Disruption Theory

How the viral meme rapper Hank Trill disrupted the music industry and launched a music career from his iPad in his bedroom, quit his job and got the attention of A-list rappers. 

We talked about:  

Exploring the positive and negative implications of image generating AI 

Dove into politics over vodka with a good friend of mine- the economist Mason Pazhawk, and discussed: 

• How SpaceX could break China's great firewall, the philosophy of a Mars civilization
• Trump's unpredictability and the killing of general Qasem Soleimani
• How war could be fought in the future
• 2020 U.S. Election & Andrew Yang's Freedom Dividend (UBI)
• The raise and danger of micro-influencers
• My shift on Religion & GMO's over the last decade
• Escaping algorithmic determinism
• American suburb's lack of Third Places
• How the World runs on Narratives  

Books Mentioned: 

Had a few drinks too many with one of my best friends Chuck, who practices and teaches law, to discuss... 

• Neuralink and Brain-Computer Interfaces 
• Social media's unknown affects on society 
• How "likes" are engineered to be addictive 
• The FaceApp privacy scare and my proposed solution 
• How iPhones could eavesdrop on your convos without mic access
• The dangers of early tech adoption
• The 2016 US Election hacking scandal 
• The worrying increase of online censorship
• Producer Madlib creates entire album Bandana by Freddie Gibbs entirely on iPad
• How torrenting subsidized professional education 
• Why parents should their kids PCs instead of iPads
• Why the blockchain might be the future of censorship-proof social media 
• The sinister practice of "shadow banning" 
• Possible regulation framework for algorithms 

With the drastic increase in mass shootings in the US, could Apple Watch help authorities identify incidents in real time?