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Tech Back Control
by Tech Back Control
We're entering into an era where generational disruptions in technology have the potential to shift power back into the hands of the people and the planet. AI is giving super powers to the masses; open digital money is uprooting the legacy financial system; the 3rd iteration of the web means an internet run by the people, for the people; and a 4th industrial revolution might help us make food, buildings and everything without killing the planet at the same time.There's some hope hiding in plain sight and I'm going on a journey to find and explore it.
Episodes
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44. Casting Spells for a Living (Revisited)
Casting Spells for a Living: Prompting, AI “Magic,” and the Superpower ShiftJonathan revisits a 3.5-year-old episode and argues it has aged well as generative AI now turns ideas into apps, sites, songs, videos, and images, making human–AI interaction feel like “casting spells.” Reflecting on…
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43. Agentic Loops - The Loop Engineering Debate
Go to my YouTube to see the video version of this podcast. In this episode, I explore six different things that I don't think we were expecting or ready for, but they're coming due to AI. Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which…
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42. You're not ready for these latest change due to AI
Go to my YouTube to see the video version of this podcast. In this episode, I explore six different things that I don't think we were expecting or ready for, but they're coming due to AI. Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany…
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41. Update on AI themes for 2026
Go to my YouTube to see the video version of this podcast. My April Update to the "Top 10 things I want to see from AI in 2026". Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.
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40. What I hope to see from AI in 2026
Go to my YouTube to see the video version of this podcast. My Top 10 things I want to see from AI in 2026. Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode.
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39. The Twelve Pods of CTRL-mas Carols - listen to full version on YouTube (12th Day of CTRL-mas)
Go to my YouTube to see the full version of this podcast. Spotify blocks the AI generated music unless I register as a artist and sign up with a distributor. Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas, and Happy New...
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38. "The Listening Net" - A Speculative Fiction Story about a Universal Translator (11th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! This is the 11th of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. I'm not an author, but today I'm publishing a short story. This is a speculative fiction short story...
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37. Silent Engines of Disruption (10th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! This is the 10th of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today I'm exploring some often-forgotten-about technological breakthroughs that have had a phenomenal…
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36. The human side of bitcoin (9th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! And Happy New Year! This is the 9th of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today I want to tell the story of bitcoin through a much more human lens.
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35. Parallels between Ethereum and Linux (8th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! This is the eighth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today I want to tell the story of Ethereum through the lens of comparing it to Linux. They both have so much in common from…
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34. All things AI in 2025 - Wrap-up for the year
Tech Back Control: The AI Revolution of 2025 – A Comprehensive Recap In this episode, I delve into the extraordinary advancements and milestones in AI throughout 2025. The year witnessed a transition from simple chat interfaces to more complex workflows and agents, marked by the introduction of...
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33. Radical Governance (7th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! This is the seventh of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today I'm exploring if there's a better way to fix our broken politics through radical forms of governance.
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32. Cultivated Meat Hype (vs Reality) (6th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! This is the sixth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today I'm diving into the wonderful world of cultivated agriculture and lab-grown meats. The structure of this episode will be more…
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31. Autonomous Economic Actors (5th Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! This is the fifth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today I'm diving into a controversial topic that's been front of my mind for some time. What happens when you combine crypto blockchain...
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30. Philosophy of Planet of the Apes (4th day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas! This is the fourth of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. Today we're exploring an essay by a good friend of mine, called "Planet of the Dialectic". It is a brilliant thought piece exploring the...
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29. Wharton AI ROI Report (3rd day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas. This is the third of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. We're diving into one of my favourite AI academic reports on ROI this year from Wharton Business School. Link to Full Report.
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28. Plastic Eaters ( (2nd Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas and happy Boxing Day. This is the Boxing Day episode and the second of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. We're diving into the world of plastic today. This is part speculative fiction, part deep...
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27. AI is a Mirror to the Mind (1st Day of CTRL-mas)
Follow @TechBackControl for the infographics and visuals which accompany this episode. Merry Christmas. This is the Christmas Day episode and the first of the twelve days of CTRL-mas. We're diving into one of my favourite topics, which is how AI gives us a lens to understand our own minds…
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Trailer: 12 Days of CTRL-mas
For Christmas, I'm excited to try something a bit different... On the 1st day of Christmas, this podcast gave to me.... A new episode every day during Christmas. With essays. And infographics ... enjoy Follow @TechBackControl for more announcements during the holidays.
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26. We need storytelling in a world of infinite AI generated noise
9th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. I discuss the importance of effective communication and storytelling, in a world where generative AI has the ability to produce an infinite amount of content and material, and the signal-to-noise ratio is the worst it's ever been.
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25. AI slop is digital soma
8th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. In a Brave New World, soma is the drug which controls the masses through pure pleasure and joy. AI slop is digital soma.
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24. Your AI thinks you're a narcissist
7th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. When we fixed hallucinations, we also broke something else. We stopped AI being so sycophantic. And we don't like it when our AI stops being so nice to us.
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23. Letting AI think for a long time
6th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. We're not ready for when AI thinks for a REALLY long time.
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22. Old people in the Metaverse
5th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. The metaverse is due a resurgence... but not quite as you remember it. We're all going to use the metaverse, when we're old.
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21. Putting reality on the blockchain
4th episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. AI is making what actually happened harder to agree on. We need to start putting it on the blockchain. We need to do it now...
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20. Education revolution (new tab mini-series)
3rd episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. We desperately need an education revolution fit for the age of AI and robotics...
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19. Falling in love with AI (new tab mini-series)
2nd episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. I'm worried that people falling in love with AI is inevitable...
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18. Parenting in the Future (new tab mini-series)
1st episode of the "New Tab" mini-series. Being a new parent has me thinking about the future even more...
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Trailer: "New Tab" mini series coming soon
"New Tab" is a new mini-series of indeterminate length exploring procrastinations on topics about the future. Each episode explores a new topic in no more than 5 minutes. These are the random things which play on my mind.
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17. Reflecting on 2024 / looking ahead to 2025
Welcome back to Take Back Control. My goal has always been to explore the technology that can rebalance things and put power back into the hands of the people. In this episode, I'm reflecting on 2024 and the major themes I've explored over previous episodes, and looking ahead to how they might...
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16. AI made a better podcast
Welcome back to Take Back Control. My goal has always been to explore the technology that can rebalance things and put power back into the hands of the people. In this episode, I let Google's NotebookLM make a deep dive podcast based on all the Tech Back Control episodes to date. The End. [Note:...
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15. Money Often Costs Too Much: Trust, Force and Faith in Future Money
Welcome back to Take Back Control. My goal has always been to explore the technology that can rebalance things and put power back into the hands of the people. In this episode, I'm exploring a simple way to understand money and how it can help us prepare for the future. [Note: This episode is…
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14. Be More Human
First episode of 2024. Welcome back to Take Back Control. My goal has always been to explore the technology that can rebalance things and put power back into the hands of the people. In this episode, I'm exploring what it means to be a bit more human in a world where AI is beating us at what we...
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Small Time Bets #74 - "2024 Predictions"
Bonus content from "Small Time Bets: The Only Annual Podcast". Jonathan and Douglas check in to see where their 2023 predictions landed; and then look ahead to very specific 2024 predictions covering tech, politics, markets and mashed peas. Tech Back Control will return with many new topics in…
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13. AI Thinking Fast and Slow
“Dear AI, you are a data analyst. I will give you data and you will analyse it, visualise it and draw conclusions from the data. I will then ask more questions about the data and together we will understand what it means.” [Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube] This is the...
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12. AI life on the open internet
[Note: This episode is also available as a video on YouTube] This is the 12th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. This episode explores what might happen when A.I. gets hold of the truly unstoppable open…
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11. Letting AI take over the podcast
This is the 11th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. This episode lets A.I. take the wheel and write and record its own episode of Tech Back Control To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go…
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10. How decentralized people build the decentralized universe
This is the 10th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. This episode features an interview with Willy Ogorzaly from ShapeShift DAO. In this fascinating interview, Willy talks about: Decentralising a the ShapeShift...
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9. Non-Fungible Tulips (NFTs)
This is the 9th episode of a new podcast called “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. Today, I’m exploring whether Non-Fungible Tulips were the OG NFTs. To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the...
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8. Will Generative AI consume the internet?
This is the 8th episode of a new podcast called “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. Today, I’m exploring what happens if generative AI consumes all online content and what that could mean for the role of humans on the...
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7. When an unwise headline ruined "Open Money"
This is the 7th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. Today, I’m exploring the missed opportunity for “Open Money”, and what the future holds for bitcoin, crypto, and the open internet. To find out more, follow…
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6. Casting spells for a living
This is the 6th episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. Today, I’m extrapolating into the future of AI user experience and human interaction. Will we all become wizards? Are we ready? To find out more, follow on...
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5. When you lend money to your bank [BONUS]
This is the 5th episode of a “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. Today, I have a bonus episode for you, as I revisit the events of the recent banking crisis with Andrew @thedebtocaplyse and see whether he has more...
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4. What gives money value? (+ stablecoins, CBDCs and more)
This is the 4th episode of a new podcast called “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. This week, we’re interviewing Andrew @thedebtocalypse to understand why money has value and what the future might hold. Follow Andrew on...
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3. The real reason AI and ChatGPT should scare you
This is the third episode of a new podcast called “Tech Back Control”, a podcast exploring the disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. This week, we’re wondering if there’s another way to look at this AI revolution. To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the…
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2. Discussing the name and artwork of Tech Back Control
This is the second episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast following disruptions in tech that shift power into the hands of the people. It is a short episode this week, for the designers and creatives, discussing the podcast name, artwork and any easter-eggs it is hiding about potential future…
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1. Where to start the revolution
This is the first episode of “Tech Back Control”, a podcast about taking back control from technology, using technology. This week, we’re starting with the revolution which started it all… the Internet. To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord, go to the linktree:...
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0. Trailer: Welcome to Tech Back Control
This is the trailer and episode 0 for “Tech Back Control”, a podcast about taking back control from technology, using technology. To find out more, follow on Twitter or join the Discord or check out other links in the link tree: https://linktr.ee/techbackcontrol
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We're entering into an era where generational disruptions in technology have the potential to shift power back into the hands of the people and the planet. AI is giving super powers to the masses; open digital money is uprooting the legacy financial system; the 3rd iteration of the web means an internet run by the people, for the people; and a 4th industrial revolution might help us make food, buildings and everything without killing the planet at the same time.There's some hope hiding in plain sight and I'm going on a journey to find and explore it.
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