My YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyPL-4ePJLC_ledysdA7YsA February 5, 2022 Discussion with Alison McDowell on the Metaverse and the big picture. Some keywords that serve as prime examples of doublespeak in this context: 1. Self-Sovereignty 2. Disruptive Tech 3. Decentralization 4. Sustainable development 5. Stakeholder Economy 6. Social Nudges Important information and links: 1. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v8n_VJ0fk4TVxi9txMgEAZrfGhW_EBRuMobvskr2FWw/edit?usp=sharing from Alison’s discussion with Jason Bosch “Opportunity Youth: An in-depth follow-up to questioning the Greater Reset III.” 2. Steven T Newcomb “Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Discovery.” 3. https://www.media.mit.edu/research/?filter=everything&tag=politics 4. Every Student Succeeds Act: https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=rn & https://www.everystudentsucceedsact.org/ 5. Melanie Swan, founder of Founder of the Institute for Blockchain Studies http://book.itep.ru/depository/blockchain/blockchain-by-melanie-swan.pdf & https://www.blockchainstudies.org/index.html 6. Smart Toilets Data Collection https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/04/smart-toilet-monitors-for-signs-of-disease.html 7. Disruptive Technology https://www.christenseninstitute.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAuvOPBhDXARIsAKzLQ8GJHO0GGQiqH4yutrNboSq0t75-9LiuGPf7JH4xsdNSCnuscFV-fegaAnnDEALw_wcB 8. Blockchain Founders Fund https://blockchainff.com/ 9. Shaun Conway of ixo, system of credits, South Africa, https://www.ixo.world/collaborate 10. Enigma Protocols https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/enigma/overview/ 11. Patrick Wood https://muckrack.com/patrick-wood-7 author of Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation 12. West Virginia Gov offers prizes for compliance last Spring https://governor.wv.gov/News/press-releases/2021/Pages/COVID-19-UPDATE-Gov.-Justice-West-Virginia-offering-100-savings-bond-to-residents-age-16-to-35-who-get-vaccinated.aspx 13. Alison’s latest presentation, a wealth of information which can be found at this link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v8n_VJ0fk4TVxi9txMgEAZrfGhW_EBRuMobvskr2FWw/edit#slide=id.p Timestamps for YouTube: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:00 Welcome Alison, basic agenda for discussion 00:07:41 Joe Rogan Clip with Ben Shapiro on Metaverse Fair Use 00:10:00 Joe’s Point 00:10:48 Alison’s thoughts on linking Facebook to the Meta and renaming it, beta testing 00:11:30 Difference between virtual reality and mixed reality. How will people respond? 00:12:00 VR Headsets, tech growing smaller such as headsets as small as contact lenses 00:12:31 How would mixed reality look to the average person. The digital world and physical world have integrated sensors. 00:14:15 Smart toilets, sensors, data collection, and subsequent permissions or restrictions based on your data and ‘threat level.’ Digital IDs. 00:15:50 Digital Education and Blockchain credentials, the Learning Economy Foundation, Skills Badges, partnerships such as Lego and MIT. Targeting kids for the training of AI. 00:20:17 NFTs, choice, and augmented reality. Another aspect of the two-tier society. 00:23:03 Social Capital, how Alison’s Research Began. Read about Shaun Conway and “The tokenized impact economy, metadata, social capital https://www.ixo.world/collaborate 00:27:00 Tokens minted, splinterland, Blockchain Founders Fund, Health Hero, NFT that represents your well-being. Example: West Virginia teachers have devices to count their steps and this determines fines on insurance. And gathers personal data. 00:32:00 Interoperability and Digital ID. Capitalizing on our wellbeing of lack of wellbeing. 00:34:40 Air sensors to detect viruses in the air? https://www.uml.edu/News/stories/2021/Pagsuyoin-Trinity-Challenge-Award.aspx 00:36:05 Jailbreaking the Code of Life. The education and Health Space-the Gateway. Melanie Swan, nanomachines, the hive mind. 00:44:58 E-Government and AI assistants/digi