.”

“This is not about, 'oh, I got harmed by this particular piece of content.' This is about the design of the whole platform. The design feels defective. And the really crazy thing about these cases, Kevin, is that juries agreed with these plaintiffs for the first time. And they said, we like this theory. We think these products are defective.”

“Sebastian Mallaby, the author of “The Infinity Machine,” joins us to talk about the three years he spent with Demis Hassabis and those closest to Google DeepMind. We discuss his new book on Google DeepMind and Demis Hassabis' quest to build super intelligence.”

“OpenAI has just acquired the popular tech show TBPN, the Technology Business Programming Network. This is OpenAI's first big move into owning a media company, but this isn't a classic media company, right? They're not buying the New York Times, or, you know, the Wall Street Journal or something. They're buying kind of one of these up-and-coming tech shows that has only been around for 18 months.”

“They said that their team is still going to have quote, run their program, choose their guests and make their own editorial decisions. So even if OpenAI owns them, they're allowed to say whatever they want. I was actually reading some tweets by the founders, and they were like, look, sometimes we've been critical of OpenAI, and we hope to still be critical of them and other people in the future.”

“OpenAI right now is planning to kind of go beyond just owning the show. They're also going to tap the founders, what they said, they're, quote, amazing comms and marketing instincts. So I think beyond just like, hey, we want to get like this kind of YouTube channel that does AI news, they want to grab those founders and they want to get their communications and their communications instincts.”

“I think once all this is finalized, TBPN is going to sit under OpenAI's strategy team. They're going to report to Leon, who's a long time political strategist. He's often described as a practitioner of the quote, political dark arts. Lehman also played a big role in shaping a lot of the different political narratives inside of Washington, including the crypto industry SuperPAC, FairShake.”

“She basically pointed out that TBPN's style is really uniquely suited for a company like OpenAI, where quote, the standard communications playbook just doesn't apply. So I think like if you kind of read between the lines there, basically they're saying traditional PR isn't enough for OpenAI. It's one of these really consequential technologies shaping what's happening.”