In this episode of The Judgment Call Podcast Desi-Rae and I talk about: How these ‘social media bans’ actually got started.Why ‘Big Tech is so powerful’ and why it is ‘eating politics’ right now.Is the ‘race conflict’ and ‘gender conflict’ and other hot button political issues just narratives that are used to distract citizens?How and why did the world go so ‘crazy’ the last few years?Is the overshoot of empathy to blame for the divisiveness of today?What are the pros/cons of Black Lives Matter (BLM) and the impact of the movement in summer 2020 in the US.Do Desi-Rae’s political opinions shape her artwork?Is Bitcoin a tool to create a better and more responsible government? Desi-Rae is a Youtuber, Crypto enthusiast and artist. Desi-Rae started with videos she recorded while driving and she is not worried about touching sensitive topics like Race and IQ, Fascinated and Horrified. Watch this episode on Youtube in 4K resolution. You can reach Desi-Rae via Twitter.

In this episode of The Judgment Call Podcast Arran Rice and I talk about: The spoils of being an entrepreneur and digital nomadWhat drove Arran to become an entrepreneur at the age of 11How Arran used Digital Marketing to scale his businessesArran’s view on the travel industry and the current crisisWhat Arran’s current start-up simpleflying.com is aboutHow the COVID crisis changed my own travel habitsand much more! View this episode on Youtube in 4K resolution. Arran Rice is a serial entrepreneur, digital media ‘wonderkind’ and digital nomad. You can reach Arran via his website.

In this episode of The Judgment call Podcast Charles-Louis Allizard and I talk about: What distinguishes ‘Digital Nomadism‘ and tourism?Why personal travel is way to ‘world peace’.What are the positives and negatives of ‘Digital Nomadism’? Is ‘Digital Nomadism’ an expression of the reduced entrepreneurial opportunities in many developed economies?Is loneliness a necessary downside of travel? What role does fulfilling your own purpose play in that?What is the future of education? How does the concept of ‘atomic knowledge’ shape learning?How languages shape our thinking and awareness of things around us.France’s legacy in Europe and in the world.And much more. View this episode on Youtube in 4K resolution. Charles-Louis Allizard is a web developer, entrepreneur, digital nomad, lecturer and is directing web documentaries in his free time. You can reach Charles via his website.

In this episode of the Judgment Call Podcast Xavier de le Rue and I talk about: How Xavier find his perfect locations and mitigates the enormous risk of his hobby and profession?What video games and jumping off a cliff have in common?How Xavier grew up to be a winter sports athlete (and the surprising story of his family of athletes)?What to do in an avalanche?How Xavier’s popular Youtube movies are actually being filmed.The joys of snowboarding in Antarctica.Are the Himalayas the final frontier for ‘extreme snowboarding?Xaviers new podcast The Sustainability Dialogues Podcast Xavier de le Rue is a World Champion of Snowboarding, Youtuber, Daredevil of Extreme Snowboarding who drops off 150 degrees from a mountain cliff before having his morning coffee. You may reach him via his website. Xavier also hosts The Sustainability Dialogues Podcast. Video credit for the Youtube episode: This is my Winter and Mission Antarctic

In this episode of the Judgment Call Podcast Mark Saroufim and I talk about: Has the AI community become intellectually lazy and is there a a stagnation in progress?Why is AI so complicated and what are the gatekeepers in AI research right now?Should we expect Artificial General Intelligence soon? How predictable is the progress in AI?Why is there so little innovation in creating ‘cheaper products’?The surprising libertarian roots of Lebanon.Why the Internet is so great of connected like-minded people.The future of education – revisited.and much more! Mark Saroufim currently works with Graphcore and has previously worked for Microsoft, NASA and studied at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley. He is a prolific writer at Medium including his latest article Machine Learning: The Great Stagnation. You may reach Mark via his website.

In this episode of the Judgment Call Podcast Aaron Fulkerson and I talk about: The very short history of information sharing inside an enterprise and open-source distributions (and Mindtouch!)What punk rock and entrepreneurship have in common?What social media does to our children?Did the Facebook algorithm change in 2015 start the polarization of the world we currently see?How Youtube has been changing the world of education already.Is success early in your life a curse or blessing?What is the best age to discover philosophy?And much more! Aaron Fulkerson is a serial entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Mindtouch and is now working with ServiceNOW. You can reach Aaron via LinkedIn.

Why are the ‘Middle Ages’ often called the ‘Dark Ages’?What were the biggest improvements in the ‘Middle Ages’ compared to the Roman Empire.Were the contemporaries of the Middle Ages drunk all the time?What are the most popular misconceptions about the ‘Middle Ages’?How did the taste for popular foods change so much over the centuries?Why the debate about healthy food is much older than you think.The story about Lampreys that you never knew.Why monasticism is such an important part of the ‘Middle Ages’.Why did the ‘Scientific Revolution’ not happen in the ‘Middle Ages’?Did slavery delay the invention of the ‘steam engine’?What was life like as an entrepreneur in the ‘Middle Ages’?Did the debt cycles of modern day have parallels in the ‘Middle Ages’?Are there parallels between the late Roman Empire and the US in the current day?Why was Islam so popular when it started out?and much more! Professor Paul Freedman has been teaching at Vanderbilt University and at Yale since 1997. He specializes in medieval social history, the history of Catalonia, comparative studies of the peasantry, trade in luxury products, and the history of cuisine.  His lecture series about the ‘Middle Ages’ has been viewed more than 700,000 times on Youtube. Paul is also a prolific author about history and food including: Food: The History of Taste  and American Cuisine: And How It Got That Way both available on Amazon.

In this episode Rubelyn (Ruby) Alcantara and I talk about: What is impact investing and what are the success stories?Where is the focus of innovation in impact investing?What is impact of fast Internet that is now available to most African Internet users?Is the individual freedom in Africa much higher than commonly perceived and what impact does it have on economic growth?Is the story of democracy in Africa a successful one? What are the downsides?Are charter cities an option for Africa?Is a Singapore style development a useful role model for Africa? How can economic growth be jump started?Can the ‘Dutch disease’ be avoided when using commodities as a way to jump start growth?What are the TOP 5 and Bottom 5 countries in terms of economic success? Is Ethiopia on the way to success?What is the future of energy production in Africa? Rubelyn (Ruby) Alcantara is an entrepreneur, impact investment practitioner consultant, public speaker focused on entrepreneurship. She has lived in 16 countries through her career in UK, Europe and Africa including Tanzania, Nigeria, Madagascar and Kenya. She runs Supivaa Advisory Group, a Canadian-African based impact investment advisory firm focused on gender-lens investing and sits as an Advisor to Uhusiano Capital, a UK-based impact investment firm. You can reach Ruby via LinkedIn.

In this episode Evan Weber and I talk about: How the digital marketing landscape has changed over the years?How affordable advertising opportunities have driven entrepreneurial success.What the Shopify platform has done for ecommerce sites?Can you derive high value traffic from TikTok?Will there be a ‘privacy backlash’ from the intrusion of our privacy by Facebook or Google?Did Google’s / Facebook’s high prices reduce entrepreneurship during the last few years? Why are subscription revenue businesses so hot right now?and much more! Evan Weber has been breathing digital marketing for over 20 years. With his own digital marketing agency he has been working with 300+ companies to improve their marketing efforts. Evan has also been a speaker at various digital marketing industry events. You can reach Evan via LinkedIn.

In this episode of the Judgment Call Podcast Steven and I talk about: What led Steven to become a student of philosophy?How his lecture ‘Introduction to Political Philosophy‘ made its way to Youtube.How Steven decides about which books are included in the introduction course?What cult leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and philosophers have in common?Are we creating an ever more polarizing political philosophy currently?What role does postmodernism play in Political Philosophy right now?What is the ‘philosopher’s curse’?What is the role of patriotism in the US now? Steven B. Smith has been teaching at Yale since 1984. Steven’s lecture series ‘Introduction to Political Philosophy‘ has been viewed 700,000 times on Youtube. Steven also has been a prolific author including  Hegel’s Critique of Liberalism , Political Philosophy (2012) and the Modernity and its Discontents . His latest book is titled “Reclaiming Patriotism in an Age of Extremes,” – which is now available for pre-orders on Amazon.