Episode 13: thoughts on Radio Shack, a conversation with Adam Ludwin, and a fresh serving of VDTBOM

IDEO Futures

• Episode: Episode 13: thoughts on Radio Shack, a conversation with Adam Ludwin, and a fresh serving of VDTBOM
• Website: IDEO Futures
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• Duration: 00:38:54
• Published: 2015-03-06 00:06

Episode 13. Is this our unlucky episode? Are you superstitious? Should we have just skipped to old 1-3 and gone directly to trusty Mr. 14? Certainly not! We're very proud of 13 and what it represents. So proud, in fact, that we're also releasing 13.5, too. The Future of Trust: LED torches strapped to our ever-growing foreheads, we continue to spelunk our way through the cavernous intellectual depths of Bitcoin and the block chain? Where will it all end? Well, partly in Cambridge, MA (our fair city) sometime in late July. The rest, we just don't know. Our esteemed guest interview this week (also known as the Good Part of the Podcast) is Adam Ludwin, founder of a fascinating startup called Chain.com. In this interview Joe and Adam explore the Future of Trust, and talk about ways in which the block chain might revolutionize how we think about not only transactions, but also the internet, markets, and a lot of what we take for granted as the pillars of modern life. In the interest of time, we provided the choicest morsels of their conversation here in episode 13. For the complete meal (prix fixe), please check out episode 13.5, where you can hear Adam and Joe riff about block chain until the cows come home. Truly fascinating stuff. Because this is IDEO Futures, we can't help but dish up two healthy servings of Venture Design That Blew Our Minds (VDTBOM), to wit: - Hyperloop is Real - How Noma took Tokyo Sadly, no Noma food (let alone cricket flour cookies or sour vinegar drinks) were to be had this week, but something along those lines may reappear in episode 14... As always, many thanks to Piper Loyd for producing this week's episode. Like what you've heard? Hate it? Either way, we beseech you: follow us on Twitter @ideofutures or email us at [email protected]. Enjoy!