The web3 podcast where we don't talk about web3 that much.
They say that game developers know more about human nature than psychologists, but gamers themselves are a close second if we can look at why we enjoy certain games over others.
My guest this week is Sam Simmons, Co-Founder at Mintpass: a collecting experience that makes your travels a part of your digital identity. Previously he spent 9 years rising up to become the President at PokerGo, a world-leader in poker television. But his resume started where a lot of web3 builders start: MMOs.
In this episode we hear about stories from Sam’s years spent around the highest level players in poker, reverse engineering WoW and other MMOs and why they’re so addictive, and gut check the difference between fandom and community (sneak peak: most web3 “communities” are more like fan bases).
People listening: I hope you enjoy this long overdue episode.
-Making the best decisions with the information you have. Not outcomes based. -Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke “Resulting” -Variance and volume in poker win out: www.888poker.com/magazine/strategy/understanding-poker-variance-will-help-you-cope-downswings -Quote: Game developers know more about psychology than psychologists. -Gamification done right: Attainable but challenging -Having different ways to do things well -Yu Kai Chou - Actionable Gamification: www.amazon.com/Actionable-Gamification-Beyond-Points-Leaderboards-ebook/dp/B00WAOGY4U -8 things that drive us to do what we do -Higher purpose - Narrative around why you should do something -White hat vs black hat - Some tactics make you feel good, others bad. -Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke: www.amazon.com/Thinking-Bets-Making-Smarter-Decisions/dp/0735216355 www.quantifiedstrategies.com/annie-duke-thinking-in-bets/#:~:text=We%20judge%20the%20quality%20of,book%20called%20Thinking%20In%20Bets. -Every hand revealed - Gus Hansen: www.amazon.com/Every-Hand-Revealed-Gus-Hansen/dp/0818407271 -Zero to One - Peter Thiel: www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296 -Stoicism - Ryan Holiday - Daily Stoic: ryanholiday.net/ -The Messy Middle - Scott Belsky: www.amazon.com/Messy-Middle-Finding-Through-Hardest/dp/0735218072 -Atomic Habits - James Clear: www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299 -Every action you take each day is a vote for the person you want to be.
Season 2 of People Talking is here with 2 new episodes 👉👉💥💥
People Talking is the web3 podcast that's not about web3. We bring on web3 heavy hitters and cover topics outside of web3 that influence how they approach the space. That's a massive sandbox to play in.
Ep1 is with Francesco Bisardi, a crypto and AI OG where we cover how to practically use AI today for business and pleasure, alpha on high-signal people to follow in AI, and more. Also, he's an Italian powerlifting champion. That wasn't on my bingo card.
Ep2 is with Jon Hillis of Cabin, a provider of coliving neighborhoods in nature for creators and remote workers. We cover everything from stories of working through the chaos of COVID to new theories of human nature.
As always, I hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed talking.
P.S. if you can like/subscribe/follow/rate etc whereever you're watching, it really helps the show out and if it was onchain you would get credit but since it's off chain you'll just have to accept my gratitude 😁
Humpty Calderon of Crypto Sapiens - Collecting - S1E8
Hey People Listening, have you ever collected Pokemon or Yugioh cards? Did you have as absurd of a Beenie Baby collection as I did? Did you try to justify all of this spending to your parents who reluctantly relinquished hundreds or thousands of dollars for this seemingly pointless stuff? This episode is for you.
Humpty Calderon, founder and host of the CryptoSapiens podcast, has always been an avid collector of many things: comic books and manga, action figures, whisky, watches, and of course digital collectibles. In this episode he shares his story of collecting, why he does it, and a glimpse into his factors for what makes something collectible. I don’t think I have to harp too much on why this is relevant to web3.
Enjoy!
Humpty’s Twitter: twitter.com/humptycalderon Crypto Sapiens Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/3yS1Y61r0XkogChx12JQ2q Collecting: An Urge That’s Hard to Resist: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-mind-collector/202010/collecting-urge-s-hard-resist Teddy Baldassarre Watch YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@TeddyBaldassarre The Urban Gentry Watch YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@theurbangentry Watchfinder and Co YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@watchfinder Theo and Harris Watch YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@TheoandHarris Wristwatch Revival YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival Gerald Genta Designer of Nautilus and Royal Oak: www.geraldgenta-heritage.com/gerald-genta Tikkon Kinkreet Manga: myanimelist.net/manga/442/Tekkon_Kinkreet The Once and Future King - TH White: www.goodreads.com/book/show/43545.The_Once_and_Future_King Reinventing Organizations: : A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness - Frederic Laloux: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20787425-reinventing-organizations SPB143 Seiko Watch: www.seikowatches.com/us-en/products/prospex/spb143j1 GS SBGW289: www.grand-seiko.com/us-en/collections/sbgw289g Hodinkee: www.hodinkee.com/ Goldammer Vintage Watches YT Channel: www.youtube.com/@GoldammerVintageWatches
Dougie DeLuca of Figment Capital - Music, Aliens, and Native American History - S1E7
How the hell could music, aliens and native American history have any possible connection to web3? You'd be surprised.
Okay actually the Alien conversation was unplanned and had no tie in, but it was still fun.
Dougie DeLuca has been an analyst in the Cosmos ecosystem for 3 years now and has been at Figment capital for over a year. Enjoy this wide ranging conversation between making music and how it’s a nice break for your brain from the screen, a quick debate on whether or not aliens have visited earth, and the surprising lessons from distributed communities of Native Americans and what they can teach us about designing our own communities.
Dougie’s Twitter: twitter.com/DougieDeLuca Figment Capital: twitter.com/FigmentCapital Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America: www.amazon.com/Indigenous-Continent-Contest-North-America/dp/1631496999 History of Guerilla Warfare in the Adirondacks: hamiltoncs.org/forever-wild/military-history/history-of-guerrilla-warfare/ Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World Dougie’s Deep Dive Thread of Threads: twitter.com/DougieDeLuca/status/1485688448325402624 Mysterious Universe Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/2jUIHJh8tpRxk6YLafhswz Fermi Paradox: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox Obol and distributed validator technology: obol.tech/ Patrick star, push our validators somewhere else: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_pTGhOyPbw Japanese Shintoism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
Tasafila (Shane) of BlockbusterDAO and R3WIND - The Power of Nostalgia - S1E6
Tasafila (Shane) is most well known as the founder of Blockbuster DAO which aimed to buy the Blockbuster IP in late 2021. We talk about his background in filmmaking and investigative journalism (there’s a fun story in this conversation about that) and how that positioned him to harness the power of nostalgia with Blockbuster DAO.
Enjoy!
Tasafila’s Twitter: twitter.com/tasafila R3WIND Twitter: twitter.com/R3WINDxyz R3WIND’s Mirror: rewind.mirror.xyz/ Baubax Travel Jacket: www.baubax.com/ Patterns of brain activity associated with nostalgia: academic.oup.com/scan/article/17/12/1131/6585517 Nickelodeon Documentary: www.hulu.com/movie/the-orange-years-the-nickelodeon-story-05933844-48af-4c75-bb60-7ed497ca4916 Crypt TV: crypttv.com/ Screenwriting and Filmmaking book: Robert McCee: Storynomics: www.amazon.com/Storynomics-Story-Driven-Marketing-Post-Advertising-World/dp/1538727935 John August, Craig Maison Podcast: open.spotify.com/show/6ohMdZ91g1sXIYz8ylNgD9 Nicole - Nostalgia podcast: Nicstalgia: www.nicoletremaglio.com/nicstalgia Joseph Campbell: Hero With a Thousand Faces: www.amazon.com/Hero-with-Thousand-Faces-audiobook/dp/B01BFBXOM8/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2cWgBhDYARIsALggUhpS-EqJx8xdQFFV6bDdow60ATDCzLI04ezghnsJ-xW0H1reaHifQPQaAncCEALw_wcB&hvadid=409986903515&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028787&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9887489688688118478&hvtargid=kwd-642118551499&hydadcr=22566_11319577&keywords=the+hero+of+thousand+faces&qid=1678905755&sr=8-1 Baubax Travel Attire: www.baubax.com/
Pietro Moran of The Giving Block - Charity and Philanthropy - S1E5
In crypto years, Pietro is a long-time friend and former teammate of mine from our college track days. He’s doing amazing things in the space pushing web3 use cases to an area that can hugely benefit but doesn’t get enough coverage because of lack of degen opportunities: Donations in crypto.
As the Director of Crypto Partnerships at The Giving Block, Pietro is working directly with thousands of nonprofits to accept crypto donations and improve transparency and reduce transaction fees.
If you aren’t currently donating crypto to nonprofits, this episode is for you.
Enjoy!