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The RECKONING

With Erik Cason & Walker America

Will the machines free us or finish us?

Somebody has to ask while it’s still legal to.

Where technology, AI, philosophy and money collide. One road leads to the panopticon. The other runs on self-hosted AI, Bitcoin and cryptography. We are not neutral about which one we take.

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    The question Asked every Friday

    Apocalypse or abundance?

    The same technology can build either future. It comes down to who holds the keys.

    Apocalypse
    Abundance
    Surveillance by default
    Privacy by cryptography
    AI rented from Big Tech
    Models on your own hardware
    Money issued by permission
    Bitcoin in your own keys
    Rules bought by incumbents
    Open code anyone can run
    The panopticon
    The exit

    The escape exists.

    Own your keys · Own your compute

    Two voices

    Erik Cason × Walker America
    Erik Cason, black and white portrait

    Erik
    Cason

    Co-host · Cryptographer

    The philosopher-radical. Erik starts every argument at first principles: who holds the keys, who can read the data, and what that means for whether you stay free.

    “The only way you’ll be free in the digital age is if you understand how cryptography protects you.”

    Walker America at the microphone, black and white portrait

    Walker
    America

    Co-host · The everyman

    The host with his foot on the gas. Walker takes the theory, pushes the take further, then brings it down to earth: what it costs you and what you can do about it.

    “No actual freedom without privacy at its core.”

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