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I hold the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast near and dear to my heart. Ever since I found the magic of his podcast 3 years ago, I've been hooked. The podcast format is something so important for the dissemination of information in this day and age. It's infinite length and ease of accessibility allows for the world to learn from a wide variety of people in a wide variety of fields. I recently listened to Joe's podcast with Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter and payments app Square. Their conversation was both interesting and controversial. I really enjoyed the podcast because I've been active on Twitter since 2011 and I could personally see Dorsey's impact through the years.

Dorsey's description of Twitter's humble beginning was very interesting. He and his friend had no clue the impact a conversation platform would have on society in the current decade. It was also interesting that he mentioned he didn't have a FaceBook account. Twitter differentiates itself from other social media platforms because of its emphasis on flat conversion/communication. Much like everyday conversation, Twitter enables people to communicate in real time "serendipitously". Dorsey's emphasis and love for serendipity made me question why I had never thought about the phenomenon of "serendipity" in my life. Jack discusses the occurrence of serendipity occurring because of the character limit on tweets.

Once the pair started discussing Dorsey's Square, Rogan's questioning of bitcoin was reminiscent of the current average conversation around cryptocurrency. I fully intend on gaining more knowledge on bitcoin after their conversation about it. The decentralization of the traditional US banking system seems like its been a long time coming. It was eye-opening to hear that bitcoin will most likely become the "native currency" of the future. I didn't realize its ability to be a global currency that would allow people to access to things they couldn't have prior. The segment made me question why American society has for so long acknowledged "currency" as the paper printed by the Federal Reserve. When we discussed the Genius of Money chapters in class I was reminded of this part of the podcast, clearly a major theme in current conversation.

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  1. Daniel Heinrich19 February 2019 at 23:53

    That's great that you were able to take so much away from Joe Rogan's podcast. It sounds like a great opportunity to casually learn form someone such as a Jack Dorsey. And like you said, it's so easy to access too!

    Dan

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  2. Anonymous21 February 2019 at 19:56

    I loved this post! I have never listened to podcasts before but keep wanting to check them out. I will definitely have to check out Joe Rogan's podcast soon. It was really cool hearing about Jack Dorsey and Twitter, especially their expectations in the startup stages.

    Davis

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  3. James Yun Blog25 February 2019 at 03:11

    The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast sounds really interesting! I'm very interested in cryptocurrencies and curious as to where it will lead in the future. I think far in the future it is possible for it to be a native currency, but as of right now, it's looking like it will be used as digital gold. The technology itself has a lot of flaws and until those are fixed, it won't be used as a native currency.

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